GovConWire Top Stories 4/12/2021

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Anthony Robbins, federal vice president at NVIDIA, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for his leadership and significant contributions to the advancement and development of artificial intelligence capabilities and transformation in the federal sector. This marks Robbins’s fourth Wash100 Award in his career and third straight since

Neil Mitchill, formerly corporate vice president of financial planning and analysis and investor relations at Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has elevated to the role of chief financial officer of the aerospace and defense company. He succeeds Anthony “Toby” O’Brien, who held financial leadership roles for more than three decades at Raytheon prior to the merger

Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer for Parsons, was presented her third Wash100 Award, the most celebrated and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award, during a recent visit to Parsons. For her 2021 Wash100 Award win, Executive Mosaic recognizes

Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) aviation defense unit will help the U.S. Air Force maintain T-6 training aircraft under a sole-source indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth potentially $95.1 million over five years. Contract work covers sustaining engineering and program management support for the platform used to train military pilots, the Department of Defense said Friday. The company will perform

The Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) continues to help U.S. warfighters manage the modern battlefield’s information overload. JADO unites multiple defense systems and data sources to warfighters to provide combatants with comprehensive situational awareness. JADO enables warfighters to make quick decisions to dive into actions to achieve information and operational advantages over adversaries. Government and

Jen Easterly, who served senior counterterrorism and cybersecurity role at the National Security Agency, is expected to be nominated by President Joe Biden as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency while Chris Inglis, former NSA deputy director, is likely to be the national cyber director nominee, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The

Nikon has purchased a majority stake in additive manufacturing company Morf3D for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to drive growth in digital manufacturing and advance aerospace collaboration. Yuichi Shibazaki, corporate vice president and general manager of Next Generation Project Division at Nikon, said in a statement published Tuesday Morf3D’s innovation pipeline, aerospace manufacturing

Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting for George Mason University’s School of Business and GovCon Expert, was announced as a first-time recipient of the Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon).  GovCon Expert McGinn has been recognized with a 2021 Wash100 Award for his leadership and

Sandra Hinzman, senior vice president of contracts and property at Science Applications International Corp., will moderate a panel discussion at GovCon Wire’s upcoming Innovation and Modernization in Federal Acquisitions Forum scheduled for Thursday, April 15. Hinzman has worked for SAIC since 1992 and oversees contractual aspects of the company’s proposal submission and program administration functions.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is nearing a potential deal to acquire Burlington, Massachusetts-based artificial intelligence technology developer Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN) for $56 per share, or approximately $16 billion, Bloomberg reported Sunday. The estimated price of the transaction is a premium of 23 percent to Nuance’s Friday closing price. Nuance – which earned $1.48 billion in