GovConWire's Government Contracting News 1/27/2022

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award and the only nine-time winner of the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). “Roger Krone is the winningest member of the GovCon community,” said Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and

Tina Kuhn, a more than three-decade government contracting industry veteran, has been named president of Maryland-based software engineering and cybersecurity company Proximas Group. In her new role, Kuhn will steward acquisition and integration pursuits intended to grow Proximas’ portfolio of technology and engagement offerings for the intelligence, national security and defense markets, the company said

A Crypto Head study shows that Binance, Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) and Robinhood (Nasdaq: HOOD) are the top three most highly valued cryptocurrency companies. Binance is the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume with a company valuation of approximately $300 billion. Coinbase is valued at about $85.7 billion, while Robinhood is worth approximately $39 billion.

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has acquired ID Technologies from investment firm The Acacia Group for approximately $225 million as part of efforts to expand its secure network modernization capabilities in support of Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and federal civilian agency customers. ID Technologies is an Ashburn, Virginia-based provider of enterprise information technology, infrastructure-as-a-service and

GovCon Wire Events hosted its FAA: Climate Change Priorities Fireside Chat session Wednesday featuring keynote speaker Kevin Welsh, executive director of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Environment and Energy, who delivered exclusive insights to the virtual audience on how the aviation industry is tackling climate change through sustainability initiatives, environmentally-focused fuel alternatives and policy frameworks as

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has won a potential 10-year, $750 million contract to provide the U.S. Marine Corps multichannel handheld radios for integration with joint light tactical vehicles and high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles. Marine Corps Systems Command is the contracting activity and received two offers for the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive procurement

Executive Mosaic has introduced Teresa Weipert, general manager of the federal services segment at Maximus, as the newest inductee into the Wash100 in recognition of her strategy to advance citizen experience technology and service delivery for government customers. This award marks her entry into the premier group of 100 executives with staying power and influence

PV Puvvada, CEO of NetImpact Strategies and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He talked about the company’s growth strategy for 2022,  delivery of digital transformation services to federal agencies, recent certifications and software capability updates and work with the Defense Health Agency. Here’s

Thirteen commercial launch services providers have secured positions on a $300 million contract vehicle to help NASA send small satellites to Class D spacecraft into different orbits. The agency said Thursday it will place firm-fixed-price task orders through the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract over five years. NASA’s VADR program follows the Venture

During Tuesday’s Fostering Resilient, All-of-Nation Pandemic Response event, hosted by the Potomac Officers Club, notable leaders from the federal health, military and business sectors discussed how we can leverage knowledge gained through early and current COVID-19 response efforts to better prepare the nation and its citizens for future biological threats as the pandemic continues to pose