GovConWire's Government Contracting News 7/1/2022

Jacobs (NYSE: J) has won a potential 10-year, $3.9 billion contract to provide engineering and scientific products and technical services to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas. The JETS II contract also includes support for the planetary mission, physical science research and astromaterial curation functions under the center’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate, the

Lorraine Corcoran, formerly a vice president of Perspecta, has joined CACI International (NYSE: CACI) as executive EVP of corporate communications. “Lorraine intrinsically understands our market, our customers and our mission,” said CACI President and CEO John Mengucci, a three-time Wash100 Award recipient. “She knows how to drive communications as a strategic business function and deliver

Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, was recently presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award to recognize the most influential members of the government contracting (GovCon) for the coming year, by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit. Executive Mosaic recognizes Aaron Weis as a three-time Wash100 Award winner for his

GovCon Expert Joseph Letke, founder and CEO of TKS, published his first piece as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Friday detailing the issues surrounding the latest procurement challenges in the government contracting (GovCon) sector and how bidding teams should reflect on engineering their edge during the contract and operation period of time. “The

Austal’s U.S. ship manufacturing division will design and build offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard under a potential $3.3 billion contract. USCG plans to procure up to 11 Heritage-class ships that will replace the service branch’s aging fleet of endurance cutters and support various national security missions in coastal areas and open ocean

Eight members of the independent slate led by Eileen Drake, CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD), were elected to the company’s board to serve as directors during the special meeting of shareholders. The slate, including four existing board members, received over 70 percent of the votes cast based on preliminary results and Drake secured the

Roela Santos Amentum has appointed GovCon industry veterans Roela Santos and Sean Mullen to its senior leadership team. Santos is senior vice president of marketing and communications with oversight of public relations, brand-building, corporate social responsibility, employee engagement, crisis communications, reputation management and market influence, internal and external messaging and digital marketing efforts, the company

Booz Allen Hamilton has received pushback from the U.S. Department of Justice on its March agreement to purchase data science, intelligence and cybersecurity contracting company EverWatch Corp. In the form of a civil antitrust lawsuit made public on Wednesday, the DOJ is asserting that the acquisition violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Section

Bechtel has received a $759.1 million contract modification to help the U.S. Army shut down a facility that was earlier built within its Pueblo Chemical Depot to handle the safe and secure destruction of chemical weapons. Work in support of the closure of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado will run through March

In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Greg Bowman, chief innovation officer and vice president of corporate development with Siemens Government Technologies, to gain insights on the importance of zero-trust standards and end-to-end product traceability. He also discussed how the company has been able to drive digital transformation efforts to stay ahead of