Special Project Delivery Names Mark Wood Special Advisor, Government & Defense Contract Management

Appointment strengthens SPD's federal capture and defense-program execution as the platform advances its U.S. critical-minerals thesis and intention to be acquired by Mobix Labs

Special Project Delivery (“SPD”), an integrated platform for acquiring, developing, and operating critical-resource infrastructure across critical minerals, energy systems, and Western U.S. water resilience, today announced the appointment of Mark Wood as Special Advisor, Government & Defense Contract Management.

Mr. Wood is Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at Oceanetics Inc., the Annapolis-based maritime operations and defense-contracting firm, where he is responsible for capture strategy and federal program execution across U.S. Navy and federal-agency contracts. Under his strategic-planning leadership, Oceanetics secured a Navy NAVFAC sole-award contract with cumulative face value of approximately $130 million for ocean infrastructure support services and was selected as a prime contractor on additional multi-award NAVFAC and NAVSEA indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicles totaling approximately $379 million in combined ceiling capacity (2022–2025). He brings more than four decades of leadership experience supporting complex ocean operations, marine systems, and government programs worldwide, including service as Master of the MV Independence, a U.S. Navy special project ship.