GovConWire's Government Contracting News 2/16/2022

Executive Mosaic is glad to introduce Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space subsidiary, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award for driving business growth through major contract wins, technology development efforts, workforce and facility expansion as well as acquisition and partnership activities. The recognition marks the third consecutive time that Azevedo has been

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TSEM) for $53 per share in cash, or approximately $5.4 billion, in a transaction that will create an end-to-end foundry to meet the increasing demand for semiconductors worldwide. The boards of the two companies have unanimously approved the deal that is expected to be completed

Five companies hold positions on a five-year, $250 million contract to develop electronic warfare threat simulation and radar systems for U.S. Navy aircrew. Contractors will compete to help the military branch implement simulators and instrumentation to train naval aviation personnel in network-centric warfare and battlefield scenarios before their deployment to missions, the Department of Defense

Melissa Taylormoore, formerly vice president and deputy chief legal officer at Constellis, has been promoted to chief legal and compliance officer at the Herndon, Virginia-based risk management services provider. She will be responsible for litigation, contracts, investigations, corporate governance, health and safety, ethics, environment and internal audit functions in her new role at Constellis, the

Bryan Brew, a two-decade public and private sector veteran, has been named vice president of growth pipeline execution and strategy at Client Solution Architects. He will be responsible for identifying and qualifying new business opportunities, developing market and account plans and operating CSA’s service center for indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contracts, the company said Wednesday. Brew most recently

Aerospace and defense electronics supplier Emcore (Nasdaq: EMKR) has signed an approximately $5 million cash deal to acquire the space and navigation unit of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). Emcore said Tuesday it aims to expand the company’s inertial navigation technology offerings, add design and test equipment for space applications and create mutual business opportunities with

ExecutiveBiz featured John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He discussed the impact of acquiring DynCorp and PAE on Amentum’s transformational growth efforts, the recent contract awards from the U.S. Navy and Department of Energy, as well as the company’s footprint expansion

The Department of Defense has released a report that provides an overview of the state of competition in the defense industrial base and offers recommendations to promote competition in the DIB. The five recommendations outlined in the report are strengthening merger oversight; addressing intellectual property limitations; increasing new entrants; increasing opportunities for small businesses; and

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a $200 million contract to provide technical and engineering services to U.S. Pacific Air Forces Command. The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service disclosed the award in a SAM notice posted Monday. Under the contract, Leidos will support PACAF’s command and control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance

Executive Mosaic has introduced Avril Haines, director of national intelligence, as a Wash100 Award recipient for her leadership in shaping U.S. intelligence community priorities to operate in a new global security landscape. Haines has been selected for the second consecutive year to the premier group of leaders who continually shape the conversation and narrative surrounding