GovConWire's Government Contracting News 10/19/2021

Timothy “Tim” McBride, formerly a senior vice president at Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), will assume the role of president of Singapore-based ST Engineering’s U.S. arm on Nov. 1. He will oversee the operations of ST Engineering North America through the company’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, the company said Monday. “Tim brings with him a deep

The U.S. Navy has added Deloitte Consulting as an awardee on a potential $246.8 million contract vehicle to support the modernization of the service branch’s logistics and supply chain management systems. Naval Supply Systems Command received 10 offers for the NAVSUP Strategic Transformation program, which includes Naval Sustainment System-Supply, the Department of Defense said Monday.

Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft Federal, has received his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) recognizing the contributions of the top executive in the sector, for his leadership and efforts to drive digital transformation as federal agencies continue to push their adoption of the latest emerging technologies. Executive

White Hat Capital Partners and Magnetar Capital have agreed to purchase convertible preferred stock from Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) under a strategic investment deal with an initial value of $100 million. Comtech said Monday it will use the money to establish broadband technology centers in Arizona and England, pursue new business opportunities to modernize 911

In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Bill Downer, vice president of National Programs for Seagate Government Solutions and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, about the company’s performance in the fourth quarter, development of storage device capabilities and challenges of data security and protection. He also tackled big

A BAE Systems business unit has secured a $137.12 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to engineer command, control, communications, computer, combat, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The company’s technology solutions and services group will help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division manage the life cycle of systems and subsystems under the IDIQ

CAE USA (NYSE: CAE) has received a potential $37 million contract to develop a system for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to access, process and distribute three-dimensional geospatial information. The company said it will lead the development and integration of a prototype for the Training and Readiness Accelerator-managed Beyond 3D effort with the goal to help

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has purchased Scalable Network Technologies for an undisclosed sum to broaden its cybersecurity and 5G portfolio with the addition of the latter’s network simulation and modeling platforms. Scalable Network Technologies is a privately held company in Culver City, California, and provides software, simulation and network digital twin platforms that enable users

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division is seeking proposals for product support management/integration services under a potential eight-year, $600 million follow-on multiple award contract. According to a request for proposal posted Monday on SAM.gov, the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will include task orders for program management and logistics support services needed to sustain naval aviation weapon

The Department of Energy plans to invest $105 million in small business-led research and development projects that will focus on creating technologies that could help address the impacts of climate change. DOE said Monday that previous grantees under the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs are eligible to pursue the clean