GovConWire's Government Contracting News 8/23/2022

In today’s world, U.S. government leaders are faced with a uniquely challenging threat landscape like they’ve never faced before. New technological advancements, environmental changes, geopolitical events and other emerging factors have converged to create an evolving threat that’s forcing federal agencies and their industry partners to rethink their approach to global security. “We’ve got more

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received a potential 10-year, $10.6 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to perform research, development, test and evaluation work for the Department of Defense. The award has a five-year base value of $4.4 billion and will reach its potential value if all options are exercised, DOD said Monday. Under

Guidehouse, a Veritas Capital portfolio company, has agreed to buy the public sector advisory practice of professional services firm Grant Thornton for an undisclosed sum. McLean, Virginia-based Guidehouse said Monday it expects the transaction to close in the second half of the year and add to the company a group of professionals that advises government

LMI has elevated Joe Niehaus, a 23-year industry veteran, to senior vice president of the consultancy’s logistics service line and hired Zaki Saleh, formerly an executive at Peraton, to serve as SVP for the health and civilian market. Pete Pflugrath, executive VP of markets and growth at LMI, said in a statement released Monday the

BAE Systems‘ land and armaments unit has won a seven-year, $278.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce a modernized ground vehicle designed to operate in the Arctic region and other extreme cold weather environments. The Beowulf amphibious tracked platform won the Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle competition to replace the branch’s legacy fleet of

Michelle Kruger, a 25-year veteran of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has joined Austal’s ship manufacturing business in the U.S. to serve as vice president of global services and support. Austal USA said Monday that Kruger will lead worldwide post-delivery repair and warranty programs, business development efforts and partnership strategies in her new role. She previously

Serco Group‘s U.S. subsidiary and industry partners will begin the second leg of an unmanned surface vessel development and demonstration program spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. As part of Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship program, DARPA said Monday the team’s medium USV concept dubbed Defiant is expected to undergo

ExecutiveBiz featured Marqus Hutchinson, chief technology officer at Intelligent Waves, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. He talked about the five technical pillars on which they created domains for Intelligent Waves as well as the recent partnerships that helped the company grow in the federal market. The Q&A also tackled company focus

Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) booked a $99 million order during the second quarter of its 2023 fiscal year to supply Joint Tactical Radio System terminals to the U.S. Navy. The order from Naval Information Warfare Systems Command is part of a potential $998 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded in May 2020, the company said Monday. Viasat’s software-defined

The U.S. Transportation Command has awarded two-year contract extensions for four companies that offer charter airlift services to the Department of Defense. All four companies will continue to support DOD’s international flight requirements through Sept. 30, 2024, the Pentagon said Monday. The awardees and contract values are as follows: The Federal Express Team: $1.63 billion