GovConWire's Government Contracting News 10/14/2022

M&A Activity

Veritas Pushes Into Space Tech Sector With Buy of CAES Unit; Ramzi Musallam Quoted

Veritas Capital has agreed to acquire a CAES division that manufactures radiation-hardened microelectronic products and subsystems intended for space operations. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed and the pending acquisition of CAES Space Systems is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, Veritas said Thursday. Mike Elias, a senior vice president

Industry News

GovCon, Investment Leaders Present Defense Tech & Government Market Insights at Raymond James Conference

Executives from government contracting and private equity firms met Thursday at the Raymond James 2022 Defense & Government Conference to share their perspectives on the federal market’s current environment and investors’ appetite for GovCon business. More than 700 attendees heard from some of the most influential individuals across the GovCon, investor and PE communities to

News

A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Walt Havenstein

Walt Havenstein, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served as CEO of Science Applications International Corp. from September 2009 to June 2012, was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in October 2010. “We could use more scouts and the leadership qualities they exemplify across the river,” Havenstein said in his

Events

IC Leaders Share Lessons We Need to Learn in Response to Global Intelligence Developments

The global intelligence landscape is rapidly evolving, and the intelligence community in the United States is updating its tradecraft and adapting to meet the needs of the current environment. Now, IC experts are reflecting on lessons we’ve learned from history and how they can inform U.S. intelligence into the future. Doug Wolfe Doug Wolfe, CEO

Executive Moves

Danielle Metz Appointed OSD Information Management & Technology Director

Michael Donley, director of administration and management at the Department of Defense, has created the information management and technology directorate within the office of the DOD secretary and appointed Danielle Metz, most recently deputy DOD chief information officer for the information enterprise, to lead the directorate. Metz’s appointment came after Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of

Executive Moves

Shannon Miller Named Jacobs EVP, Divergent Solutions President

Shannon Miller, a nearly 25-year veteran of Jacobs (NYSE: J), has been promoted to executive vice president and head of the company’s newly formed divergent solutions business focused on delivering data platforms to customers. Jacobs said Thursday the divergent solutions segment will work with the company’s critical mission solutions and people and places solutions business

Contract Awards

Army Eyes Prepositioned Stock COSIS Support Task Order Competition Under LOGCAP V

The U.S. Army plans to compete four Care of Supplies in Storage task orders in support of the Army Prepositioned Stock program among four prime contractors under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program V contract, DVIDSHub reported Wednesday. These LOGCAP V contractors are Vectrus, which is being renamed V2X (NYSE: VVX) as a result of its

News

Q&A With Anthony Verna of Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions Highlights Rugged IoT Business, Recent Growth Efforts

ExecutiveBiz featured Anthony Verna, chief growth officer at Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed his new responsibilities as general manager of the company’s Rugged IoT business unit, the focus areas and recent growth initiatives of Cubic as well as the efforts to ensure long-term success for

News

NASA Plans Consolidated Environmental Restoration & Compliance Contract

NASA has issued a presolicitation notice on a potential five-year, $375 million contract vehicle that will consolidate procurement efforts for environmental restoration and compliance services across the space agency. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers technical consultation, contamination detection, sampling and remediation and long-term management of affected environmental media, according to the notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov.

Executive Moves

Former Mercury Systems VP Al Maillet Named Lynx Software Chief Revenue Officer

Al Maillet, formerly a vice president at Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY), has been appointed chief revenue officer at endpoint security company Lynx Software Technologies. He will report to Lynx CEO Tim Reed and manage strategic account management, sales and go-to-market functions in his new position, the company said Thursday. While at Mercury, Maillet oversaw the

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 10/14/2022

Veritas Pushes Into Space Tech Sector With Buy of CAES Unit; Ramzi Musallam Quoted

GovCon, Investment Leaders Present Defense Tech & Government Market Insights at Raymond James Conference

A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Walt Havenstein

IC Leaders Share Lessons We Need to Learn in Response to Global Intelligence Developments

Danielle Metz Appointed OSD Information Management & Technology Director

Shannon Miller Named Jacobs EVP, Divergent Solutions President

Army Eyes Prepositioned Stock COSIS Support Task Order Competition Under LOGCAP V

Q&A With Anthony Verna of Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions Highlights Rugged IoT Business, Recent Growth Efforts

NASA Plans Consolidated Environmental Restoration & Compliance Contract

Former Mercury Systems VP Al Maillet Named Lynx Software Chief Revenue Officer

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