John Trauth, a veteran cybersecurity leader with 35 years of industry experience, has joined Optiv to serve as general manager of the information security company’s federal division. He will lead the business organization that helps implement cybersecurity programs for defense, intelligence and federal government customers, Optiv said Thursday...
Jacky Wright, chief digital officer and corporate vice president at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), will join McKinsey & Company later this year to serve as a senior partner and chief technology and platform officer. As CTPO, she will oversee McKinsey’s tech portfolio and strategy, internal technology team and innovation efforts to sup...
The Department of Energy has named seven awardees on a five-year, $120 million contract vehicle for technical assistance to field sites operated by DOE’s Office of Environmental Management. DOE said Tuesday it may issue firm-fixed-price and time-and-material task orders through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Tasks will i...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has agreed to share data with the U.S. Air Force related to the ongoing development of the B-21 Raider Long Range Strike Bomber and its virtual model. Under a signed agreement, USAF will have access to common data environments, including a cloud-based platform that houses a suite of ground systems data...
Canada-based engineering services provider WSP Global has wrapped up its acquisition of John Wood Group’s environment and infrastructure business for approximately $1.81 billion as part of a push to expand its environmental service offerings to clients. Alexandre L’Heureux, president and CEO of WSP, said in a statement published Wednesday the co...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a potential five-year, $440.6 million contract to provide design agent engineering services for the U.S. Navy’s multimission air defense radar system capable of operating within both S-band and X-band frequencies. The firm-fixed-price contract covers engineering efforts and supplies for the dual-ba...
The government of Luxembourg has decided to procure 80 armored command, liaison and reconnaissance vehicles based on Eagle V from General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) European land systems business. General Dynamics said Wednesday the CLRV platform will replace the Luxembourg army’s fleet of Hummer and protected reconnaissance vehicles. Francois Bausch,...
Raiza Basilio, a 15-year GovCon industry veteran, has joined McLean, Virginia-based federal information technology services contractor Steampunk as vice president for citizen service and defense portfolio. She brings to the role her experience building client relationships and supporting customers in the Department of Homeland Security and federal i...
The Government Accountability Office has urged the Department of Defense to come up with a systematic approach to monitor other transaction agreement award dollars each consortium receives. GAO found that the lack of such an approach keeps DOD from collecting data on OTA obligations each consortium has secured, according to a report published Tuesda...
Mark Serway, interim president and CEO of Hitachi Vantara Federal over the past six months, has been appointed to the dual role on a full-time basis. The data services provider’s board of directors assigned Serway to temporarily take the helm on top of his chief financial officer duties in March after David Turner resigned. Serway...
