GovConWire's Government Contracting News 2/17/2022

John Sherman, chief information officer for the Department of Defense (DOD), has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, the most acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership in multiple roles that are monumental to the implementation of the Pentagon’s cybersecurity and digital transformation strategies. Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize

Jason Porter, president of public sector and FirstNet at AT&T and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, recently took part in the latest Executive Spotlight interview with GovCon Wire to discuss FirstNet’s impact on the recent modernization of network capabilities for the U.S. Coast Guard and other military branches as well as AT&T’s work with 5G in

Last week, Senators introduced a new legislative package that combines aspects of the Cyber Incident Reporting act, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021 and the Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act into a more comprehensive, robust and up-to-date bill that is expected to be more likely to pass into law than each

  General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has secured a potential five-year, $162 million other transaction authority agreement from the Defense Information Systems Agency to build and deploy an identity, credential and access management platform for Department of Defense applications. GDIT said Wednesday it will continue to integrate DOD’s financial management applications into the

Mick Fox, chief operating officer for Technomile, has provided his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. Previously, GovCon Expert Mick Fox has shared his insights with a two-part informative guide breaking down contract lifecycle management (CLM) in the federal landscape today. In today’s piece, Fox discussed the benefits

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is looking to partner with multiple companies to develop new technologies, designs and integrated systems for the service branch’s aerospace vehicles through a potential $400 million indefinite-quantity indefinite-delivery contract. AFRL issued a notice of contract action Tuesday to inform vendors of an upcoming one-step broad agency announcement for the

Chris Corgnati, a former U.S. Navy captain and veteran of the unmanned aviation sector, has been named president of Baltimore, Maryland-based unmanned aircraft system maker MissionGO. He will lead the company’s pursuit of type certification with the Federal Aviation Administration for drone offerings and its initiatives to grow delivery, utilities and infrastructure inspection and training

Valiant Integrated Services will provide training support to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command under a $150 million single-award contract. Dan Corbett, CEO of Valiant, said in a statement released Wednesday the company has supported USASOC and other special operations commands since 2005. “We’re honored to continue our support to this critical mission, and we

Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential 10-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform sustaining engineering work on avionics of the E-3 airborne early warning and control system. Collins Aerospace will support recurring and non-recurring AWACS avionics maintenance requirements at USAF and NATO, the Department of Defense

Kevin Coggins, vice president for positioning, navigation and timing at Booz Allen Hamilton, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He discussed the challenges in providing U.S. military branches with up-to-date data management, artificial intelligence and robotics; the advancement of in-orbit systems; the zero trust architecture for space-enabled networks;