GovConWire's Government Contracting News 4/21/2022

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Executive Spotlight: Raj Shankar, VP of Digital Transformation & GTM at Salesforce

Raj Shankar, vice president of digital transformation & GTM at Salesforce, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the importance of data transformation and how Salesforce can help drive larger digital transformation efforts for its customers. In addition, Shankar also discussed how Salesforce is driving success for its customers in the government contracting (GovCon) sector as well as why he

Contract Awards

Raytheon Secures $1.7B Navy Contract to Engineer Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Ship Systems

A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business has secured a potential five-year, $1.68 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to provide modernization, activation and sustainment support for Total Ship Computing Environment infrastructure and mission systems of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. Raytheon Missiles & Defense will also provide non-recurring engineering support to facilitate combat system installation, testing,

Events

What the ASAT Missile Test Ban Means for US Space Defense

Space satellites serve as the foundation for a myriad of civilian, military, economic and commercial operations within the U.S.; everything from cell phone service to GPS systems to weather forecasting operates based on data and insights gathered from satellites on orbit. However, this dependence is being jeopardized by the increasing democratization of space and the

GovCon Expert

GovCon Expert David Egts: Some Tips to Improve Healthcare User Experience

David Egts, chief technologist of Red Hat’s North America Public Sector organization, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. GovCon Expert David Egts discussed the three core elements to keep at the forefront of defense customers as they work to implement open-source software and address the technological challenges involved

Contract Awards

NASA Awards $278.5M in Commercial Satcom Services Demo Contracts to 6 Vendors

Six companies have received $278.5 million in agreements from NASA to build and demonstrate space communication services as the agency moves to decommission its fleet of near-Earth satellites. Inmarsat’s U.S. government arm, Kuiper Government Solutions, SES Government Solutions, Telesat U.S. Services, SpaceX and Viasat are expected to complete development and demonstrations by 2025 under the

Executive Moves

Lockheed Vet Jeff Babione Takes COO Role at Sierra Space

Jeff Babione, a nearly three-decade veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been named chief operating officer of Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s space subsidiary. He joins Sierra Space from his prior role as vice president and general manager at Lockheed’s Advanced Development Programs – also known as Skunk Works, the SNC subsidiary said Wednesday. Babione previously

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Maxar Invests in Geospatial Analytics Services Provider Blackshark.ai; Dan Nord Quoted

Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has made a strategic investment in Blackshark.ai, a provider of geospatial analytics services powered by artificial intelligence, as part of efforts to bring additional 3D geospatial products to more markets and customers. “We’re excited to partner with Blackshark.ai to extend our geospatial analytics offering and bring a AAA video-game quality 3D

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Executive Spotlight With Leidos SVP & GM Milad Bahrami Highlights Company’s Work With HHS, Future Objectives

ExecutiveBiz featured Milad Bahrami, senior vice president and general manager for government health and safety solutions at Leidos, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about talent recruitment and retention in the federal sector, Leidos’ efforts in support of the community as well as his objectives in joining the company and

Executive Moves

John Avalos Named Arcfield Chief Growth Officer, Ted Fidder Appointed CTO

John Avalos and Ted Fidder, respectively former executives at SOS International and CACI International (NYSE: CACI), have been appointed to leadership positions at Chantilly, Virginia-based systems engineering company Arcfield. Arfield said Wednesday Avalos will serve as chief growth officer while Fidder will be chief technology officer and they will work together in efforts to help

M&A Activity

JS Global Targets Federal Construction Market Growth Through ADG Purchase

JS Global has acquired Washington, D.C.-based contractor Atlantic Design Group for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand its construction market footprint. ADG provides design-build services to federal clients at both domestic and international locations, JS Global said Wednesday. Maryland-headquartered JS Global operates as a portfolio company of investment firm White Wolf Capital and

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 4/21/2022

Executive Spotlight: Raj Shankar, VP of Digital Transformation & GTM at Salesforce

Raytheon Secures $1.7B Navy Contract to Engineer Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Ship Systems

What the ASAT Missile Test Ban Means for US Space Defense

GovCon Expert David Egts: Some Tips to Improve Healthcare User Experience

NASA Awards $278.5M in Commercial Satcom Services Demo Contracts to 6 Vendors

Lockheed Vet Jeff Babione Takes COO Role at Sierra Space

Maxar Invests in Geospatial Analytics Services Provider Blackshark.ai; Dan Nord Quoted

Executive Spotlight With Leidos SVP & GM Milad Bahrami Highlights Company’s Work With HHS, Future Objectives

John Avalos Named Arcfield Chief Growth Officer, Ted Fidder Appointed CTO

JS Global Targets Federal Construction Market Growth Through ADG Purchase

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