GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/30/2021

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has been awarded a potential $1.28 billion contract by Naval Sea Systems Command to provide full-rate production services to the Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2 program, a collaboration between the U.S. and several other NATO member countries. The firm-fixed-price contract has a $358 million initial value and covers ESSM Block 2

Amy Hopkins, a veteran of the defense and intelligence sectors, has joined Capella Space to serve as vice president and general manager of the satellite company’s U.S. government services business. She will be responsible for leading and growing Capella’s synthetic aperture radar mission applications in the federal market, the company said Wednesday. Hopkins most recently

ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has secured a position on a potential $150 million multiple-award contract from the National Institutes of Health for biomedical technical and data management services in support of its National Cancer Institute. The digital services company said Wednesday it will provide scientific computing infrastructure and expertise in health research and bioinformatics to help

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, NASA and the Department of Homeland Security are among the federal agencies that have pursued initiatives to manage a blended workforce during the pandemic. With its 250,000-strong workforce, the DHS is no different from other institutions experiencing the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, DHS Chief Human Capital

Garry Dean, a retired U.S. Air Force major general and a member of the board of advisers at Peduzzi Associates, has been appointed president of the Alexandria Virginia-based business development services provider in a move slated to take effect Oct. 1. He has served on the advisory board over the past four years and will

EY has secured a potential five-year, $200.2 million contract to examine data on general and working capital funds at the Department of the Air Force. The professional services firm will perform financial statement audit work for DAF, which is composed of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, under the labor-hour contract with a 12-month

James “Hondo” Geurts, formerly assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, has been named to the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Defense Group. “I am excited to join the SVDG team as the organization continues to bridge the gap between the Department of Defense and the technology community,” Geurts, a previous

Sandy Barsky, former information technology acquisition leader at the General Services Administration, has joined Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) as executive program director for government and education, FedScoop reported Wednesday. In this role, he will advise engineers and commercial personnel on cloud platforms for the federal government market and education sector. Barsky spent nearly four decades at

A Tutor Perini (NYSE: TPC) subsidiary will construct a machine gun range at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam as part of a three-year, $122 million contract awarded by the Pacific Division of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command. Black Construction’s project at the Northwest Field includes the development of a multi-lane, multi-purpose shooting range,

Battelle will provide research and engineering support for the 711th Human Performance Wing of the Air Force Research Laboratory under a potential five-year, $89.6 million contract. Battelle said Wednesday it will manage a live-virtual-constructive test bed situated at AFRL’s warfighter interactions and readiness division and will perform contract work with Modern Technology Systems Inc. The