The U.S. Space Force has awarded Modern Technology Solutions Inc. a potential five-year, $640 million contract to build and deliver Defensive Cyber Operations for Space, or DCO-S, capabilities across the military branch. “The Digital Bloodhound award selection is a significant step forward for MTSI in providing engineering, test, and sustainment l...
The U.S. Army has awarded Airbus U.S. Space & Defense a $315 million contract modification to provide logistics and engineering services in support of its fleet of UH-72 Lakota twin-engine helicopters. The Department of Defense said Tuesday that work on the contract will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, until Dec. 31, 2025. The Army...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 1,023 companies positions on the SeaPort Next Generation contract for professional support services as part of the second rolling admissions for the procurement vehicle. The Department of Defense said Wednesday Naval Sea Systems Command launched a competitive procurement process and received 1,106 offers for SeaPort NxG Rol...
ManTech has appointed industry veteran Joseph Zuliani as vice president of the newly established mission readiness and enablement practice. The company said Wednesday Zuliani will help accelerate client missions through the use of advanced technologies and analytical methods combined with the support of experts in artificial intelligence, digital tr...
Byron Bright, currently president of KBR’s Government Solutions U.S. and a five-time Wash100 awardee, will take on the newly created chief operating officer role in May at the Houston-based aerospace and defense contractor. Business Segment Realignment KBR said Tuesday it has renamed Government Solutions segment as Mission Technology Solutions...
Jennifer Walsmith, a former Northrop Grumman executive, has been named president of intelligence and cybersecurity at Amentum. The advanced engineering and innovative technology services provider said Tuesday Walsmith will supervise the team responsible for developing and delivering innovative national security, intelligence and cyber...
Marin Halper has been appointed vice president of the Department of Defense and services center at MITRE, he announced on LinkedIn Tuesday In his new role, Halper will lead efforts supporting the National Security Engineering Center within the company’s national security sector. He will supervise a workforce tasked with addressing ch...
The U.S. government and its contractors are keenly focused on getting ahead of potentially devastating threats posed by polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, and by outdated critical infrastructure. Susannah Kerr, senior vice president and general manager of federal and environmental solutions at Jacobs, spoke with GovCon Wire about how the com...
Science Applications International Corp. has named Fred Silva, a veteran IT executive, as vice president of enterprise IT and next-generation networking. Silva announced his new position at SAIC in a LinkedIn post published Saturday. In this capacity, he will help align IT strategy with organizational objectives and oversee a team of nearly 600 IT p...
By Matt Heideman, Vice President of Public Sector at Mattermost Government missions are complex, often involving multiple parties operating at a significant scale across many disparate obstacles. Regardless of size or objectives, warfighters must carefully orchestrate many interconnected components throughout each stage of any mission, wit...
