GovConWire's Government Contracting News 7/19/2022

Contract Awards

L3Harris, Northrop Win $1.3B in SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Prototype Agreements; Derek Tournear Quoted

The Space Development Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) prototype agreements worth $1.3 billion combined to build and deploy 28 satellites for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architecture’s tracking layer. The Tranche 1 Tracking Layer is expected to launch beginning in April 2025 to gather infrared

Artificial Intelligence

3 Government Tech Trends Shaping The Federal Market

The United States government is contending with evolving adversaries in a global race for advanced technology. As competition intensifies, it’s clear that modernization is no longer an option, but a requirement. Now, federal leaders are working to simultaneously harness the power of emerging technologies while modernizing its outdated legacy systems in order to avoid being

News

Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger Receives 2nd Consecutive Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Lauren Knausenberger, chief information officer for the Department of the Air Force, was recently presented her 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit to the Air Force’s office within the Pentagon in Washington D.C. “A two-time winner of the Wash100, Lauren’s popularity is no surprise to those who have either met or

Executive Moves

Chris Donaghey Takes CFO, COO Roles at Applied Energetics

Chris Donaghey, senior vice president for corporate development at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) over the past four years, has been appointed chief financial officer and chief operating officer at laser technology manufacturing company Applied Energetics. His appointment is effective Aug. 1 and he will be responsible for overseeing company-wide business functions including financial

Industry News

William LaPlante: Lockheed, DOD Reach ‘Handshake’ Deal for 375 F-35 Fighter Jets

William LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, has shared that Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the Department of Defense reached a “handshake” deal for the next lot buy of about 375 units of the F-35 fighter jet, Reuters reported Monday. While production is set to take a three-year period like the previous

GovCon Expert

GovCon Expert Rich Wilkinson: Lack of a CRM Could Be the Problem for GovCon Execs

Rich Wilkinson, senior director of industry marketing at Unanet, has published his most recent feature article for Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program to discuss the results of the 2021 GAUGE Report that found that government contractors have a winning rate of about 50 percent or less. In the featured article, GovCon Expert Rich Wilkinson revealed that the fix for such

Contract Awards

L3Harris Awarded $379M Navy Contract for CEC Sensor Netting System Production, Repair

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has won a potential six-year, $378.9 million contract to equip the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Foreign Military Sales customers with a real-time sensor netting system for integrated fire control and situational awareness. Aside from producing the Cooperative Engagement Capability system, the contractor will also provide repair services under the Navy

Contract Awards

FAA Exercises Option on Raytheon’s Weather Data Processor Development Contract

Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space unit has secured a $21.7 million contract modification to continue to develop, test, train and implement a consolidated weather data platform for the Federal Aviation Administration. The modification exercises the fourth option year of the NextGen Weather Processor contract, which aims to replace the FAA’s legacy weather data

Executive Moves

USMC Vet Everett Keith Couch Named CEO of Special Support Technologies

Everett Keith Couch, a 26-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been named CEO of Arlington, Virginia-headquartered cyber and intelligence systems provider Special Support Technologies. Couch retired from the military service in September 2020 and most recently worked at upskilling platform developer Experfy as chief government operations officer, SST said Monday. His military career has included

Industry News

GE Introduces Names, Logos of 3 Future Public Companies; Lawrence Culp Quoted

General Electric (NYSE: GE) has unveiled the brand names and logos of the public companies it will establish as the Boston-based industrial conglomerate splits into three independent businesses focused on aviation, health care and energy sectors. The company said Monday its health care business will operate under the name GE HealthCare and its aviation business

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 7/19/2022

L3Harris, Northrop Win $1.3B in SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Prototype Agreements; Derek Tournear Quoted

3 Government Tech Trends Shaping The Federal Market

Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger Receives 2nd Consecutive Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Chris Donaghey Takes CFO, COO Roles at Applied Energetics

William LaPlante: Lockheed, DOD Reach ‘Handshake’ Deal for 375 F-35 Fighter Jets

GovCon Expert Rich Wilkinson: Lack of a CRM Could Be the Problem for GovCon Execs

L3Harris Awarded $379M Navy Contract for CEC Sensor Netting System Production, Repair

FAA Exercises Option on Raytheon’s Weather Data Processor Development Contract

USMC Vet Everett Keith Couch Named CEO of Special Support Technologies

GE Introduces Names, Logos of 3 Future Public Companies; Lawrence Culp Quoted

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