GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/15/2022

The satellite communications industry — a once-sleepy sector — is indisputably booming right now. With the ubiquity of launch, the skyrocketing growth of commercial infrastructure in space, the exponentially increasing importance of resilient communications and the creeping volatility of the space domain, satellite networks are in the spotlight across the GovCon landscape today. After more

ManTech International announced on Wednesday that the company’s sale to global investment firm Carlyle has been completed. The all-cash acquisition represents a total enterprise value of roughly $4.2 billion. Robert W. Baird & Co. acted as the financial advisor for Carlyle in the transaction.  ManTech Chairman, President and CEO Kevin Phillips, a six-time recipient of

In the U.S. Army’s exploration of how it can harness 5G networks, security has become of paramount importance.  The fifth generation of mobile networks, or 5G, was deployed globally in 2019 and offers major improvements from its predecessors, like lower latency, higher bandwidth and faster connectivity. But as the U.S. military and government agencies examine

BlueHalo CEO Jonathan Moneymaker was recently presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), in recognition of his innovation-centric leadership approach that drives company growth and technology capabilities for the company’s customers as well as U.S. warfighters across our nation’s service branches. Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Moneymaker with his first

Matthew Calderone, chief strategy officer of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), will take over Lloyd Howell‘s responsibilities as chief financial officer following the latter’s decision to retire from the firm by the end of the year. The incoming CFO will be tasked to help drive Booz Allen’s execution of its Velocity, Leadership and Technology or

Salient CRGT, a wholly owned subsidiary of GovCIO, will provide information technology services, applications, collaboration and communication tools and end-user devices to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under a seven-year, $524 million task order, according to an announcement by GovCIO. The order, awarded through the General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract, seeks to

David Romola, who has served as chief operating officer of Citizant over the past year, has assumed the additional role of president at the Chantilly, Virginia-headquartered information technology services provider. Romola will be responsible for overseeing business integration strategies in his expanded capacity, the company said Monday. He was elevated to the COO position in

A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business unit has secured a 10-year, $375 million contract to modernize a satellite-based air navigation system for the Federal Aviation Administration. Raytheon Intelligence & Space will refresh the technical features of and add a dual frequency operation service to the Wide-Area Augmentation System under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the company said

ExecutiveBiz featured Greg Taylor, senior director of DOD Sales for Comcast Business, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He talked about the company’s work to support the Defense Information Systems Agency’s commercial ethernet gateway initiative. The Q&A also tackled Comcast’s recent wins, capabilities and investments to build out its network. Here’s an excerpt

The Department of Defense on Wednesday announced $1.2 billion in biomanufacturing investments days after President Joe Biden signed an executive order to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing innovation in the U.S. “The Department recognizes biotechnology as a Critical Technology Area that will change the way the DoD develops new capabilities, conducts missions, and adapts to major