GovConWire's Government Contracting News 6/27/2022

A BAE Systems division has won a potential $12 billion contract to integrate and engineer intercontinental ballistic missiles for the U.S. Air Force. The company’s technology solutions and services unit will continue to serve as the lead systems integrator and provide professional services for the ICBM program at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, the

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have received contract modifications worth at least $41 million each from the Missile Defense Agency to further develop their Glide Phase Interceptor designs for MDA’s regional hypersonic missile defense program. MDA exercised options on other transaction agreements awarded in November 2021 to build GPI prototypes and

Portia Crowe, chief data strategist for defense and applied intelligence at Accenture Federal Services, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. She talked about edge processing, resilient communications and other significant capabilities being developed to support warfighters. The Q&A also focused on emerging technologies as well as AFS’ digital transformation efforts and

Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has added GovCon industry veterans Howard Lance and Bill Ballhaus to its board of directors as part of cooperation agreements the defense and aerospace technology provider reached with two investors Mercury said Friday the agreements with Jana Partners and Starboard Value called for the temporary expansion of its board of directors

Thomas Bonina, a senior vice president at Koniag Government Services, has elevated to the role of president of health information technology operating group at the Chantilly, Virginia-based federal tech services contractor, GovCon Wire has learned. In this capacity, he oversees a team of health IT professionals focused on delivering services to the Defense Health Agency,

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems business has received a three-year, $55.9 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army for the procurement of armored heavy platform vehicles. The Department of Defense said Friday the Armored Ground Mobility System acquisition contract requires General Dynamics Land Systems to perform work in Vienna, Austria, until June 23, 2025.

U.S. Transportation Command has awarded contract modifications to FedEx (NYSE: FDX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide to provide domestic and international small package delivery services. The Department of Defense said Friday the command’s directorate of acquisition at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois expects work to occur worldwide. The performance

Andrew Caso, formerly a finance executive at Pratt & Whitney, has joined Collins Aerospace as vice president of financial planning and analysis, according to his post on LinkedIn. He served as Pratt & Whitney’s VP of finance for more than four years and also held the chief financial officer role focused on transformation and strategy