GovConWire's Government Contracting News 7/25/2022

News

Frank Kendall: US Must Work With Industry, Allies to Modernize Capabilities

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall highlighted the need for the U.S. to work with allies and commercial partners to ensure security and stability worldwide amid evolving threats, the service reported Wednesday. “When we say one team, one fight — industry and our international partners are part of that team,” Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner,

Contract Awards

GD Bath Iron Works, HII Ingalls Shipbuilding Land Navy DDG(X) Engineering, Design Contracts

The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary and HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division to perform shipbuilder engineering and design analysis for the next-generation guided-missile destroyer program. The contractors will come up with design products in support of preliminary and contract designs for the DDG(X) program under

Executive Moves

Airbus Appoints Former Intelsat Exec Samer Halawi to Head New Business Under Defense & Space Segment

Samer Halawi, former executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Intelsat, has been named CEO of a newly formed connectivity business within Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment. The three-decade industry veteran will oversee the unit that aims to develop and commercialize telecommunications services for the Zephyr high-altitude platform station, an unmanned aerial system

Contract Awards

Austal USA to Build 2 More Towing Ships Under $156M Navy Contract

Austal‘s shipbuilding business in Mobile, Alabama, has secured a four-year, $156.1 million contract modification to build two additional towing, salvage and rescue vessels for the U.S. Navy. The fixed-price-incentive modification exercises options for the production of the T-ATS 13 and T-ATS 14 ships and covers special studies, engineering and industrial services and provisioned items orders,

News

Q&A With Virgin Orbit’s Jeff Trauberman Discusses National Systems Business & Strategic Goals to Expand Market Footprint

ExecutiveBiz featured Jeff Trauberman, vice president of government affairs for national systems business at Virgin Orbit, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He talked about his strategic goals for the national security arm of Virgin Orbit and how the business’ capabilities could be used by the military amid threats to U.S. and

Contract Awards

Acuity to Support Iraq F-16 Base Operations Under $127M USAF Contract

Acuity International will provide base operations and security services to Iraq’s F-16 program as part of a $127 million contract action by the U.S. Air Force to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement. The Department of Defense said Friday contract work will occur through Jan. 30, 2023, at the Martyr Brigadier General Ali Flaih Air

Executive Moves

Frank Peloso Named Sierra Nevada Human Resources SVP

Frank Peloso, an aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been appointed senior vice president of human resources at Sierra Nevada Corp. He will manage the development and implementation of SNC’s people strategy, talent acquisition, learning and development, benefits and total reward, inclusion, diversity and equity programs and other HR-related operations through the company’s office in

Contract Awards

Army Selects Kiewit’s Infrastructure Unit for $310M Runway Extension Project

A subsidiary of engineering and construction firm Kiewit has won a three-year, $309.7 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to extend a military airport runway in Elmendorf, Alaska. The agency obligated $69.1 million at the time of award using military construction, defense-wide funds for fiscal 2022, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Executive Moves

Barry Byrd Promoted to Contracts Director at Leidos Subsidiary Dynetics

Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has promoted Barry Byrd to director of contracts from his prior role as deputy director. Byrd shared his promotion in a LinkedIn post and noted that he will focus on Dynetics’ aerospace, defense and civil business operations in his new capacity. He spent more than 14

Contract Awards

Navy Picks Alaska Startup to Perform Base Ops Support in Florida Under $221M Contract

J&J and ALMS Mission Support Solutions, an Anchorage, Alaska-based startup, has won a potential $221.16 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services at Naval Air Station Pensacola and other Florida locations through March 2024. Base operating support services will include facility management and investment, pavement clearance and utility management at Saufley Field,

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 7/25/2022

Frank Kendall: US Must Work With Industry, Allies to Modernize Capabilities

GD Bath Iron Works, HII Ingalls Shipbuilding Land Navy DDG(X) Engineering, Design Contracts

Airbus Appoints Former Intelsat Exec Samer Halawi to Head New Business Under Defense & Space Segment

Austal USA to Build 2 More Towing Ships Under $156M Navy Contract

Q&A With Virgin Orbit’s Jeff Trauberman Discusses National Systems Business & Strategic Goals to Expand Market Footprint

Acuity to Support Iraq F-16 Base Operations Under $127M USAF Contract

Frank Peloso Named Sierra Nevada Human Resources SVP

Army Selects Kiewit’s Infrastructure Unit for $310M Runway Extension Project

Barry Byrd Promoted to Contracts Director at Leidos Subsidiary Dynetics

Navy Picks Alaska Startup to Perform Base Ops Support in Florida Under $221M Contract

About GovConWire

ExecutiveGov

ExecutiveBiz