GovConWire's Government Contracting News 12/27/2022

The year 2022 in government contracting featured new multibillion-dollar contract awards, major recompetes and some protests over agency procurement decisions. Before we shift into 2023, our editorial team is thrilled to share the most significant federal contracts of the past 12 months from Executive Mosaic’s media portfolio. Continue reading below for our rundown of this

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has landed a $1.05 billion contract to supply materials and services for 118 units of F-35 fighter jets for the U.S. armed forces and allies. The Department of Defense said Friday the U.S. Navy awarded the undefinitized advanced acquisition contract for Lot 18 F-35 aircraft, which also benefits the Air Force,

Reggie Brothers, operating partner at AE Industrial Partners and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been named to the board of directors at Leonardo DRS (Nasdaq: DRS). He will serve on the board’s audit committee starting Jan. 1 and bring more than three decades of government and industry experience in advanced networking, artificial intelligence and

Carahsoft Technology has received a $432 million contract from the U.S. Army for the delivery of ServiceNow products to the service branch through Dec. 22, 2027. Funding and work locations will be based on each order under the firm-fixed-price contract for ServiceNow procurement, the Department of Defense said Friday. Carahsoft serves as the public sector

A heavy-lift helicopter that Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary built for the U.S. Marine Corps has transitioned to the full-rate production phase. Frederick Stefany, acting assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, issued the decision for the CH-53K King Stallion aircraft following the evaluation of results of the initial operational test

The Defense Health Agency has awarded Leidos a five-year, $102.21 million contract to perform programmatic services in support of congressionally directed medical research initiatives and of U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command subordinate organizations. The contractor will assist program managers in conducting strategic planning, vision setting and programmatic review evaluation as well as in

Shey Edwards, a nearly two-decade veteran at Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and its former branding and business, has been appointed as chief operating officer for high-consequence missions within the company’s intelligence and space segment, according to a LinkedIn post published Saturday. The Raytheon Intelligence & Space executive most recently served as director of field and

The Department of Defense’s Washington Headquarters Services is soliciting comments and recommendations as it plans to award an other transaction agreement to an organization to create and oversee a consortium that will help DOD accelerate access to commercial technologies. The WHS acquisition directorate expects the industrial base policy consortium to help the manufacturing, capability expansion