GovConWire's Government Contracting News 2/11/2022

Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP National Security Services, has been selected to the 2022 edition of the Wash100, the seventh time he’s won the prestigious award in the nine-year history of Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of executives with staying power and influence in the government contracting arena. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson noted Testoni’s selection to

Shareholders at PAE (Nasdaq: PAE) approved Thursday the proposed combination with Amentum and both parties expect the transaction to close Tuesday, Feb. 15. Falls Church, Virginia-based PAE said Thursday holders of over 86 percent of its outstanding common stock were in favor of the merger and that all approvals needed to finalize the transaction have

Another week of voting for the 2022 Wash100 Award has passed and the ranking is sizzling with competition. You still have plenty of time–from now until April 30–to cast 10 votes for the executives you respect the most in the government, military and GovCon sectors. Visit Wash100.com right now to participate in Executive Mosaic’s most fun and

Ruben Marchiani, former vice president of operations at NCI Information Systems‘ agile development sector, has been named vice president and market owner of national security at Excella. He will oversee business development, profit and loss management, growth strategy implementation and client service functions in his new position to help expand Excella’s national security market presence,

NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), QinetiQ‘s space business and Space Flight Laboratory positions on the agency’s $6 billion procurement vehicle for spacecraft systems and related services through an on-ramp contracting procedure. The three awardees can vie for firm-fixed-price delivery orders from NASA centers and other federal organizations under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV

John Cooper, senior vice president of Global Government and Defense at AAR, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. He discussed the company’s growth and success heading into 2022, strategic goals in the government and defense sectors for the coming year as well as its recent $365M contract award

The State Department has approved a potential sale to Indonesia of F-15 fighter aircraft built by Boeing (NYSE: BA) and associated equipment through an estimated $13.9 billion government-to-government agreement with the U.S. Indonesia’s foreign military sales request includes 36 F-15ID jets, 87 F110-GE-129 or F100-PW-229 engines, 92 embedded GPS security devices and 40 M61A Vulcan

Executive Mosaic has introduced Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense, as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient for her strategic vision to help maintain the U.S. military’s technological advantage and foster a strong partnership with industry to accelerate defense innovation. Shyu has been selected two times to Executive Mosaic’s annual

The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has announced that U.S. Army Contracting Command awarded 79 companies spots on a blanket purchase agreement to provide test and evaluation capabilities to support the development of ethical and responsible AI systems across the Department of Defense. The BPA awarded on behalf of JAIC will establish test and evaluation standards,

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has booked a $161.06 million contract option from the U.S. Navy to continue support for the modernization of a guidance system for the Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The nonprofit engineering company is responsible for the design, production and test of new MK6 MOD 1 guidance technology under the service branch’s