Kamal Arafeh, a former executive at energy services provider Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), has joined satellite data company Spire Global as senior vice president of sales. He will be based in Washington, D.C., and will oversee efforts to grow Spire’s sales organization, partner program, geographic footprint and customer reach, the company said Wed...
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) other transaction authority agreements to build, integrate and demonstrate communications intelligence and electronic intelligence sensor prototypes for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System under the initial phase of the Multi-Domain Sens...
An Akima subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $40 million contract to train the flight crew of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. RiverTech will also provide live, virtual, constructive, academic and simulator instruction services to USAFE-AFAFRICA as part of the contract awarded under the General Services Administration’...
GovCon Wire, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its Data Innovation Forum on Tuesday, June 15th. If you missed the Data Innovation Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting the GovCon Wire Events Archive. The Data Innova...
Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award on Wednesday, the seventh time he’s received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to Carahsoft’s office. “Craig has a formula that works and is a measurement fanatic. Abod follow...
Forcepoint has agreed to buy U.K.-based Deep Secure for an undisclosed sum to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity offerings for governments, critical infrastructure and enterprises worldwide. Forcepoint said Tuesday it expects the transaction to be completed in August, pending regulatory review and other customary closing conditions. “The ad...
A joint venture of Amentum and InDyne has begun transition work on the potential 10-year, $900 million Atlantic Range Technical Support Services contract with the U.S. Navy. Reliance Test & Technology started ARTSS contract transition activities in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Maryland, following t...
The U.S. Navy has selected nine companies for a potential eight-year, $249.7 million contract to design, produce, install and test unmanned hardware and software platforms. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide the military branch a range of technical support services for unmanned waterborne and underwater mine countermeasures systems,...
The San Diego ship repair business of BAE Systems has secured a potential $104.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy for maintenance, modernization and repair services in support of the USS San Diego, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. The firm-fixed-price contract that provides for the LPD 22’s fiscal 2021 docking selected restric...
Ashutosh Gokhale, a 14-year Maximus (NYSE: MMS) veteran, will formally join the technical solutions division at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) on July 9 to succeed Billy Jahn as chief financial officer and vice president for business management. Gokhale will work in HII’s Fairfax, Virginia, offices to oversee financial and busi...
