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GovConWire's Government Contracting News 7/8/2021

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Northrop Wins $3.8B Contract to Sustain Air Force Minuteman III Missile System
Contract Awards

Northrop Wins $3.8B Contract to Sustain Air Force Minuteman III Missile System

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a potential 18-year, $3.86 billion contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain the ground subsystems of the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system. The AF Nuclear Weapons Center received two offers for the program covering software maintenance, system engineering, test and assessment, modification, procurement and repair services, the
CEO Stu Shea Implementing Perspecta, Northrop’s IT Business to Build Peraton into National Security Powerhouse
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CEO Stu Shea Implementing Perspecta, Northrop’s IT Business to Build Peraton into National Security Powerhouse

Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most esteemed and respected award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson last week during a recent visit to the company’s office. This marks the fourth consecutive year and fifth overall that Stu Shea has
BAE Books $600M Contract to Support Army Personnel Carrier Fleet
Contract Awards

BAE Books $600M Contract to Support Army Personnel Carrier Fleet

BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business has received a five-year, $600.2 million contract to provide support to the U.S. Army’s next generation of armored vehicles meant for integration with the Armored Brigade Combat Team in the future. The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, along with the M113 family of vehicles that AMPV is intended to replace, will
John Sherman Details New Contracting Program for DOD’s Multicloud Requirement
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John Sherman Details New Contracting Program for DOD’s Multicloud Requirement

John Sherman, acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense, said the recently announced replacement to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contracting program is planned to leverage direct awards to multiple vendors of enterprise cloud services, DOD News reported Wednesday. The initial awards under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program will provide for
SPA Wins $185M DTRA R&D Support Contract
Contract Awards

SPA Wins $185M DTRA R&D Support Contract

Systems Planning and Analysis has won a potential $185 million contract to advise the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on scientific and technical matters. The Alexandria, Virginia-based company will provide assistance to DTRA’s research and development work on defense measures against improvised threats and weapons of mass destruction, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The cost-plus-fixed-fee
Executive Spotlight With Rick Wagner, President of Microsoft Federal Explores IT Solutions, Data Processing, Cloud Delivery Models
Executive Spotlights

Executive Spotlight With Rick Wagner, President of Microsoft Federal Explores IT Solutions, Data Processing, Cloud Delivery Models

ExecutiveBiz released its latest Executive Spotlight on Wednesday with Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft Federal and four-time Wash100 Award recipient. During the interview, Wagner shed some light on his team’s efforts to drive new information technology solutions for federal customers, data processing for military service branches, the greatest challenges in digital transformation implementation and more.
Comcast Government Arm Wins $76M Contract for DOD Region 6 Ethernet Services
Contract Awards

Comcast Government Arm Wins $76M Contract for DOD Region 6 Ethernet Services

A Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) business unit has won a potential $75.8 million Commercial Ethernet Gateway Region 6 contract to help Department of Defense mission partners connect to DOD’s global military information network. Comcast’s government services group will replace legacy multiplexing-based circuits with new ethernet connections in the region, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The Defense Information
Precise Software to Support Online FDA Information Delivery Under $75M Contract
Contract Awards

Precise Software to Support Online FDA Information Delivery Under $75M Contract

Precise Software Solutions has won a five-year, $75 million contract to help the Food and Drug Administration manage web content and internal communication needed for the delivery of public health resources. Rockville, Maryland-based Precise said Wednesday it will work with Salient CRGT to provide support services to the intranet internet branch under FDA’s information management
Earth Data Provider Planet to Go Public Through SPAC Merger; Will Marshall Quoted
M&A Activity

Earth Data Provider Planet to Go Public Through SPAC Merger; Will Marshall Quoted

Planet Labs, an Earth imagery provider to the government and business sectors, has agreed to join forces with special acquisition purpose company dMY Technology Group (NYSE: DMYQ) in a merger deal that would take the satellite operator public and give it a post-transaction equity value of $2.8 billion. San Franciso-based Planet said Wednesday it maintains
KBR Welcomes Retired Deloitte Partner Carlos Sabater, Former DIA Director Vincent Stewart to Board
Executive Moves

KBR Welcomes Retired Deloitte Partner Carlos Sabater, Former DIA Director Vincent Stewart to Board

KBR (NYSE: KBR) has appointed Carlos Sabater, retired Deloitte & Touche senior global partner, and Vincent Stewart, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, to its board of directors. Lester Lyles, chairman of the KBR board, said in a statement published Wednesday the new appointees’ knowledge and experience in civilian, defense and other business sectors
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