Jack Sears, a more than 25-year GovCon industry veteran, has been named chief growth officer of Precise Systems, a technical and professional services provider to the Department of Defense. He will be responsible for the company’s capture, proposal and business development activities and help drive strategic growth efforts as a member of the execu...

Parsons is going through a period of accelerated, unprecedented growth. After a first quarter that exceeded financial expectations, Parsons has raised its prediction for full-year 2023 revenue to $4.6 billion.  Executive Mosaic spoke with Parsons Chairwoman, President and CEO Carey Smith, a five-time Wash100 Award winner, to lear...

Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, and Bruce Crawford, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, have joined the board of directors of Comtech (Nasdaq: CMTL). Lord and Crawford bring to Comtech’s board their government and industry experience in the field of capability development, bud...

The U.S. Army has selected a dozen companies for a 10-year, $450 million contract vehicle to support its modernization and combat overmatch capability development efforts. Army Contracting Command received 27 bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation and will determine funds and work locations on a per-or...

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has appointed government and industry veterans Andrew Weber and Richard Varos to its strategic advisory boards focused on federal solutions and critical infrastructure, respectively. Weber brings to the federal solutions advisory board three decades of government service, including a five-year stint as assistant secretary of defe...

Parsons has secured a $55 million contract from Space Systems Command to help operate and integrate satellites for missile warning, tracking and defense. The contractor will perform integrated ground and operations services in support of the first increment of SSC’s medium Earth orbit satellite constellation for tracking missile threats, the U...

Alicia Calef, a two-decade veteran of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has joined Parsons (NYSE: PSN) to serve as senior vice president of operations for engineered systems. In a LinkedIn post, Calef said she will work with the business president and sector leaders to advance growth initiatives. She will lead strategic and tactical operations to m...

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) posted $1.2 billion in fiscal year 2023 first quarter revenue, 24 percent higher than sales reported during the same period last year. Contract award activity and the 2022 acquisition of Xator drove the growth in quarterly sales, according to the company’s financial report published Wednesday. Xator contributed $112 million...

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has completed its $43 million acquisition of utility security software provider IPKeys Power Partners in a push to advance the delivery of grid modernization and cyber resiliency offerings for the critical infrastructure sector. Parsons said Friday the purchase aligns with the company’s strategy of acquiring businesses with...

Xator, a subsidiary of Parsons (NYSE: PSN), will provide logistics support services to the U.S. government’s humanitarian assistance mission under a $750 million contract from the State Department. The three-year, single-award contract includes medical, transportation and identity-related work for aid delivery operations, Parsons said Wednesda...