GovConWire's Government Contracting News 4/7/2022

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Doug Lane, president and CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions, his 2022 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to the company to recognize Lane’s significant accomplishments as a leader for the government contracting (GovCon) community. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Doug Lane as one of your TEN votes

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at an April 20 forum hosted by GovCon Wire Events to share his outlook for service intelligence. Trussler has served as deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare and the 68th director of naval intelligence since June 2020. He previously served

DMI has purchased Aurotech for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to broaden its technical capabilities in data and analytics, build up its portfolio of digital transformation services and expand its client base in federal markets. Aurotech was founded in 2007 and provides application development, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, digital strategy and other

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $108 million award to obtain long-lead items required for the initial production lot of the U.S. Air Force’s B-21 Raider bomber planes. USAF said Wednesday the company will manufacture the program’s first batch on an assembly line employing technicians, processes and tools that have been applied to test

PM Consulting Group, a Towson, Maryland-based provider of professional support services to federal agencies in health care and international development areas, has received a strategic investment from Enlightenment Capital to help advance its growth strategy. “This partnership will allow us to better serve our current customers and reach new ones, as we accelerate our efforts

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is eyeing a cloud migration that could be transformative for the agency’s National Weather Service and open up new possibilities for the future of forecasting, according to a top NWS official. Mary Erickson, acting assistant administrator for NOAA and acting director for NWS, said her organization is working to

Axon (Nasdaq: AXON) has acquired virtual reality studio Foundry 45 in a push to transform public safety training with the use of immersive technology. The acquired business will operate as part of Axon’s VR team that makes scenario-based simulator training tools designed to prepare law enforcement personnel for real-world situations, the company said Wednesday. Foundry

Alan Chvotkin, partner at Nichols Liu and member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He discussed the firm’s growth initiatives, the policy changes in acquisition regulations concerning the government contracting sector and the findings of the ‘Government Contractor Confidence Index’ study he

Ken Hunzeker, former president and CEO of Vectrus (NYSE: VEC), has joined the board of directors for SparkCognition‘s subsidiary that develops artificial intelligence technology for government and national defense applications. The retired Army lieutenant general will serve on the board of SparkCognition Government Systems, where he brings more than four decades of combined military service

NowVertical Group has wrapped up its acquisition of Arlington, Virginia-based systems engineering and technical services provider Allegient Defense after the Canadian big data software provider received approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. NowVertical said Wednesday it purchased all of Allegient securities for approximately $10.4 million and secured a $5.8 million credit