GovConWire's Government Contracting News 2/9/2023

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Robert Lightfoot, Lockheed Martin Space EVP, Named to 2023 Wash100 Award for Moonshot Support & Industry Collaboration Leadership

Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space business area, has been named to Executive Mosaic’s 2023 Wash100 list of highly esteemed leaders who shape the government contracting narrative at the intersection of federal and commercial sectors. This marks the third time that he has been recognized as a Wash100 Award winner. “Robert is

Events

US Army Strives for ‘Persistent Modernization’ to Reach Interoperability

Since he began at Army Futures Command in 2020, Lt. Gen Thomas Todd has focused on aligning the Department of Defense’s technology arsenal with its fast-moving targets and battle demands. As deputy commanding general for acquisition and systems management, Todd is in charge of envisioning and leading research on the next generation of warfighter tools. Upon entering

Contract Awards

Maxar Books $192M Contract to Support NGA’s Foreign Commercial Imagery Program; Tony Frazier Quoted

Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will provide satellite imagery products and services to U.S. allies under a five-year, $192 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is intended to support NGA’s Foreign Commercial Imagery Program covering synthetic aperture radar, 3D and high-resolution electro-optical data, the company said Wednesday. Tony Frazier, executive vice president

Financial Reports

Maximus Sees 8.5% Revenue Growth in Q1 FY 2023; Bruce Caswell Quoted

Maximus (NYSE: MMS) posted $1.25 billion in revenue for the first quarter of its 2023 fiscal year, an 8.5 percent increase from the same period a year ago. Tysons, Virginia-based Maximus said Wednesday that U.S. federal business sales for the quarter climbed 6.2 percent year-over-year to $618.2 million and clinical services work primarily drove the

Executive Moves

Former SAIC SVP Vernon Saunders Named Freedom Consulting Group CEO

Vernon Saunders, formerly a senior vice president of national intelligence at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has been appointed CEO at Freedom Consulting Group, according to a recent LinkedIn post. The former U.S. Air Force has three decades of experience in enterprise information technology and IT strategy development. Before his stint at SAIC, Saunders

Contract Awards

DLA Announces $3.5B in Fuel Supply Contracts With 18 Companies

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded approximately $3.5 billion in indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to 18 companies for fuel supply at military bases over a one-year period. Phillips 66, Petromax Refining– both with contracts amounting to more than $600 million– and the other 16 contractors were selected out of 28 bids DLA received during a competitive acquisition

Executive Moves

7 New Members Added to INSA Board; Letitia Long Quoted

Seven GovCon industry leaders have received appointments to serve on the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s board of directors. Six of the newly elected board members will serve three-year terms and the appointed director will serve a two-year term to provide direction, strategic guidance and business oversight to INSA as the nonprofit professional organization works

Contract Awards

MTSI Receives $87M Space Systems Command Satcom Program Support Contract

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has secured a potential $87 million contract from a subordinate unit of the U.S. Space Force to provide logistics and systems engineering support for the Mobile User Objective System program. MTSI said Wednesday it will support space-related research, development, production, launch, sustainment and testing activities of Space Systems Command’s military communications

Contract Awards

Navarro to Extend NASA Environmental Program Support With $80M Follow-On Award

Navarro Research and Engineering has received a five-year, $80 million contract to continue support for environmental compliance and operations at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The company will help the agency manage programs to restore the ecosystem around the facility, comply with relevant policies and maintain sustainability measures as part

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Industry Urges Biden Administration to Maximize CHIPS Act Impact After President’s Annual Address

John Neuffer, president and CEO of the Semiconductor Industry Association, has commended the current administration and congressional leaders for enacting the CHIPS and Science Act, which he said will help strengthen U.S. national security, economy and semiconductor supply chains. Neuffer said in a statement published Tuesday that semiconductor companies have announced billions of dollars in

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 2/9/2023

Robert Lightfoot, Lockheed Martin Space EVP, Named to 2023 Wash100 Award for Moonshot Support & Industry Collaboration Leadership

US Army Strives for ‘Persistent Modernization’ to Reach Interoperability

Maxar Books $192M Contract to Support NGA’s Foreign Commercial Imagery Program; Tony Frazier Quoted

Maximus Sees 8.5% Revenue Growth in Q1 FY 2023; Bruce Caswell Quoted

Former SAIC SVP Vernon Saunders Named Freedom Consulting Group CEO

DLA Announces $3.5B in Fuel Supply Contracts With 18 Companies

7 New Members Added to INSA Board; Letitia Long Quoted

MTSI Receives $87M Space Systems Command Satcom Program Support Contract

Navarro to Extend NASA Environmental Program Support With $80M Follow-On Award

Industry Urges Biden Administration to Maximize CHIPS Act Impact After President’s Annual Address

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