GovConWire's Government Contracting News 11/9/2022

Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, spoke with leaders of eight large primes to discuss strategic priorities for the Pentagon and business challenges facing the industry. DOD said Tuesday executives at BAE Systems, Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), HII (NYSE: HII), L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:

Nazzic Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., accepted her 2022 Wash100 Award during a recent visit by Executive Mosaic founder and CEO Jim Garrettson. Keene has been chosen five times to the Wash100 list and her selection this year is in recognition of her company’s strategy to invest in and align with areas it

V2X (NYSE: VVX) reported $958.2 million in revenue during the third quarter of 2022 and saw its pro forma revenue climb 10 percent year-over-year to $961.3 million. The company said Tuesday the quarterly results reflect the contributions of Vectrus between July 1 and end of September and Vertex from July 5 to Sept. 30. On

Rich Sawchak, a member of the board of directors of Systems Planning and Analysis, will succeed the retiring William Vantine as CEO of SPA, effective Nov. 21. Vantine will continue to serve on the board of the Alexandria, Virginia-based defense technology services contractor, SPA said Tuesday. “The timing of Bill’s retirement was planned during the

The State Department has approved a potential $380 million sale of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, produced by Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), and related equipment to the government of Belgium. Raytheon’s missile systems division will serve as the principal contractor on the proposed foreign military sales agreement, which covers the provision of up to 120 AIM-120C-8

Edgesource has acquired data analytics services provider Auspex in a transaction that will broaden its capabilities in the national security sector. Founded in 2015, Auspex is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that provides data analytics, cybersecurity, data operations, management consulting and operations research support for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, Edgesource said

Jay Icard, former president and CEO of satellite communications provider XATR, has been named senior vice president of strategic development at SES’ government arm. He will be responsible for driving SES Government Solutions‘ strategy to pursue growth in the multiband, multi-orbit satcom network sector, the global satellite operator said Tuesday. Icard led XATR, which offers

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force to equip two additional E-11A modified Bombardier aircraft with an airborne communications relay and gateway system. The award was made under a $3.6 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering the development, testing, integration and sustainment of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node payload, the company

Sid Agarwal, an REI Systems veteran, was elevated to the position of vice president of health systems at the Sterling, Virginia-headquartered information technology company, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday. The executive has oversight of the REI business arm focused on delivering services to health-related agencies including the U.S. Agency for International Development, Administration for Children and Families,