James “Hondo” Geurts, formerly assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, has been named to the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Defense Group. “I am excited to join the SVDG team as the organization continues to bridge the gap between the Department of Defense and the technology community,” Geurts, a prev...
Seven companies have secured positions on a potential five-year, $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy for construction work primarily within the area of operations of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast. Gilbane Federal, Hensel Phelps Construction, The Korte Co., Mortenson Construction, ...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) aeronautics business has received a $1.1 billion contract modification from Naval Air Systems Command to carry out lot 15 production of F-35 jets. This award calls for the company to deliver six units of the fifth-generation aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps and another 10 to the U.S. Air Force, the...
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected 10 companies to support general construction projects at two U.S. Marine Corps installations in North Carolina under a five-year, $249 million contract. Contractors can compete for task orders to design, build, renovate, modify and repair facilities at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marin...
Accenture Federal Services conducted a global survey, capturing insights from over 6,000 businesses and executives to identify the recent emerging industry-leading trends in the federal technology sector as a result of the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as well the future implications for government agencies. The abrupt ons...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its Cybersecurity in National Security Summit on Tuesday to discuss the major initiatives bolstering the DOD’s cybersecurity as well as the opportunities for private industry to support the federal government’s cybersecurity objectives. Following a keynote address from Puesh Kumar of the Department of Energy (DOE), GovC...
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. has won a potential $149.6 million task order to rebuild facilities at a U.S. Navy installation in California that was hit by earthquakes. The company will design and construct a cast propellant mix facility, a warhead casing operations building and a motor assembly compound at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake,...
Cyber experts Stacy Dawn, Christine Horwege and Victor Foulk have joined CGI Federal’s growing cyber practice, the company announced Tuesday. “We look forward to expanding our cyber knowledge and depth of expertise as the growing demand for cybersecurity in the federal space increases,” said Jason Porter, vice president of CGI Federal’s emer...
James “Jim” Hutcherson, a Salesforce trainer for public and academic institutions, has been named vice president of cloud platform solutions at B3 Group, a Herndon, Virginia-based information technology consulting firm providing digital services to federal government and enterprise customers. He oversees B3 Group’s cloud governance and strateg...
KBR (NSYE: KBR) has won a potential $416.3 million task order to provide expeditionary staging area services at a U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic issued the task order with a $72.8 million base value, plus 10 unexercised options, as part of a multiple-award U.S. Navy contract vehicl...
