GovConWire's Government Contracting News 3/30/2022

Carey Smith, president and CEO of Parsons, has been recognized by Executive Mosaic in the 2022 edition of the Wash100 Award, the fourth time that she’s received the most prestigious recognition in government contracting. Smith assumed the president role at Parsons in November 2019, took on additional responsibilities as CEO in July 2021 and will also

Chico Moline, former president of national security solutions business at PAE, has been named chief information officer of Amentum and he will oversee the latter’s enterprise transformation efforts in his new position. His appointment is part of a string of senior leadership moves at Amentum after the Germantown, Maryland-based government services contractor closed its acquisition

Kevin Phillips, chairman, president and CEO of ManTech International, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon), from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit to ManTech’s office Monday. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Kevin Phillips as one of your TEN votes to advocate

Josh Jackson, senior vice president and portfolio lead for Science Applications International Corp.’s U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps business, recently spoke with GovCon Wire to discuss the company culture and values that are essential to the success SAIC has maintained. In addition, Jackson spoke with the publication about the challenges of ensuring proper training for

While the U.S. Air Force is not quite where it wants to be in the maturation of its data fabric, the service branch has made significant progress recently, according to Air Force officials. Today, the Air Force has large data platforms that are specifically tailored to support the requirements of communities within the branch, in

The Department of Defense plans to award cloud infrastructure services contracts worth potentially $9 billion combined in December under the five-year Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, CNBC reported Tuesday. In July 2021, DOD launched JWCC as a multivendor procurement effort to replace the single-award Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing program and announced plans to

A General Atomics business unit has been awarded a potential $585.04 million contract to help the U.S. Customs and Border Protection operate and maintain unmanned aircraft systems. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will also provide replacement aircraft, components and spares to the agency, according to an award notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov. The agency noted

Jamie McMullin, formerly vice president of business development and strategy at Fairbanks Morse Defense, has transitioned to a new role as president of the company’s services unit. He will be responsible for integrating service offerings from FMD’s newly acquired businesses into its portfolio and implementing new technology to support asset management and monitoring processes, the

Maisha Glover, senior vice president in Booz Allen Hamilton’s national security business, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. She discussed her company strategic goals, the advantages of a hybrid cleared workforce and the challenges in advancing transparency, diversity and innovation in the intelligence community. Glover also talked about being

Executive Mosaic has inducted Mark Frantz, co-founder of Blue Delta Capital Partners, into the 2022 class of the Wash100 Award for leading the expansion of the venture capital firm’s industry footprint and driving government market investments. This marks the first time that Frantz has been named among Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the most notable