GovConWire's Government Contracting News 10/25/2022

Kirk Riggs, a U.S. Air Force veteran and a former executive at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has been appointed vice president of strategy and business development operations within the intelligence group at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), according to a LinkedIn post published Monday. While at L3Harris, Riggs oversaw similar functions under the company’s space superiority division.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun seeking information on potential sources of technical, analytics and program event assistance as DARPA plans to create a $1 billion multiple-award contract vehicle for these support services. A notice posted Monday on SAM.gov states that DARPA is looking to select up to 10 vendors through the planned

Emily Murphy, former administrator of the General Services Administration and current senior fellow at the George Mason University Business School’s Center for Government Contracting, has published her latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. GovCon Expert Emily Murphy, who serves as a partner of CEO Coaching International and is a three-time Wash100 Award

Intel’s (Nasdaq: INTC) foundry business has established an alliance to improve semiconductor design and production to meet the requirements of national security and government applications. Initial members of the U.S. Military, Aerospace and Government Alliance formed by Intel Foundry Services include Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS), Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS), Siemens EDA, Trusted Semiconductor Solutions and Intrinsix, Intel

The Department of Defense has started seeking proposals for a potential 10-year, $499 million contract to develop and test anti-tamper systems to protect critical program information and technologies from reverse engineering attempts and other adversarial efforts. The DOD Anti-Tamper Executive Agent Program Office expects the platforms to be procured through the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to

Charles “Chuck” Harris, a nearly 35-year industry veteran, has joined the U.S. arm of engineering and professional services firm WSP as Navy program director for the federal programs business segment. He will oversee growth initiatives for the Navy program, including a $500 million contract in support of the U.S. Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program, and

Nick Nilan, a 19-year veteran of Verizon (NYSE: VZ), has joined Fortress Information Security to serve as chief revenue officer. Fortress said Monday he will aim to bring the company’s cybersecurity offerings to the government and utilities sectors as well as the industrial base that supports both areas. Prior to this appointment, Nilan was sales

L3Harris Technologies‘ (NYSE: LHX) board of directors has approved a plan to repurchase another $3.0 billion of its common stock. The Melbourne, Florida-based defense technology supplier said Friday the additional stock re-acquisition will bring total buyback authorization for L3Harris to approximately $4.5 billion. Stockholders of record as of Nov. 18 will receive a quarterly cash