GovConWire's Government Contracting News 1/25/2022

Executive Mosaic is pleased to present the Honorable Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Integrity, as a recipient of the prestigious 2022 Wash100 Award, which annually recognizes elite public and private sector leaders for their influential contributions in the government contracting community. This marks Zarate’s second Wash100 Award, following his win in

Carey Smith, president and CEO of Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, will assume additional duties as chairwoman of the Centreville, Virginia-based company’s board of directors, effective April 14. She will succeed Chuck Harrington, who will retire as executive chairman after a four-decade career with the company, Parsons said Monday. “Every day,

The Department of Defense said “integrated deterrence” will be a key component of its National Defense Strategy slated to be released in the coming weeks. In a December 2021 mission brief on the forthcoming NDS, Mara Karlin — assistant secretary for strategies, plans and capabilities and acting deputy undersecretary for policy at DOD — said the concept of integrated deterrence goes

Patrick Clancey, an 18-year biometrics industry veteran, has been named CEO of Idemia‘s subsidiary that offers identity intelligence products and services to the U.S. national security sector. The appointment marks Clancey’s return to the Idemia National Security Solutions business he helped establish in 2017 when he was serving as vice president of operations, the company

Executive Mosaic has introduced CipherTrace CEO David Jevans as the newest inductee into the Wash100 in recognition of his leadership in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology areas. This award marks his entry into the premier class of 100 executives with staying power and influence at the intersection of the public and private sectors. He helped

The Potomac Officers Club on Wednesday hosted its 8th Annual Defense Research & Development Summit, where government and industry leaders discussed the projects and ideas that are keeping the U.S. military and Pentagon officials at the forefront of modern strategy as well as technological discoveries that prepare for new threats abroad. After a keynote address by Heidi

Barry Broadus, a former Dovel Technologies executive with over three decades of financial management experience, will join ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) by the end of February to serve as its chief financial officer. He will take over from Bettina Garcia Welsh, who will remain with the company as an adviser until early April to smoothen the

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a five-year, $104.5 million contract to modernize the U.S. Army’s gunnery training simulation systems. The company will perform technology refresh and concurrency updates to the simulators, the Department of Defense said Monday. Army Contracting Command received three bids for the cost-no-fee, firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation and will determine

Network Innovations has acquired STS Global, a Stony Brook, New York-based satellite communications company, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to accelerate the development and delivery of customized connectivity platforms and communications services to government, enterprise, media and other markets. “This acquisition offers great potential in the markets we serve and I’m confident

Defense agency and commercial sector leaders came together on Wednesday to examine the Department of Defense’s current research and development strategies, technology innovation efforts and acquisition reform initiatives during the Potomac Officers Club’s highly-anticipated 8th Annual Defense R&D Summit. After the virtual audience heard from Heidi Shyu, DOD undersecretary for research and engineering; DARPA Director Dr. Stefanie Tompkins; Amanda Toman,