GovConWire's Government Contracting News 8/24/2021

Executive Moves

Former Perspecta Exec JoAnne Dukeshire Named ManTech Contracts VP

JoAnne Dukeshire, a more than two-decade government contracting veteran, has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) to serve as vice president of contracts, the company announced in a LinkedIn post. The executive brings experience in overseeing contracts and subcontracts professionals and advising government contractors across state and local, defense, civilian and intelligence sectors. Dukeshire is the

Executive Moves

SAIC, Leidos Vet Christopher Buffoni Takes SVP Role at Cherokee Federal; Steven Bilby Quoted

Chris Buffoni, former senior vice president of enterprise business operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined Cherokee Nation Businesses’ government contracting arm as SVP for growth and performance. The nearly three-decade industry veteran will oversee growth strategies at Cherokee Federal in his new position, the company said Monday. At Leidos, Buffoni helped establish a multifunctional shared

Contract Awards

NASA Awards 5 Subsonic Aircraft Risk Reduction Contracts

Five companies have been awarded contracts to help NASA identify strategies to reduce the risk and cost of a potential future demonstration of subsonic transport aircraft technologies. The agency chose Boeing (NYSE: BA), Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTN), General Electric (NYSE: GE), Blended Wing Aircraft and ROHR to support the Future Subsonic Demonstrator Risk Reduction Activities

Cybersecurity

GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks: Welcoming the New Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative

Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. Previously, GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks assessed the growing importance of chief data officers to the federal landscape. He explained how their

Contract Awards

Leidos Wins $65M Navy Intell Support Contract

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a four-year, $64.9 million contract to engineer intelligence systems and applications for the U.S. Navy. The company will provide engineering and technical services to the Office of Naval Intelligence’s Hopper Information Services Center under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Monday. Specifically, Leidos will help the center

Contract Awards

General Dynamics to Build Weapons Comm System Prototype for Air Force; Carlo Zaffanella Quoted

The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) a $34.5 million other transaction authority agreement to develop a strategic weapons communications system prototype as part of increment two of the service’s Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal program. The award of a follow-on production contract could bring the total value of the OTA to

M&A Activity

Virgin Orbit to Go Public Through NextGen Combination

Virgin Orbit and blank check company NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: NGCA) have agreed to merge that would result in the satellite launch services provider becoming a publicly traded company with an enterprise value of approximately $3.2 billion. The boards of directors of Virgin Orbit and NextGen have cleared the transaction and both parties expect

Executive Moves

Former DOD Official JihFen Lei Joins Teledyne FLIR as Surveillance Business Head

Teledyne FLIR has appointed JihFen Lei, former principal deputy and acting director of research and engineering at the Defense Department, as vice president and general manager of the company’s surveillance business, Politico reported Monday. Her appointment comes about two months after Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) acquired FLIR Systems. Lei’s professional experience includes government service at

Contract Awards

SOCOM Selects 7 Companies for $200M Parachuting Support Contract

Seven companies have been selected to support military parachuting activities under a five-year, $200 million contract awarded by U.S. Special Operations Command. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is intended to address military freefall and static line requirements of Naval Special Warfare Command across various locations within the continental U.S., the Department of Defense said Monday. SOCOM

Executive Moves

Deborah Dunie Appointed to Sigma Defense Systems Board

Deborah Dunie, former executive vice president and chief technology officer at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has joined the board of directors of Perry, Georgia-based Sigma Defense Systems. Sigma Defense CEO John Wilcox said in a statement published Monday Dunie brings to the company over 30 years of experience serving in the Department of Defense and

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 8/24/2021

Former Perspecta Exec JoAnne Dukeshire Named ManTech Contracts VP

SAIC, Leidos Vet Christopher Buffoni Takes SVP Role at Cherokee Federal; Steven Bilby Quoted

NASA Awards 5 Subsonic Aircraft Risk Reduction Contracts

GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks: Welcoming the New Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative

Leidos Wins $65M Navy Intell Support Contract

General Dynamics to Build Weapons Comm System Prototype for Air Force; Carlo Zaffanella Quoted

Virgin Orbit to Go Public Through NextGen Combination

Former DOD Official JihFen Lei Joins Teledyne FLIR as Surveillance Business Head

SOCOM Selects 7 Companies for $200M Parachuting Support Contract

Deborah Dunie Appointed to Sigma Defense Systems Board

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