GovConWire's Government Contracting News 11/28/2022

M&A Activity

QinetiQ US Closes $590M Avantus Federal Buy; Shawn Purvis Quoted

QinetiQ Group’s U.S. arm has completed its purchase of Avantus Federal from NewSpring Holdings in a strategy to bring innovation in the field of software, hardware and mission services to defense, intelligence, homeland security, law enforcement and civilian agencies. The $590 million deal was first announced in August and QinetiQ US said Wednesday the combined

Executive Moves

Tom Gentile Named AIA Board Chair, Ted Colbert to Serve as Vice Chair

Tom Gentile, president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, and Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, have been elected to serve as chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Aerospace Industries Association’s board of governors for 2023. Eric Fanning, a previous Wash100 awardee, will continue to serve as

Contract Awards

4 Companies Win Spots on $803M HHS Antigen Test Kit Supply Contract

Four companies have won positions on a one-year, $803 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to supply nonprescription rapid antigen test kits for COVID-19 to the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Defense on Tuesday listed Access Bio, iHealth Labs, Orasure Technologies and Quidel as holding spots on the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. DLA

Executive Moves

Former Boeing Subsidiary Exec Jay Turner Joins Sigma Defense as COO

Jay Turner, who previously held executive roles at two Boeing (NYSE: BA) subsidiaries, has assumed the chief operating officer position at military technology provider Sigma Defense Systems. He most recently served as president of Digital Receiver Technology, a manufacturer of software-defined radio systems designed to collect, analyze and share signals intelligence. Before he joined DRTI

Artificial Intelligence

DOD Office Launches Software Prototype Challenge for AI Test & Evaluation

The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is seeking vendors to develop software prototypes for the Joint AI Test Infrastructure Capability project. CDAO Test and Evaluation Directorate issued a call to industry notice on Nov. 21 in pursuit of AI technologies capable of object detection and computer vision classification. The office’s test

Contract Awards

ManTech to Extend Space Force Acquisition, Operations Security Support

ManTech will continue to provide specialized security support services to the U.S. Space Force under a one-year, $43.5 million contract modification. The company will help secure acquisition and operational mission areas at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. USSF’s Space Systems Command

Executive Moves

Richard Guzzardi Assumes Executive Director Post Within Raytheon’s Missiles & Defense Unit

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has promoted 19-year company veteran Richard Guzzardi to executive director of operations, supply chain and quality, air power within its missiles and defense business, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. He served as senior director of the unit’s global supply chain for more than two years prior to his promotion. Guzzardi

Contract Awards

Rocket Lab to Help NASA Deploy CubeSats for Tropical Cyclone Observation Effort

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) will help NASA send four small satellites to low-Earth orbit for a storm observation initiative via two Electron launch missions under the Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract vehicle. The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats mission could launch no earlier than May

News

DISA, Lumen to Implement Cloud-Based Phone System via Microsoft Teams App

The Defense Information Systems Agency and Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) are collaborating to launch a cloud-based telephony infrastructure in an effort to provide Department of Defense employees with virtual phone access via a Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) business communication platform. Lumen was awarded a $221 million contract to deploy and operate the DOD365 Integrated Phone System,

News

James Sumpter: AFRL Seeks to Expand Infrastructure Visibility Through Industry Partnerships

The Air Force Research Laboratory is working with cloud service providers and technology companies to gain access to platforms that would offer the lab visibility into its information infrastructure while managing the privacy and security of data, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. James Sumpter, chief enterprise architect at AFRL, told the publication in an interview

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 11/28/2022

QinetiQ US Closes $590M Avantus Federal Buy; Shawn Purvis Quoted

Tom Gentile Named AIA Board Chair, Ted Colbert to Serve as Vice Chair

4 Companies Win Spots on $803M HHS Antigen Test Kit Supply Contract

Former Boeing Subsidiary Exec Jay Turner Joins Sigma Defense as COO

DOD Office Launches Software Prototype Challenge for AI Test & Evaluation

ManTech to Extend Space Force Acquisition, Operations Security Support

Richard Guzzardi Assumes Executive Director Post Within Raytheon’s Missiles & Defense Unit

Rocket Lab to Help NASA Deploy CubeSats for Tropical Cyclone Observation Effort

DISA, Lumen to Implement Cloud-Based Phone System via Microsoft Teams App

James Sumpter: AFRL Seeks to Expand Infrastructure Visibility Through Industry Partnerships

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