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GovConWire's Government Contracting News 12/7/2021

Navy Awards $462M Atlantic Military Range Support Contract to Amentum
Contract Awards

Navy Awards $462M Atlantic Military Range Support Contract to Amentum

The U.S. Navy has awarded Amentum a $461.8 million contract to run the Bahamas-based Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, which provides a testing environment for military maritime warfare research. Six proposals were submitted to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division for the AUTEC operation and maintenance contract, the Department of Defense said Monday.
Lloyd Austin: Long-Term Continuing Resolution Would Hurt DOD’s National Security Mission
General News

Lloyd Austin: Long-Term Continuing Resolution Would Hurt DOD’s National Security Mission

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has urged Congress to fully fund the government for fiscal year 2022 because he believes a long-term continuing resolution will have a significant impact on key programs at the Department of Defense. Austin, a 2021 Wash100 awardee, made the statement Monday after President Biden approved stopgap measure to maintain agency spending
HII CEO Mike Petters to Chair Aerospace Industries Association’s Board of Governors
Executive Moves

HII CEO Mike Petters to Chair Aerospace Industries Association’s Board of Governors

Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association’s board of governors for 2022. He will also serve on the association’s executive committee along with Spirit AeroSystems President and CEO Tom Gentile, who is set to become vice chairman
Executive Spotlight With NCI COO & CFO Chuck Hicks Discusses Industry Partnerships, AI Challenges & Company Accomplishments in 2021
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Executive Spotlight With NCI COO & CFO Chuck Hicks Discusses Industry Partnerships, AI Challenges & Company Accomplishments in 2021

Chuck Hicks, chief operating officer and chief financial officer at NCI, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Monday. He talked about fostering partnerships and NCI’s growth through contract awards, the technological innovation and AI implementation challenges as well as the company’s accomplishments in 2021. Hereā€™s an excerpt from the
SDA Issues Draft Solicitation for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Prototyping Effort
News

SDA Issues Draft Solicitation for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Prototyping Effort

The Space Development Agency has released a draft solicitation for a program to design and build satellite prototypes for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architectureā€™s tracking layer and will use other transaction authority as a contracting mechanism for the prototyping effort. SDA expects the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer to help detect, identify
Philip Perconti Named Leonardo DRS CTO
Executive Moves

Philip Perconti Named Leonardo DRS CTO

Philip Perconti, former top science and technology executive within the U.S. Army, has joined Leonardo DRS as chief technology officer. He will oversee the Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor’s corporate strategy for research and development, advance innovation and broaden partnerships to facilitate the development of integrated technology platforms that could help improve warfighting capabilities, Leonardo DRS
Jill Albertelli Promoted to Lead Pratt & Whitney’s Military Engines Business
Executive Moves

Jill Albertelli Promoted to Lead Pratt & Whitney’s Military Engines Business

Jill Albertelli, formerly the senior vice president of transformation and strategy at Raytheon Technologiesā€™ (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney business, has been named president of the subsidiary’s military engines organization. She succeeds Matthew Bromberg, who has held the role since 2017 and led F135 engine program implementation efforts for the Department of Defense’s Joint Program
Battelle to Support Air Force’s Chemistry, Computer Modeling Efforts
Contract Awards

Battelle to Support Air Force’s Chemistry, Computer Modeling Efforts

Battelle has won a $9.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to support computational and experimental chemistry and computer modeling activities over a six-year period. The Columbus, Ohio-headquartered research and development organization will help the military service know the reaction rates for chemical reactions, computer modeling, atmospheric chemistry modeling and atmospheric emissions pollution
PSI Promotes Michael Alberi to Growth VP
Executive Moves

PSI Promotes Michael Alberi to Growth VP

Michael Alberi, a business development executive in the government contracting industry, has been promoted to vice president of growth at Columbia, Maryland-based government technology provider Planned Systems International. Prior to his promotion, Alberi was director of business development for PSI’s military and veterans’ health business, according to his LinkedIn account. The Certified ScrumMaster previously spent
Safran in Talks to Buy Orolia for Positioning, Navigation & Timing Market Strategy
M&A Activity

Safran in Talks to Buy Orolia for Positioning, Navigation & Timing Market Strategy

Global aircraft equipment manufacturing company Safran is in exclusive negotiations over a possible acquisition of Orolia from investment group Eurazeo in a strategy to establish a global presence in the positioning, navigation and timing products market. The companies are eyeing a mid-2022 completion date for the planned combination if regulatory bodies approve the transaction, according
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