GovConWire's Government Contracting News 3/25/2022

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce Kevin Phillips, chairman, president and CEO of ManTech International, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award for stewarding the company through its continued organic growth from acquisitions and contract awards. Phillips has been selected six consecutive times to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of leaders who shape the government

The defense subsidiary of Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has received an initial order from the U.S. Postal Service for 50,000 next-generation delivery vehicles worth $2.98 billion. Oshkosh Defense said Thursday the order includes at least 10,019 electric battery-powered vehicles and the remaining units will be built with low-emission internal combustion engines, as part of a 10-year

There is only a little over a month remaining to vote in the 2022 Wash100 Award rankings of the most prestigious executives in the DMV and beyond. Any time between now and April 30 (the sooner the better!), do yourself a favor and participate by casting a ballot of 10 votes for those execs out of

Katharyn White, vice president of IBM’s U.S. federal ecosystem, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. She talked about IBM’s growth push in the federal market as well as other company initiatives and technology capabilities in support of industry partners and government customers. Here’s an excerpt from the interview

Nine companies have won spots on a $385 million multiple-award contract vehicle to help the U.S. Air Force carry out general construction projects at two military installations in Utah. The military branch received 16 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive acquisition process for services to Hill AF Base and Utah Air National Guard

Forty Republican members of Congress have called on President Joe Biden to include in his fiscal year 2023 budget request a 5 percent increase in defense spending above the rate of inflation in light of increasing national security threats facing the country. The House and Senate lawmakers wrote in a Wednesday letter to the president

William LaPlante, nominee for the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment role, has been selected to receive Executive Mosaic’s 2022 Wash100 Award in recognition of his weapons procurement vision and agenda. This year marks the first time LaPlante appears on the annual list of public and private sector leaders who shape the government contracting

BAE Systems has secured a $176 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force build an airborne radio system to provide airmen with an alternative communications network in satellite-denied environments. BAE said Thursday it will use FlexRadio’s commercial off-the-shelf technology to produce software-defined technology with anti-jamming features for USAF’s Airborne High Frequency Radio Modernization program.

General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has received a potential five-year, $95 million contract from AmeriCorps for enterprise IT services. GDIT said Thursday it will provide cloud, managed services, cybersecurity, digital modernization, security management, systems and application modernization and operations center support under the eITS contract to help AmeriCorps modernize its IT systems. The

Paul Lynch, a 24-year veteran of ICF (Nasdaq: ICF), has been named chief operating officer of Waltham, Massachusetts-based consulting services provider The Cadmus Group. His responsibilities as Cadmus’ COO will include managing organizational performance, programs, business processes, acquisitions, operational due diligence and growth initiatives, the strategic and technical consultancy said Tuesday. Lynch noted that he