GovConWire's Government Contracting News 1/6/2023

Executive Moves

Paul Shew Appointed Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions President

Paul Shew, formerly a senior vice president at CAES, will officially assume his new role as president of Cubic’s mission and performance solutions segment on Jan. 9. He will report to Stevan Slijepcevic, president and CEO of Cubic, and oversee the strategic vision, product lines, growth initiatives and expansion efforts at CMPS, the company said

Executive Moves

Doug Magee Named President of Day & Zimmermann’s Government Services Group

Former Akima Support Operations President Doug Magee has been appointed president of Day & Zimmermann’s government services business and he will serve on the D&Z Leadership Council. Magee will lead the group that provides mission support to government clients in areas such as staffing, global security, architecture and engineering, and operations and maintenance, D&Z said

M&A Activity

Tetra Tech Buys Amyx to Expand Federal IT Business; William Schaefer, Dan Batrack Quoted

Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) has acquired Reston, Virginia-based management consulting firm Amyx for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its cybersecurity and enterprise technology service offerings. Tetra Tech said Thursday Amyx will become part of its government services group as a result of the transaction. “The addition of Amyx to our Federal

Executive Moves

Serco’s US Arm Elevates Don Styer to CTO & Christine Kalb to CIO; Tom Watson Quoted

Serco Group‘s North American subsidiary has promoted Enterprise Technology Officer Don Styer to the newly created position of chief technology officer and 18-year company veteran Christine Kalb to the chief information officer post. “Combined, Don and Christine bring a great compliment of technical and leadership perspectives and industry experience,” Tom Watson, CEO of Serco Inc.,

Contract Awards

USAID Selects Abt Associates to Lead $809M Global Malaria Prevention Project

Abt Associates will lead a team of commercial, academic and nonprofit organizations to carry out an $809 million project for the United States Agency for International Development under the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative. The team received a five-year contract to help USAID conduct indoor residual spray campaigns, distribute insecticide-treated nets and implement larval source management

Contract Awards

Lockheed Secures $853M Navy Contract to Support Aegis Combat System Fielding, Sustainment

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential seven-year, $853 million contract to help the U.S. Navy field and sustain the Aegis weapon system. The company’s rotary and mission systems business will provide engineering, software development, in-service maintenance, logistics, fielding and integration support for Aegis configurations delivered and scheduled to be handed over to the

Contract Awards

Raytheon to Supply Romania Naval Strike Missile System Under Potential $217M Contract

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will provide a long-range, anti-ship cruise missile system to the government of Romania under a potential $217.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy. Romania will initially obligate $208.7 million to acquire the Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System through U.S. foreign military sales program, the Defense Department said Thursday. In May 2021,

Contract Awards

Microsoft Receives Army Task Order to Update Heads-Up Display for Soldiers

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received a task order from the U.S. Army to build a new variant of its HoloLens-based augmented reality headset. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System comes with situational awareness tools meant to enable warfighters to rehearse, fight and train through a single device and the IVAS 1.2 variant will include software enhancements

M&A Activity

Investment Firm Highlander Partners Acquires Drone Maker DZYNE

Private investment firm Highlander Partners has acquired DZYNE Technologies, a developer of unmanned aircraft systems for domestic and international defense and government customers, for an undisclosed sum. DZYNE’s drone offering uses proprietary artificial intelligence technology and is equipped with advanced autonomous navigation, full-motion video and video processing and targeting and tracking features, Highlander said Thursday.

M&A Activity

MartinFed Acquires IT Services Provider Xcel Engineering

Federal IT services provider MartinFed has purchased service-disabled, veteran-owned small business Xcel Engineering. David Mathis, president and CEO of MartinFed, said in a statement released Thursday the company made the acquisition to broaden IT and engineering service offerings to the federal, state and local government sectors. “Xcel will maintain its office and staff in Oak

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 1/6/2023

Paul Shew Appointed Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions President

Doug Magee Named President of Day & Zimmermann’s Government Services Group

Tetra Tech Buys Amyx to Expand Federal IT Business; William Schaefer, Dan Batrack Quoted

Serco’s US Arm Elevates Don Styer to CTO & Christine Kalb to CIO; Tom Watson Quoted

USAID Selects Abt Associates to Lead $809M Global Malaria Prevention Project

Lockheed Secures $853M Navy Contract to Support Aegis Combat System Fielding, Sustainment

Raytheon to Supply Romania Naval Strike Missile System Under Potential $217M Contract

Microsoft Receives Army Task Order to Update Heads-Up Display for Soldiers

Investment Firm Highlander Partners Acquires Drone Maker DZYNE

MartinFed Acquires IT Services Provider Xcel Engineering

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