GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/6/2022

Trip Ferguson, former chief operations officer at Dynetics, has joined BlueHalo to serve as chief operating officer and he brings more than two decades of military and GovCon industry experience to the Arlington Capital Partners-backed company. He will oversee day-to-day operations as BlueHalo’s COO as the company aims to advance its technology offerings to the

Marc Surette, a senior sales executive within the U.S. public sector, has joined Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) as regional vice president for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and Foreign Service Institute, according to his LinkedIn post. Surette previously worked at UiPath (NYSE: PATH) as regional VP for DOD and was responsible for growing the defense

DeEtte Gray, president of the business and information technology solutions sector at CACI International, recently accepted a 2022 Wash100 Award for her leadership and vision to drive company growth as well as its digital transformation efforts in IT infrastructure enterprise applications and business process service areas. Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize DeEtte Gray as a six-time recipient

The State Department has cleared Taiwan’s requests to procure AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II missiles, contract logistics support for the Surveillance Radar Program and AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles under three foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $1.1 billion combined. Taiwan’s economic and cultural representative office requested to buy 60 units of AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II

Christopher Geiger, a 21-year veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been promoted to a vice president position at the Bethesda, Maryland-based defense and aerospace contractor. He will be responsible for leading the internal audit and enterprise risk management functions in his VP role, according to his LinkedIn profile. Geiger will also participate in the

Christopher Worley, vice president of DoD Earth Intelligence Programs for Maxar, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He talked about the company’s recent award from the National Reconnaissance Office and other growth initiatives related to working with the U.S. defense and intelligence communities. The Q&A also tackled Maxar’s suite of technologies

Kevin Steen, a more than 20-year satellite technology industry veteran, has been appointed to succeed Bob Roe as CEO of satellite communications technology provider OneWeb Technologies.  Roe, who has led the Houston, Texas-headquartered company since March 2012, is retiring after a decade of service and will work with his successor to ensure a smooth transition,

The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded minority-owned construction firm Strongside Builders a $300 million single-award contract to provide facilities services to DIA within the continental U.S. The Virginia Contracting Activity in Washington, D.C. conducted a competitive acquisition for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and received offers from five companies, according to a Department of Defense notice published