GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/26/2022

Modernization and digital transformation are linchpins of today’s GovCon landscape. As new technologies emerge, existing ones evolve and missions shift, the public sector is looking to industry more and more to help bring the U.S. government into the modern era and poise our military forces for technological dominance. Firms like Client Solution Architects are doing just

Shawn Purvis, president and CEO of QinetiQ Group’s U.S. subsidiary, accepted her 2022 Wash100 Award, the most significant award of consequence to the government contracting community, during a recent visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the company’s office in Lorton, VA. “Shawn Purvis has distinguished herself through a leadership approach based on teamwork, which is fitting since

The U.S. Army plans to release a solicitation for a consortium management organization to oversee a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion other transaction agreement in support of the Detroit Arsenal Innovation program. The service will use the DAI OTA to advance several technology objectives in several areas such as autonomy and connectivity; cybersecurity; safety technologies; survivability;

Jay Moorman, chief technology officer of Chesapeake Technology International, has been named CEO at the Maryland-based defense software and system development services provider. He will work closely with CTI founder Dustan Hellwig and its board of directors to drive organic growth and pursue expansion opportunities across adjacent markets that support the warfighting community, the company

Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary will provide military services, non-Department of Defense organizations and foreign military customers with spare parts for the F-135 aircraft propulsion system under a potential $769.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy. DOD said Friday the vendor will also supply modules, packaging and shipping assistance, transportation materials,

David Bradley, program director at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business since June 2021, has been promoted to a vice president position within the same unit. The 34-year industry veteran will be responsible for strategy and business development functions related to GDMS’ space and intelligence systems portfolio, according to a LinkedIn post on his

ECS Federal has won a potential $429.5 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to help the U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command secure endpoint devices. The firm-fixed-price award was issued under the General Services Administration’s Alliant II governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle, the Department of Defense said Friday. Fairfax, Virginia-based ECS will provide

Jeramie FitzGerald, most recently senior director for strategic initiatives at employee-owned engineering and tech services contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc., assumed the role of vice president of business development at MTSI, he announced in a LinkedIn post. In this role, he will oversee the national security division’s planning, development, integration and application of capabilities to

The Department of Energy is investing up to $50 million in a new program to help private sector organizations develop fusion power systems. DOE said Thursday the funding initiative provides U.S. businesses an opportunity to partner with national laboratories and universities to demonstrate the commercial viability of fusion pilot plant concepts. The DOE Office of

In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Wes Anderson, vice president of defense at Microsoft, to discuss the Department of Defense and industry being “inextricably linked” and the company’s partnership with DOD for over four decades now. The Q&A also focused on Microsoft’s recent growth initiatives and investments as well as its core