David Hathaway
President, Defense & Space Sector, MANTECH
Under David Hathaway’s leadership, MANTECH is currently doing some exciting work to support Department of War clients in modernizing legacy technology systems while adding new systems to strengthen and protect them from new emerging threats like hypersonics and advanced electronic warfare.
This work is a team effort and demonstrates both MANTECH’s established expertise in intelligent engineering and EW capabilities, alongside our leading edge proficiency in tech forward and emerging capabilities like AI, cognitive cyber, and non-kinetic effects.
Also, MANTECH recently established a new Space Division that incorporates all of its longstanding and expansive space work and clients, ranging from supporting the Space Force launch enterprise to the recent NASA Artemis II launch to partnering with clients from SpaceX and JPL.
“Dave and his team are driving the development and deployment of tech-forward capabilities that help serve the future of the warfighter, while continuing to deliver on the mission of national security,” said MANTECH CEO Matt Tait. “Reaching across cybersecurity to digital modernization and Data and AI implementation, MANTECH is proud to be on the leading edge of the technologies that serve our defense and intelligence communities.”
MANTECH also continually works with clients to gain efficiencies in program execution and translate those into enhanced mission capability.
“We are working to deliver tech and enabling services through outcome-based contracting arrangements which incent industry to deliver the mission results essential to our warfighters,” Hathaway said.
Why Watch
Hathaway’s team is heavily focused on delivering deployable, advanced tech solutions for DOW clients, helping them achieve mission outcomes, gain operational efficiencies and drive their modernization efforts. MANTECH’s data and AI solutions have expanded with the addition of Elder Research, which has accelerated its capabilities on new applications like predictive maintenance, and complements MANTECH’s cyber, digital and intelligent engineering offerings.
“We’re seeing the importance of readiness and performance play out in real-time operations across multiple military theaters,” Hathaway said. “Emerging technologies like non-kinetic effects, hypersonics, cognitive cyber and Data and AI offer tactical and logistical advantages to help drive readiness in contested environments. This not only drives new capabilities, but also operational efficiencies that can be critical to the warfighter and mission success.”
Fun fact: Hathaway is the proud father of four talented and accomplished daughters. Two work in the GovCon space.