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Eric Chewning, a former official at the Department of Defense, has returned to management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. as a partner, Defense News reported Monday.

Govini analyzed the Department of Defense’s use of other transaction authorities and Small Business Innovation Research contracts between fiscal year 2015 and FY 2019 and found that the two contracting methods accounted for 10 percent, or $9.6B, of DoD’s spending on research, development, test and evaluation operations in 2019, Defense News reported Wednesday.

Alan Thomas, formerly executive vice president of special projects at IntelliBridge, has been promoted to chief operating officer. He joined IntelliBridge in November 2019 from the General Services Administration, where he served as commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, the company said Monday.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) emerged as the final contender for the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile prototyping competition, Jane’s 360 reported Tuesday. The PrSM program seeks to develop a precision-strike, surface-to-surface guided missile to replace the Army Tactical Missile System and that can be fired from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System to neutralize targets at ranges of up to 499 kilometers.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Chuck Prow, president and CEO of Vectrus, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for leading the company to drive company growth through big contract awards, acquisition and continued excellence in the government contracting (GovCon) sector. This marks the sixth-time that Prow has won a Wash100 Award in the seven years of the award’s history.

The U.S. Army has delayed an industry event for its potential $957M Cyber Training, Readiness, Integration, Delivery and Enterprise Technology contract due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, Fifth Domain reported Thursday.

Raytheon Company has developed, manufactured and delivered its first 3rd GEN FLIR sensor system under a U.S. Army contract awarded in 2016. This latest Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) system to support soldiers four fields of view, the company announced on Wednesday.  

The U.S. Army has awarded contracts to Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary and a team of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky business to proceed with the competitive demonstration and risk reduction effort for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program, Defense News reported Monday.

Seven firms have landed spots on a five-year, $350M contract from the U.S. Army to deliver weapons, optics, accessories, parts and manuals for obsolete weapon platforms.

The U.S. Army has released its draft request for proposals for a potential $957M contract vehicle for cyber training services in support of organizations within the Department of Defense and other non-DoD agencies. A notice posted Wednesday says the Cyber Training, Readiness, Integration, Delivery and Enterprise Technology contract will support the integration, management, evolution and maintenance of the Persistent Cyber Training Environment and provide acquisition lifecycle support for the PCTE system baseline.