GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/21/2022

Mark Serway, interim president and CEO of Hitachi Vantara Federal over the past six months, has been appointed to the dual role on a full-time basis. The data services provider’s board of directors assigned Serway to temporarily take the helm on top of his chief financial officer duties in March after David Turner resigned. Serway

Bruce Caswell, president and CEO of Maximus, recently accepted his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in government contracting (GovCon) that is bestowed on the most significant executives of consequence to the GovCon community, during a visit to the company’s headquarters in McLean, VA by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize Bruce

Eric Trexler, formerly a vice president at Forcepoint, has assumed the role of senior VP for the U.S. public sector unit at Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW), G2Xchange FedCiv reported Monday. Trexler led domestic and international sales functions within Forcepoint’s global governments and critical infrastructure business for more than four years. (Read his interview with

The Department of the Air Force has selected five companies to be part of an industry consortium that will define future requirements and develop the digital infrastructure for the Advanced Battle Management System. L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC)

Wagish Bhartiya, vice president of software-as-a-service operations at REI Systems, has been elevated to the position of chief growth officer. As head of business development and marketing functions, Bhartiya will lead efforts to expand REI’s customer portfolio, industry presence and organic and new growth initiatives, the company said Tuesday. Bhartiya served as the technology services

Razor’s Edge, a venture capital firm that invests in national security-focused technology companies, has reached nearly $340 million in investor support upon the closure of its third fundraising effort. The Reston, Virginia-based firm said Tuesday the investment fund, which is 36 percent more than the $250 million fundraising target it initially set, demonstrates “strong investor

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will provide technical and program support to the Federal Highway Administration’s policy and governmental affairs office under a potential five-year, $60 million blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Transportation. The company said Tuesday the multiple-award BPA has a base performance period of five years and an option term of six months

Integral Federal has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of GovCon industry veterans Manuel Mendez and Jason Siminski as chief financial officer and chief growth officer, respectively, as the company aims to reach $200 million in annual revenue by 2025. Mendez will lead finance and accounting, contract, program control and information technology and quality

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded three small businesses a $500 million contract modification to repair and maintain military and government facilities within the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. DLA exercised the first of two option periods specified in a potential five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Noble Supply and Logistics,

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