GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/23/2022

Karen Dahut, president of Booz Allen Hamilton‘s (NYSE: BAH) global defense business, has been hired by Google to lead a subsidiary that aims to help U.S. government customers build applications and update systems with cloud technology. The more-than-three-decade industry veteran will assume her new position Oct. 31, when she officially retires from Booz Allen, and

A team of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a five-year, $985.3 million contract to build and demonstrate an air-launched, scramjet-powered weapon system designed to operate at a speed greater than Mach 5. The service branch is obligating $100 million for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile procurement effort at the

Reggie Brothers, CEO of BigBear.ai and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, was presented with his second consecutive Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. “Dr. Reggie Brothers fits into an elite group of CEOs that lead not only with a charismatic enthusiasm but also

Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president and president of the defense systems sector at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), intends to retire on Jan. 13, 2023, after a decadelong career at the company. Northrop said Thursday its board of directors chose Roshan Roeder, VP and general manager of the airborne multifunction sensors division under the mission systems

Experts believe that full-scale quantum computers could be one of the most monumental technological breakthroughs of the century. Quantum promises major impacts in everything from financial services and complex manufacturing to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and beyond. But the technology is not without risk. Quantum computers “bring with them some very fast computing power that they

BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) has promoted Tony Barrett, who most recently led the company’s cyber and engineering sector, to president and general manager of federal markets in a series of senior executive appointments to its management team. Barrett will oversee the Columbia, Maryland-based firm’s consulting, analytics, cyber and other digital transformation service offerings for the federal

Cognosante has been awarded a potential five-year, $217 million contract to continue providing support services for a Department of Veterans Affairs system used to manage referral and authorization processes for community care services. The award, which has one base year plus four option years, is the third VA contract for the Community Care Referrals and

The U.S. Air Force has named 30 additional vendors as awardees on a potential $950 million contract to build and operate systems across land, air, sea, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains in support of the Joint All Domain Command and Control program. The Department of Defense said Thursday the vendors will compete for task

David Lewis, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and a previous Wash100 awardee, has joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as senior vice president responsible for the company’s maritime portfolio. He will oversee efforts to improve Leidos’ maritime capabilities and pursue strategic programs meant to achieve organic growth across the company’s maritime divisions, the company said Thursday.

Ten companies will compete for vehicle production task orders from the U.S. Army’s program executive office for ground combat systems under a five-year, $1.61 billion firm-fixed-price contract. Army Contracting Command received 10 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation and will determine performance locations and funds with each order, the Department of Defense