GovConWire's Government Contracting News 5/13/2021

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Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents 2021 Wash100 Award to Shawn Purvis, CVP and President of Enterprise Services at Northrop Grumman

During a recent visit to Northrop Grumman, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Shawn Purvis, corporate vice president and president of Enterprise Services at Northrop Grumman, with her first 2021 Wash100 Award. Purvis received the first Wash100 Award of her career for her leadership in enabling large-scale technology infrastructure and transactional business services throughout the

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In Case You Missed: GovCon Wire Hosts Defense Cybersecurity Forum; Featuring Morgan Adamski as Keynote Speaker

GovCon Wire, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its Defense Cybersecurity Forum on Wednesday, May 12th. If you missed the Defense Cybersecurity Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting GovCon Wire Event Archive. The Defense Cybersecurity Forum showcased the most notable

Contract Awards

Four Companies Land Spots on Army’s $1.25B Conformal Wearable Battery Contract

Bren-Tronics, Inventus Power, Navitas Systems‘ government solutions group and Ultralife Corp. have secured spots on a potential nine-year, $1.25 billion contract for a lightweight wearable battery being developed under the U.S. Army’s Tactical Power Generation Program. The Department of Defense said Wednesday contractors will compete for orders under the firm-fixed-price contract for the conformal wearable

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Accenture Federal Services Managing Director Bill Marion Moderates Expert Panel for Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Navy Forum

Bill Marion, managing director at Accenture Federal Services, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Navy Forum on May 12th, 2021. The following panelists discussed driving data and platform success, featuring Bradley Goodrich, Jane Rathbun and Capt. Matt Farr of the U.S. Navy and George Batsakis of 1901

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Executive Spotlight With Unanet CEO Craig Halliday Explores Advanced ERP Solutions, Benefits for GovCon Sector

ExecutiveBiz released its latest Executive Spotlight interview with Craig Halliday, chief executive officer of Unanet, on Wednesday to discuss the launch of the company’s recently enhanced capabilities for its ERP technology platform, the benefits for contractors in GovCon and the federal workforce as a whole following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “As the COVID-19

Contract Awards

MTS Receives Potential $463M IDIQ for NASA Program, Planning & Control Services

Woman-owned company Manufacturing Technical Solutions has secured a potential five-year, $463 million contract to perform consolidated program support services for two NASA space centers in Alabama and Texas. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, MTS will receive task orders to provide knowledge and expertise in the program, planning and control discipline, NASA said Thursday. The company will

Executive Moves

Raghu Raghuram to Become VMware CEO in June

Raghu Raghuram, who has been with VMware (NYSE: VMW) since 2003, has been elected by the board of directors to serve as CEO and board member of the Palo Alto, California-based technology company, effective June 1. “Raghu is now in position to architect VMware’s future, helping customers and partners accelerate their digital businesses in this

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White House Seeks to Strengthen US Cybersecurity With New Executive Order

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect federal networks from cyber threats and improve U.S. cybersecurity in response to recent hacks involving SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange and Colonial Pipeline. The order will eliminate barriers to sharing of threat information between the government and the private sector, modernize federal cybersecurity standards, improve software supply

Executive Moves

Venture Investment Exec Arun Gupta Joins LMI Board; Doug Wagoner Quoted

Arun Gupta, a 17-year partner at investment company Columbia Capital, has joined the board of directors at LMI. His work at the Alexandria, Virginia-based venture capital firm focuses on emerging technology investments across the federal services, cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure and artificial intelligence segments, LMI said Wednesday. Gupta works as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University

Contract Awards

Noblis Wins $263M Contract to Support DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

Noblis has won a potential $263.3 million contract to support a Defense Threat Reduction Agency program aimed at countering weapons of mass destruction through coordination with U.S. partner nations. The nonprofit company will advise and assist DTRA on Cooperative Threat Reduction Program areas, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. DTRA is obligating $12.4 million in

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 5/13/2021

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents 2021 Wash100 Award to Shawn Purvis, CVP and President of Enterprise Services at Northrop Grumman

In Case You Missed: GovCon Wire Hosts Defense Cybersecurity Forum; Featuring Morgan Adamski as Keynote Speaker

Four Companies Land Spots on Army’s $1.25B Conformal Wearable Battery Contract

Accenture Federal Services Managing Director Bill Marion Moderates Expert Panel for Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Navy Forum

Executive Spotlight With Unanet CEO Craig Halliday Explores Advanced ERP Solutions, Benefits for GovCon Sector

MTS Receives Potential $463M IDIQ for NASA Program, Planning & Control Services

Raghu Raghuram to Become VMware CEO in June

White House Seeks to Strengthen US Cybersecurity With New Executive Order

Venture Investment Exec Arun Gupta Joins LMI Board; Doug Wagoner Quoted

Noblis Wins $263M Contract to Support DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

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