GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/2/2021

Executive Moves

Former Amentum Exec Seth Finkel Joins Matterport as Public Sector Business VP

Seth Finkel, former vice president of advanced technology at Amentum, has been named VP of the public sector business at Sunnyvale, California-based spatial data company Matterport (Nasdaq: MTTR). The 25-year industry veteran will oversee Matterport’s strategic and revenue growth efforts in the government market as it aims to help agencies transform facilities, infrastructure assets with

Contract Awards

HPE to Provide NSA High-Performance Computing Service Under $2B Contract; Justin Hotard Quoted

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has secured a potential 10-year, $2 billion contract from the National Security Agency to provide high performance computing technology as a service to help NSA address its data management requirements. HPE will deliver fully managed cloud services on-premises through the HPE GreenLake platform to enable NSA to apply artificial intelligence,

Events

DOE CIO Ann Dunkin Delivers Keynote During GovCon Wire Events’ IT Modernization and Transformation Forum

GovCon Wire Events hosted its IT Modernization and Transformation Forum on Wednesday to bring together a handful of the most significant members of the federal landscape as well as those who want to learn more about the current set of challenges surrounding our cybersecurity systems, data modernization goals and IT transformation strategies. As the virtual

M&A Activity

Report: Lockheed-Aerojet Rocketdyne Deal Gains Backing From 13 Lawmakers

Thirteen lawmakers have expressed their support for Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) in their joint letter to Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense, Reuters reported Wednesday. Lockheed first announced its move to acquire the rocket propulsion maker for approximately $4.4 billion, or $56 per share, in

Executive Moves

Contracting Vet Joe Mazur Named CACI’s Business Development VP

Joe Mazur, a three-decade contracting veteran, has joined CACI International (NYSE: CACI) as vice president of business development responsible for driving contracting opportunities for the company in the defense, intelligence, security and federal and civilian markets, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Wednesday. The former executive director and account manager within the defense sector at ManTech International (Nasdaq:

Events

George Ka’iliwai III, Col. Matt Strohmeyer Talk JADC2 at Potomac Officers Club Forum

Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Building the Future Battle: The Keys to JADC2 on Tuesday to showcase the key executives’ efforts as they work to develop the first phase of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and address the speed and timing challenges of technology development for our military branches and systems. Following an

Contract Awards

GE Aviation Secures Potential $1.65B Contract for Navy F/A-18 Engine Component Support

The aviation unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE) has secured a potential five-year, $1.65 billion contract to repair, update or replace engine components for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 aircraft fleet. GE Aviation will support 17 F414 turbofan engine parts under the performance-based logistics contract from Naval Supply Systems Command, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

M&A Activity

Genesis Park Shareholders Clear Redwire Merger

Shareholders at blank check company Genesis Park Acquisition (NYSE: GNPK) approved Wednesday the proposed combination with Redwire, a space infrastructure company. Holders of approximately 73 percent of Genesis Park’s outstanding shares as of Aug. 2, or about 97 percent of the votes cast at the special meeting, voted in favor of the merger agreement, the

News

Palantir Invests in GEOINT Provider BlackSky; Brian O’Toole Quoted

BlackSky Holdings, a Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider, has received an equity investment from Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) to enable it to meet the customers’ demand for global monitoring services and further expand its capabilities. BlackSky said Wednesday it will also broaden the delivery of deep analytics and high-resolution imagery to clients worldwide by offering

Contract Awards

Defense Logistics Agency Exercises $420M Option on SAIC ChemPOL Supply Contract

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has been awarded a three-year, $420 million contract option by the Defense Logistics Agency to continue the distribution of chemicals, packaged petroleum, oils and lubricants to military and federal civilian agency locations worldwide. The agency exercised the option to extend the company’s ChemPOL distribution support services through Oct. 14,

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/2/2021

Former Amentum Exec Seth Finkel Joins Matterport as Public Sector Business VP

HPE to Provide NSA High-Performance Computing Service Under $2B Contract; Justin Hotard Quoted

DOE CIO Ann Dunkin Delivers Keynote During GovCon Wire Events’ IT Modernization and Transformation Forum

Report: Lockheed-Aerojet Rocketdyne Deal Gains Backing From 13 Lawmakers

Contracting Vet Joe Mazur Named CACI’s Business Development VP

George Ka’iliwai III, Col. Matt Strohmeyer Talk JADC2 at Potomac Officers Club Forum

GE Aviation Secures Potential $1.65B Contract for Navy F/A-18 Engine Component Support

Genesis Park Shareholders Clear Redwire Merger

Palantir Invests in GEOINT Provider BlackSky; Brian O’Toole Quoted

Defense Logistics Agency Exercises $420M Option on SAIC ChemPOL Supply Contract

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