Washington D.C.-based private equity firm Willow Creek Partners has created a company that government contracting industry veteran Caesar Nieves will lead to bring consulting, analytics, cyber and digital services to the federal sector. The One 23 Group will serve as the core of WCP’s government services portfolio and operate with over 200 emp...

Jacobs (NYSE: J) will spin off its critical mission solutions business into an independent company focused on providing applied science research, technical consulting, program management, training and intelligent asset management support services for federal government customers. Steve Arnette, executive vice president and president of CMS business ...

Danielle Willard, a veteran corporate counsel in the government contracting sector, has joined Ultra Electronics’ maritime business unit as senior vice president and general counsel. She will report to Carlo Zaffanella, president and CEO of Ultra Maritime, as she oversees legal, contracts, compliance and security teams through the company’s offi...

Jacobs’ (NYSE: J) government services business has won a $249 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support design-build work for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installation projects. The eight-year IDIQ award covers multidisciplinary architect-engineering tasks in the Navy Region Southwest area of responsibility, the Departm...

Jacobs (NYSE: J) has secured a potential $3.2 billion contract to support ground systems and launch infrastructure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company will assemble, integrate, launch and recover vehicles for the Artemis program through 2033 as part of the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering and Test contract, N...

Six large companies and three small businesses have won positions on a $59 million firm-fixed-price contract to perform architectural and engineering work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE’s Engineering and Support Center received 20 bids for the five-year contract via an online solicitation process, the Defense Department said Thurs...

David Baer, a cyber and intelligence industry leader, has joined SilverEdge Government Solutions as president of the company’s national security group business unit. Baer will bring to the position over 20 years of experience across cyber and intelligence sectors and operational and technical knowledge as he leads and helps expand the business uni...

Vernon Saunders, formerly a senior vice president of national intelligence at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has been appointed CEO at Freedom Consulting Group, according to a recent LinkedIn post. The former U.S. Air Force has three decades of experience in enterprise information technology and IT strategy development. Befor...

Heather Conigliaro SkyePoint Decisions, a cybersecurity architecture and engineering services provider, has appointed company veteran Heather Conigliaro as chief strategy officer and hired industry professional Heather Newlin as chief operating officer.  Conigliaro brings to the role over two decades of leadership experience as she oversees Sky...

Claudia Jaramillo, executive vice president of strategy and corporate development at Jacobs (NYSE: J), has been chosen to assume the role of EVP and chief financial officer effective Aug. 14. The company said Thursday she will succeed outgoing CFO Kevin Berryman, who will stay on as adviser to CEO Bob Pragada. Jaramillo, who was appointed...