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GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/27/2021

Rolls-Royce Wins $2.6B Air Force Contract to Replace B-52H Bomber Engines
Contract Awards

Rolls-Royce Wins $2.6B Air Force Contract to Replace B-52H Bomber Engines

Rolls-Royce has won a potential 17-year, $2.6 billion contract to provide replacement engines for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) B-52H Stratofortress bombers. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received four bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which has a base period of six years worth approximately $500.8 million, the Department of
Karman Buys Systima in Space, Hypersonic Market Expansion Push; Tony Koblinski Quoted
M&A Activity

Karman Buys Systima in Space, Hypersonic Market Expansion Push; Tony Koblinski Quoted

Karman Missile & Space Systems, a portfolio company of Trive Capital, has acquired Systima Technologies for an undisclosed sum to expand its client base and core competencies to facilitate the delivery of comprehensive platforms to clients in hypersonic and space markets. Systima provides energetic systems for space launch vehicles and hypersonic platforms and composite structures
Space Force Awards Prototype Agreements to SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin
Contract Awards

Space Force Awards Prototype Agreements to SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded prototype agreements worth $87.5 million combined to four companies to advance testing of next-generation rocket engines and improve the resiliency of upper stages, SpaceRef reported Friday. The command’s Launch Enterprise awarded the prototype projects to SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Rocket Lab and Blue Origin through the
DHS CHCO Angela Bailey to Headline Hybrid Workforce Forum for Potomac Officers Club
Events

DHS CHCO Angela Bailey to Headline Hybrid Workforce Forum for Potomac Officers Club

The Department of Homeland Security’s chief human capital officer will keynote an Oct. 7 virtual forum hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to give her perspective on the potential implications of a hybrid workforce model for government agencies. Angela Bailey was appointed to the DHS CHCO position in January 2016 after her two-year tenure as
Former GDIT Exec Chris Hegedus Named Senior Executive Adviser at Booz Allen
Executive Moves

Former GDIT Exec Chris Hegedus Named Senior Executive Adviser at Booz Allen

Chris Hegedus, a former vice president at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) where he will apply his 25 years of experience in enterprise operations, business growth and program management to his new responsibilities as a senior executive adviser, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday. The executive spent six
Army Orders $345M in Tactical Radios From L3Harris, Collins Aerospace & Thales
Contract Awards

Army Orders $345M in Tactical Radios From L3Harris, Collins Aerospace & Thales

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business and Thales have been awarded $345.2 million in delivery orders to commence the full-rate production of tactical radio systems for the U.S. Army. The Army said Friday the orders fall under a pair of multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts and comes after the 82nd Airborne Division’s
Dynetics Wins $237M Army Contract to Develop Indirect Fire Protection System Prototypes
Contract Awards

Dynetics Wins $237M Army Contract to Develop Indirect Fire Protection System Prototypes

Dynetics, a subsidiary of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has won a $237.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop launcher and interceptor prototypes for a ground-based weapon system intended to engage aerial threats such as subsonic cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft systems. Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics will provide 16 launchers and 60 interceptors, plus all-up-round magazines,
Joe Durbin Promoted to CDC Account Director at General Dynamics’ IT Business
Executive Moves

Joe Durbin Promoted to CDC Account Director at General Dynamics’ IT Business

Joe Durbin, a seven-year senior program director at CSRA, which is now part of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was elevated to the role of account director at GD’s information technology business where he will be responsible for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-focused business activities. According to his LinkedIn profile, the CDC account director oversees
Sierra Nevada Secures $183M SOCOM Contract to Build Aircraft Computer Interface
Contract Awards

Sierra Nevada Secures $183M SOCOM Contract to Build Aircraft Computer Interface

Sierra Nevada Corp. has secured a $183 million contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to produce an aircraft computer interface designed to enable communications between multiple contrasting systems. The company will engineer and integrate tactical mission systems in an effort to help special forces implement the system-of-systems interface, the Department of Defense said Friday. SOCOM
Booz Allen’s Greg Wenzel on Having Unified, Open Network to Support DOD’s JADC2 Initiatives
Press Releases

Booz Allen’s Greg Wenzel on Having Unified, Open Network to Support DOD’s JADC2 Initiatives

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2021 — A Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) executive vice president has highlighted the need for the Department of Defense to have a unified, open network capable of providing the military with capabilities to enable data access, sharing and analysis and facilitate the battlefield decision-making process, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 9.
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