GovConWire's Government Contracting News 6/16/2021

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Executive Moves

Maximus Vet Ashutosh Gokhale to Join HII Technical Solutions Division as VP, CFO

Ashutosh Gokhale, a 14-year Maximus (NYSE: MMS) veteran, will formally join the technical solutions division at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) on July 9 to succeed Billy Jahn as chief financial officer and vice president for business management. Gokhale will work in HII’s Fairfax, Virginia, offices to oversee financial and business management functions within the division,

News

Carahsoft President Craig Abod Receives His Seventh Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award on Wednesday, the seventh time he’s received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to Carahsoft’s office. “Craig has a formula that works and is a measurement fanatic. Abod follows the

Contract Awards

Amentum-InDyne JV Kicks Off Transition Work on $900M Navy Range Services Contract

A joint venture of Amentum and InDyne has begun transition work on the potential 10-year, $900 million Atlantic Range Technical Support Services contract with the U.S. Navy. Reliance Test & Technology started ARTSS contract transition activities in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Maryland, following the resolution of a

News

In Case You Missed: GovCon Wire Events Hosts Data Innovation Forum; Featuring David Spirk as Keynote Speaker

GovCon Wire, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its Data Innovation Forum on Tuesday, June 15th. If you missed the Data Innovation Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting the GovCon Wire Events Archive. The Data Innovation Forum presented elite and

Events

Illuminate Mission Solutions’ Randy Soper Moderates Expert Panel at GovConWire Events’ Data Innovation Forum on Tuesday

Randy Soper, lead data strategist at Illuminate Mission Solutions, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during GovCon Wire Events’ Data Innovation Forum on June 15th, 2021. The following panelists discussed the federal government’s data innovation goals and priorities featuring Chris Borneman of Software AG Government Solutions, Thomas Sasala of the U.S. Navy,

Contract Awards

9 Companies Win Spots on $250M Navy Unmanned Tech Support IDIQ

The U.S. Navy has selected nine companies for a potential eight-year, $249.7 million contract to design, produce, install and test unmanned hardware and software platforms. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide the military branch a range of technical support services for unmanned waterborne and underwater mine countermeasures systems, the Department of Defense said

News

GovCon Expert Kim Koster: To Fulfill Big Growth and Profitability Aspirations, Focus on Capture

Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the company’’s 2021 GovCon Success Guide and GovCon Expert, published her latest article on Tuesday as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. After exploring the challenges facing supply chain and GovCon executives as the compliance requirements, such as CMMC, have drastically changed the

M&A Activity

Forcepoint Eyes Cyber Portfolio Expansion With Deep Secure Buy; Sean Berg Quoted

Forcepoint has agreed to buy U.K.-based Deep Secure for an undisclosed sum to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity offerings for governments, critical infrastructure and enterprises worldwide. Forcepoint said Tuesday it expects the transaction to be completed in August, pending regulatory review and other customary closing conditions. “The addition of Deep Secure’s innovative Threat Removal Platform

Contract Awards

Army Picks Raytheon, L3Harris for Sensor Prototype Development OTAs

The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) other transaction authority agreements to build, integrate and demonstrate communications intelligence and electronic intelligence sensor prototypes for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System under the initial phase of the Multi-Domain Sensing System program. The service issued the OTA awards through

Contract Awards

BAE Wins $105M Navy Contract for USS San Diego Maintenance, Repair

The San Diego ship repair business of BAE Systems has secured a potential $104.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy for maintenance, modernization and repair services in support of the USS San Diego, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. The firm-fixed-price contract that provides for the LPD 22’s fiscal 2021 docking selected restricted availability has

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 6/16/2021

Maximus Vet Ashutosh Gokhale to Join HII Technical Solutions Division as VP, CFO

Carahsoft President Craig Abod Receives His Seventh Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Amentum-InDyne JV Kicks Off Transition Work on $900M Navy Range Services Contract

In Case You Missed: GovCon Wire Events Hosts Data Innovation Forum; Featuring David Spirk as Keynote Speaker

Illuminate Mission Solutions’ Randy Soper Moderates Expert Panel at GovConWire Events’ Data Innovation Forum on Tuesday

9 Companies Win Spots on $250M Navy Unmanned Tech Support IDIQ

GovCon Expert Kim Koster: To Fulfill Big Growth and Profitability Aspirations, Focus on Capture

Forcepoint Eyes Cyber Portfolio Expansion With Deep Secure Buy; Sean Berg Quoted

Army Picks Raytheon, L3Harris for Sensor Prototype Development OTAs

BAE Wins $105M Navy Contract for USS San Diego Maintenance, Repair

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