GovConWire's Government Contracting News 12/16/2022

The $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023 is now headed to the White House for President Joe Biden’s signature after the Senate voted 83-11 to pass the defense policy bill, The Hill reported Thursday. The NDAA reflects a $45 billion increase from the president’s budget request and seeks to authorize $817

The General Services Administration has begun seeking proposals from companies with commercial online platforms that could provide business-to-business e-commerce support for federal buyers of commercial off-the-shelf items using government purchase cards. GSA plans to award multiple contracts to vendors that own, manage and operate commercial online systems that offer a wide range of routine commercial

Jeff Showalter, chief development officer at technical consulting firm John H. Northrop & Associates, will join HII‘s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division to serve as its vice president of operations, according to his LinkedIn post. The executive has over 25 years of experience in providing professional services as a business consultant, lawyer, investor and organizational

Metron will provide undersea mission autonomy software development and applied research investigation support services for the U.S. Navy under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The company said Thursday the contract with the Office of Naval Research covers mission simulation, algorithm research and development, objective planning, system-level performance assessments, model development and at-sea demonstrations to provide improved autonomy

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has elevated Scott Vander Hamm to the positions of vice president and corporate lead executive for the company’s U.S. Strategic Command and Air Force Global Strike Command accounts, according to a LinkedIn post. The retired Air Force major general joined Northrop in August 2019 as corporate director of AF aviation programs

Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense business will continue assisting the U.S. Army in its deployment of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Family of Vehicles as part of a $543.5 million contract modification. The award requires Oshkosh Defense to perform JLTV fielding support work at its Wisconsin location until July 31, 2024, the Department of Defense said

An Amentum subsidiary has won a five-year, $44.6 million task order to support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s human assistance bureau in implementing regional disaster management and risk reduction programs. The order, awarded under the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle, includes equipping stakeholders to respond to natural disasters

The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Raytheon Technologies-owned (NYSE: RTX) engine builder Pratt and Whitney a $619 million contract modification to procure lot 17 F-35 propulsion components and produce additional systems for the 15th and 16th batches of the fighter aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will use a portion of the funds to obtain long-lead items for the

The Department of Commerce has cleared a joint NASA-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration program to acquire spacecraft that will follow the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R Series. The agencies can now start the contracting process to build a Geostationary Extended Observations system and associated instruments, NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service said Thursday.

Yang Enterprises, a woman-owned company headquartered in Florida, has won a potential $235 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help U.S. Space Force personnel operate and maintain their base operations at a military airfield located on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Under the 10-year contract, Yang will manage facilities, equipment, utilities and systems at the Ascension