GovConWire's Government Contracting News 3/22/2022

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president and president of defense systems business at Northrop Grumman, as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient for her efforts to help enable military and allied forces to interoperate and network across all domains as well as to continue advancing defense capabilities and services. This marks Petryszyn’s second

Patrick Collins, chief growth officer of Aeyon, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the launch of the company through the Artlin-Sehlke consulting merger back in Sept. 2021 and how the company has and continues to drive growth and value for its workforce and customers. In addition, Collins also discussed Aeyon’s push for artificial intelligence-related tools and capabilities

The U.S. Navy is working to drive the expansion of the service’s cloud environment to the tactical edge, according to Navy chief information officer Aaron Weis. Weis, a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said edge computing capabilities top the Navy’s list of priorities as the service pushes modernization initiatives, and especially in the wake of the Defense Department’s

John Eschenberg, a three-decade environmental management veteran, has been named the next president and project manager of Amentum-led Hanford Site contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Co. in a move slated to take effect May 16. He will succeed Scott Sax, who will retire after a nearly four-decade industry career, and assume management responsibility for the 10-year,

Biometric data and technologies are being deployed within multiple federal agencies to boost the accuracy of identity verification and free up human decision makers for other, more complex and cognitive tasks, according to federal officials. However, an expansion of capabilities is necessary to fully reap the benefits and address the existing issues of multimodal biometrics,

Accounting firm EY will continue to perform audits of the annual U.S. Army general fund and train the service branch’s financial management personnel under a $370 million contract modification. The company is currently assisting the Army in efforts to manage business process gaps and corrective measures, the Department of Defense said Monday. Army Contracting Command

TechnoMile has unveiled two customer advisory boards to help drive innovation and deliver best-in-class platforms for companies doing business with federal, state and local government agencies. The growth CAB will concentrate on the priorities of business development, proposals and capture teams of TechnoMile’s corporate clients, while the governance risk and compliance CAB will address the

ExecutiveBiz featured Farah Shah, general counsel for Valiant Integrated Services, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. She talked about company efforts to achieve growth efforts in the federal and technology markets and drive customer value in 2022. The impact of compliance standards on federal contractors and the challenges of maintaining those were also

Executive Mosaic has featured Haywood “Woody” Talcove, CEO of the government business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, in the 2022 Wash100 class for his leadership in digital identity intelligence and financial fraud prevention areas. This year marks the third consecutive time Talcove appears on Executive Mosaic’s annual list of leaders who continually drive growth and innovation

Deborah Cegielski, a more than 25-year human resource executive, has joined Cubic as senior vice president and chief HR and diversity officer. She will directly report to Stevan Slijepcevic, president and CEO of Cubic and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and will oversee the company’s talent acquisition and management functions, HR systems, public relations, corporate