GovConWire's Government Contracting News 1/11/2023

Executive Moves

Navy Vet Frank Pandolfe Named Leidos VP & Account Executive

Frank Pandolfe, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has been appointed vice president and strategic account executive for the Navy and Marine Corps at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS). The 37-year Navy veteran will lead efforts to grow the company’s presence within the Department of the Navy and help advance business growth opportunities in his new position,

Executive Moves

Beau Hammond, Asela Wijesiri Promoted to Managing Directors at MorganFranklin

MorganFranklin Consulting has added executives Beau Hammond and Asela Wijesiri to its leadership team as managing directors. Beau Hammond Hammond, most recently director of strategy and transformation at MorganFranklin, oversees the finance and technology advisory firm’s efforts in supporting the missions of customers in the global aerospace and defense sector while managing divestitures and carve-outs

Industry News

Deltek’s Kevin Plexico Sees ‘Strong’ 2023 GovCon Environment

Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, forecasts that inflation and the near-term rollout of fiscal 2023 government funds will drive a favorable contracting landscape in the coming year, FCW reported Monday. Plexico noted the $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations package, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and

Contract Awards

Northrop Lands $464M IDIQ Award to Maintain USAF Airborne Comms Platform

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a five-year, $464.4 million contract to operate and sustain communications hardware for the U.S. Air Force’s E-11A aircraft. The company will perform maintenance work on the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node system, components and ancillary equipment under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. DOD added that Northrop

News

AT&T’s Jill Singer on Advancing Network Modernization Within Intelligence Community

Jill Singer, vice president of the national security and defense segment at AT&T (NYSE: T), said the Intelligence Community needs to advance network modernization to address rising cybersecurity risks and near-peer threats and effectively carry out their missions. Singer told The Cipher Brief in an interview posted Tuesday that IC agencies looking to implement network

News

Report: DOD’s Next Space Launch Contracting Round to Require Defenses Against Foreign Interference

The Department of Defense plans to add requirements to National Security Space Launch program contracts in a move to address Chinese and Russian interference, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. In a briefing to potential vendors of the upcoming contracting round, DOD said the next generation of rockets designed for launching spy satellites should be

M&A Activity

DISYS Expands Federal Workforce, IT Portfolio With LinTech Acquisition; Mahfuz Ahmed Quoted

Digital Intelligence Systems has completed its acquisition of LinTech Global in a transaction that expands its portfolio of staffing and information technology offerings for defense and federal civilian agency customers. Mahfuz Ahmed, founder and CEO of DISYS, said in a statement published Tuesday LinTech’s experience and knowledge in the federal space will provide key insight

News

Canada Picks Raytheon Air Defense System for $302M Donation to Ukraine

Canada will provide Ukraine with a medium-range air defense system Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will build under an approximately $302 million purchase deal between the North American country and the U.S. The National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System donation is the latest in Canada’s military assistance to Ukraine and marks the first time the latter is

Executive Moves

SAIC Appoints James Reagan, Carolyn Handlon to Board of Directors

Veteran finance executives James Reagan and Carolyn Handlon have joined the board of directors of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC). In addition to both being on the board’s audit committee, Handlon will be part of the nominating and corporate governance panel, while Reagan will be on the human resources and compensation group, SAIC said

Contract Awards

Army Engineers Issue $144M in Multiple-Award Airfield Construction Contracts

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded two multiple-award, firm-fixed-price contracts totaling $144 million for airfield-related design, construction and maintenance services. Head Inc., MRM Construction Services, the AHTNA-SWCP joint venture and Southern-RC-JV-01 will compete for airfield paving design-bid-build and design-build orders worth potentially $99 million contract, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. USACE received six

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 1/11/2023

Navy Vet Frank Pandolfe Named Leidos VP & Account Executive

Beau Hammond, Asela Wijesiri Promoted to Managing Directors at MorganFranklin

Deltek’s Kevin Plexico Sees ‘Strong’ 2023 GovCon Environment

Northrop Lands $464M IDIQ Award to Maintain USAF Airborne Comms Platform

AT&T’s Jill Singer on Advancing Network Modernization Within Intelligence Community

Report: DOD’s Next Space Launch Contracting Round to Require Defenses Against Foreign Interference

DISYS Expands Federal Workforce, IT Portfolio With LinTech Acquisition; Mahfuz Ahmed Quoted

Canada Picks Raytheon Air Defense System for $302M Donation to Ukraine

SAIC Appoints James Reagan, Carolyn Handlon to Board of Directors

Army Engineers Issue $144M in Multiple-Award Airfield Construction Contracts

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