Parsons Corp. is a member of a team that has won a $300 million blanket purchase agreement from the National Nuclear Security Administration for technical and engineering services, the company announced Tuesday. The company said it is a member of the MELEMAX team for the five-year BPA. Mary Ann Hopkins, group president for government services,...

The month of September produced a relatively even distribution of executive moves at government contracting firms across company leadership posts and executive positions in financial, contracts and legal operations. In all, GovCon Wire covered 21 executive moves during September. Check out the wide range below. Leadership Parsons promoted Mary Ann ...

Parsons Corp. has announced a series of executive appointments in its government services leadership team, less than a week after announcing 23-year company veteran Mary Ann Hopkins as head of that business unit. All appointments are effective Oct. 15, the same day Hopkins starts as government services president. Bill Bodie, currently senior vice pr...

A joint venture of Bechtel and Parsons Corp. has won a $599, 321, 231 to build and operate a facility for the U.S. Army to demilitarize chemical weapons, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Through July 28, 2023, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass will run the facility based at Blue Grass Chemical Depot in Kentucky. The Army received...

Parsons Corp. has promoted 23-year company veteran Mary Ann Hopkins to president of the government services unit, effective Oct. 15, the company announced Monday. She will oversee the business unit’s worldwide operations in the defense, energy, environmental, infrastructure, security and intelligence markets. Her experience at the company include...

Parsons Corp.’s contract to help the Federal Aviation Administration operate safety and air traffic programs is potentially worth $1.5 billion. The agency said in an award notice the 10-year contract contains both performance based level-of-effort and cost-reimbursable award fee provisions. The company announced last week this is its second co...

No time to waste, see all 21 executive moves GovCon Wire covered in November below. Business Development  SRA International appointed Deb Alderson to guide the firm’s efforts to enter new markets and land large customer accounts in the newly created position of executive vice president of strategic development. CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CA...

Parsons Corp. has completed its acquisition of Cobham plc.’s analytic solutions practice, known as SPARTA Inc.,  in a $350 million transaction. Parsons announced it will integrate SPARTA into its government services business unit, which provides technical services to the U.S. public sector. SPARTA helps deign, develop and sustain weapons syst...

The technology sector was one to watch in October’s merger and acquisition landscape, and a dominant player in the government contracting industry completed a significant transformation. GovCon Wire recorded 10 acquisitions in October and the first week of November, up from the eight we covered in September. Acquisitions IBM (NYSE: IBM) look...

Parsons Corp. has entered an agreement to buy Cobham Analytic Solutions, commonly known as Sparta Inc., and its subsidiaries for $350 million. Parsons will integrate the missile services provider into its engineering business, according to a Bloomberg report. The report noted that the purchase will be made on a cash and debt free basis. Sparta prim...