Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed 0.83% higher at $4,884.32 before the weekend. It was a rare second-straight daily gain in December but not enough to reverse course. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, lost 1.31% overall for the week following a sharp 2.64% drop on midweek. On Wall Street,...
South Korea-based Hanwha Systems and Hanwha Ocean have closed their acquisition of U.S. shipbuilder Philly Shipyard for approximately $100 million to expand its footprint in the U.S. market for defense growth and commercial shipbuilding. David Kim, most recently executive vice president for Hanwha Defense USA, has been appointed CEO of the acquired ...
The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense, or JPEO CBRND, through the General Services Administration, has started soliciting industry comments on its draft request for proposal regarding the procurement of commercially available CBRN items and equipment. JPEO CBRND Contract Scope According to...
Heather Gerczak, chief administrative officer at Integral Federal, has been named chair of Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 Contracts Group. The 4×24 Executive Leadership Program unites senior industry executives and top government officials through a series of dinners designed to increase collaboration between public and private sector...
The General Services Administration has released the list of awardees under the second rolling awards process for the unrestricted track of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus, or OASIS+, contract program. GSA said Tuesday it sent notices to proceed, or NTPs, to OASIS+ Unrestricted contract awardees across eight domains: techni...
Firefly Aerospace will launch six scientific experiments and technology demonstrations on the lunar surface for NASA. The Cedar Park, Texas-based company secured a $179 million contract under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, which tasks American companies to conduct space missions in support of the Artemis campaign, NASA said Wednes...
ICF has appointed John Rabin, most recently assistant administrator for response at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as a vice president within the disaster management practice. The consulting and technology services provider said Rabin, who has over two decades of operational experience, will help communities prepare for, respond to and rec...
Until surprisingly recently, U.S. state and local governments have had a limited awareness of populations and demographics; it’s unclear who lives where and especially what their health needs might be. This becomes glaringly apparent when a weather disaster hits. When Hurricane Sandy pummeled the northeast in 2012, followed by several other disast...
Robert Dowling is humble about his qualifications and leadership bona fides, but his resume suggests a finance and business guru twice his age. Dowling has deep experience in mergers and acquisitions—he has successfully brought to term more than 35 transactions in the government services and aerospace and defense markets, exceeding $2 billion in e...
Alpha Omega has appointed Stephen Ambrose to its newly established chief scientist role as part of its commitment to climate science. The company said Monday Ambrose has more than 35 years of experience working in the public and private sectors, including at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, Woolpert and General Dynamic...
