GovConWire's Government Contracting News 3/14/2022

Executive Mosaic is honored to again induct Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton, into the prestigious Wash100 Award for 2022 – an award which is annually bestowed upon the top 100 “executives of consequence” within the government contracting community as recognition of invaluable contributions across the federal landscape and most importantly, in anticipation of continued

Margaret Palmieri, founder and former director of the Navy’s digital warfare office, has been appointed deputy chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense. John Sherman, chief information officer at DOD and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, announced Palmieri’s appointment in a LinkedIn post published Friday. Palmieri previously served as director of

The U.S. government appears to be favoring the expansion of surveillance technology deployments along the border with the inclusion of funds for autonomous surveillance towers and other border security platforms in an omnibus budget package, The Washington Post reported Friday. On Thursday, Congress approved and sent to the White House a $1.5 trillion spending package

As the global geopolitical environment sees rapid developments unfolding, the United States is shoring up its defense and military capabilities to prepare for an array of potential scenarios in the face of budgetary and adversarial uncertainties. More than 20 of the Defense Department’s top leaders gathered on Wednesday during the McAleese FY2023 Defense Programs Conference to

Bill Webner, a Capgemini Government Solutions vice president, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Friday. He discussed the company’s recent digital transformation initiatives, federal market expansion, talent strategy and core values. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with Webner about Capgemini Government Solutions’ efforts to stay ahead of innovation

American Systems has received a $42.1 million contract to develop technology for the evaluation of U.S. Navy combat systems in training environments. The Naval Air Warfare Center’s training systems division sought a Combat Systems Integrated Product to help service personnel carry out weapon assessments and predict a system’s ability to complete tasks, functions and missions,

Paul Harris, corporate vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), is set to take on new responsibilities after his promotion as executive VP and chief sustainability and compliance officer. He will continue to lead HII’s compliance-related efforts while overseeing its environmental, social and governance programs, the military shipbuilder

Executive Mosaic has featured Navy Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the 2022 Wash100 class for his strategic vision for nuclear triad modernization and integrated deterrence. Grady was nominated by President Biden to JCS’ No. 2 officer position early in November 2021 and confirmed by the Senate on Dec.

The U.S. Army has issued a solicitation for a potential $99 million multiple award task order contract to provide design build services for the Charleston District SAC’s program to meet the construction, repair and renovation needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs over the next five years. The Design-Build MATOC is a 100 percent set-aside

Scott Cragg, a nearly two-decade federal information technology veteran, has been named director of strategic growth at IT and contact center services provider HighPoint Global. He will be responsible for developing and executing the company’s strategy to help government agencies manage customer experience and outcomes, HighPoint said Friday. Cragg previously held the chief information officer