James F.X. Payne has spent his career making efforts to enhance homeland security. With stints at companies such as Bechtel and Dun & Bradstreet, the Washington, D.C.-based executive has worked consistently with U.S. Intelligence Community clients to develop strategies to prevent incursions on intellectual property and infrastructure. He additio...
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Terry Benedict, formerly the chief operating officer of Blue Origin, has been appointed to serve as the executive vice president for naval, nuclear and critical infrastructure programs at Systems Planning and Analysis. The retired U.S. Navy vice admiral contributed approximately three decades of military service in support of the service branch̵...
Sam Gordy, a former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has been named chief operating officer and president of the federal division at artificial intelligence company BigBear.ai. In his new capacity, Gordy will be responsible for overseeing BigBear.ai’s day-to-day operations and driving its growth in the federal market, ...
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has awarded five companies spots on a potential $8 billion contract to support military construction projects under the U.S. Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. NAVFAC Pacific received six proposals for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and is ...
Larry Melton, an independent member of the board of directors at Dewberry since September 2019, has been appointed as the board’s vice chair. He will serve on the executive panel and help Barry Dewberry, the professional services firm’s executive chairman, to administer the responsibilities of the board to stakeholders, the company said ...
Jamie Sybert, a more than two-decade government contracting industry veteran, has been appointed a principal and leader of the GovCon advisory practice at Grant Thornton. She will be responsible for developing the firm's accounting and regulatory consulting service offerings aimed at contractors, Grant Thornton said Monday....
An Amentum-led industry team will continue to provide liquid waste management services at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina under a potential two-year, $630M contract extension. John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and a 2020 Wash100 winner, said the award reflects “the confidence the DOE has in our leadership and employee...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a potential $13.3B contract to build the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile system....
The National Nuclear Security Administration has indicated its intent to launch a full and open competition for a 10-year, $28B contract for management and operating support to two nuclear weapons facilities in Texas and Tennessee....
