GovConWire's Government Contracting News 8/23/2021

Executive Moves

Elinor Damo Named VP of CGI Federal Consulting Services

Elinor Damo, formerly a director at Peraton, has joined the federal business of CGI (NYSE GIB) as vice president for consulting services. Damo announced her new role in a LinkedIn post and said that she will focus on CGI Federal’s Department of Homeland Security customers. She joined Peraton after its private-equity owner, Veritas Capital, acquired

Events

Ann Dunkin to Deliver GovCon Wire Forum Keynote Speech on DOE IT Modernization

Ann Dunkin, chief information officer at the Department of Energy, will discuss initiatives to modernize and transform DOE information technology operations in a keynote address to a Sept. 1 virtual forum hosted by Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire). Dunkin joined DOE in May 2021 after her prior role as chief strategy and

Contract Awards

Boeing Awarded $487M to Engineer Army Apache Attack Helicopters

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $487 million contract from the U.S. Army for the provision of engineering services and technical support to the service branch’s Apache AH-64 attack helicopters through Feb. 6, 2026. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Army Contracting Command has task orders that will determine work locations and funding, the Department

Executive Moves

Fintech Vet Shawn Holtzclaw Joins Consilient as President; Juan Zarate Quoted

Shawn Holtzclaw, a financial technology industry veteran, has been named president of Arlington, Virginia-based fintech company Consilient. He will help advance Consilient’s growth strategy as the company launches its federated machine learning platform Dozer to help financial institutions counter money laundering, fraud and other financial crimes, the company said Monday. Consilient was established by K2

Contract Awards

8 Companies Win Spots on $950M NAVFAC Contract to Support Large Construction Projects in Mid-Atlantic Region

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected eight companies to compete for large construction projects within NAVFAC’s mid-Atlantic area of operations through a five-year, $950 million contract vehicle. The contractors can offer design-build and design-bid-build services to demolish, repair or modify facilities, the Department of Defense said Friday. Facilities covered by the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract

GovCon Expert

Jerry McGinn: DOD Should Address Challenges in Intellectual Property, Ensure Security

Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense should continue its focus on intellectual property and security and address challenges related to those two factors to safeguard and further advance innovation. He told Government Matters

Contract Awards

Army Selects Elbit Systems, L3Harris for $92M Aviator Imaging Tech Supply Contract

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Elbit Systems of America have won a four-year, $92.4 million shared contract to manufacture helmet-mounted image intensification technology for U.S. Army aviators. The two companies will compete for orders under the service branch’s Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System III program, the Department of Defense said Friday. The third-generation ANVIS is

M&A Activity

Vector Acquisition Shareholders OK Rocket Lab Merger; Peter Beck Quoted

Shareholders at a Vector Capital-backed blank check company approved Friday the proposed combination with Rocket Lab USA and both parties expect the merger to close Wednesday, Aug. 25. Holders of less than 3 percent of Class A ordinary shares at Vector Acquisition (Nasdaq: VACQ) have moved to redeem their shares with regard to the transaction,

Contract Awards

Trident E&P Wins $194M Contract to Supply Multifunction Devices for Navy Shipboard Use

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Trident Engineering & Procurement a potential $194 million contract to supply the Department of the Navy with multifunctional and single-function devices for shipboard use. DLA received two responses for the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive bidding process, the Department of Defense said Friday. Pottstown, Pennsylvania will also provide

News

NASA Seeks Proposals for Mars Ascent Vehicle Integrated System

NASA has asked industry for proposals to design, build and test multiple Mars ascent vehicles and related electrical and mechanical ground support equipment. The space agency will launch a full and open competition for the Mars Ascent Vehicle Integrated System program with plans to award a potential six-year, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract on Feb. 2, 2022, according

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 8/23/2021

Elinor Damo Named VP of CGI Federal Consulting Services

Ann Dunkin to Deliver GovCon Wire Forum Keynote Speech on DOE IT Modernization

Boeing Awarded $487M to Engineer Army Apache Attack Helicopters

Fintech Vet Shawn Holtzclaw Joins Consilient as President; Juan Zarate Quoted

8 Companies Win Spots on $950M NAVFAC Contract to Support Large Construction Projects in Mid-Atlantic Region

Jerry McGinn: DOD Should Address Challenges in Intellectual Property, Ensure Security

Army Selects Elbit Systems, L3Harris for $92M Aviator Imaging Tech Supply Contract

Vector Acquisition Shareholders OK Rocket Lab Merger; Peter Beck Quoted

Trident E&P Wins $194M Contract to Supply Multifunction Devices for Navy Shipboard Use

NASA Seeks Proposals for Mars Ascent Vehicle Integrated System

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