GovConWire's Government Contracting News 2/9/2022

Scott McIntyre, CEO of Guidehouse, has been selected to the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most significant contributors in the government contracting sector — for the sixth consecutive year. “As our business continues to grow, I am grateful for the exceptional team we’ve built. Guidehouse is home to great talent, and our

Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) has received a $250 million cost-plus-fixed-fee task order from the U.S. Army to perform logistics support work for Fort Benning in Georgia. The award falls under the Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise contract and includes options that would extend services through December 2026, the company said Tuesday. Chuck Prow, president and CEO

The recent confirmation of Andrew Hunter as assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics reflects the service branch’s reinvigorated focus on software as a key component of its broader information technology and modernization strategies. Hunter, who formerly led the defense-industrial initiatives group at the Center for Strategic International Studies, will serve

The Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business has released a playbook that advances a change in acquisition approach and mindset to ensure that the defense acquisition system can maintain its advantage over strategic competitors like Russia and China. The document proposed an “Acquisition Next” mindset to help accelerate technology adoption

David Constable, CEO and a board member of Fluor (NYSE: FLR), has been appointed by the board of directors to serve as executive chairman of the Irving, Texas-based engineering, procurement and construction company. He will continue to hold the CEO title and succeed the retiring Alan Boeckmann, who will not seek reelection in May, the

New Jersey-based information technology company OM Group has won a seven-year, $485 million contract to consolidate and maintain the U.S. Air Force’s data center systems at Hill AF Base in Utah. OM Group will deploy applications and perform sustainment and onboarding work for the Hill Enterprise Data Center modernization project, the Department of Defense said

The General Services Administration has selected 557 small businesses as second phase awardees on the potential $50 billion 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide contract for information technology services. GSA said Thursday the award of the 8(a) STARS III GWAC’s second cohort to underserved and disadvantaged businesses further advances efforts to increase

Executive Mosaic has introduced John Heneghan, president of ECS, as the newest member of the 2022 Wash100 to recognize his leadership in positioning ASGN’s government technology segment for growth through multiple acquisitions. This recognition marks his entry into Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most significant government contracting industry contributors. Heneghan succeeded former ECS head

Boeing will update acoustic analysis software used on the U.S. Navy’s Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft under a five-year, $94.9 million contract. Naval Air Systems Command tasked the company to perform engineering work and provide supplies that include defect package fixes for the P-8A Acoustic Operational Flight Program, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Eighty percent

In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz sat with Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president and president of defense systems business at Northrop Grumman as well as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, to talk about the company’s $1.4 billion contract with the U.S. Army for the Integrated Battle Command System and about the impact IBCS