GovConWire's Government Contracting News 5/26/2022

Executive Spotlight

Executive Spotlight: GovCon Expert Steve Orrin, CTO and Senior Principal Engineer of Intel Federal

GovCon Expert Steve Orrin, chief technology officer and senior principal engineer at Intel Federal, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the challenges that government agencies and federal organizations are facing to implement zero-trust architectures and refocus their data security. In addition, GovCon Expert Steve Orrin also discussed the values that Intel Federal looks for in its workforce

Contract Awards

Maxar Secures NRO Satellite Imagery Contract Worth Potentially $3.2B; Dan Jablonsky Quoted

Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has secured a potential 10-year, $3.24 billion contract to provide commercial satellite imagery to the National Reconnaissance Office in support of U.S. defense and intelligence community missions. The Electro-Optical Commercial Layer contract is intended to help NRO continue to meet imagery acquisition requirements the EnhancedView Follow-On program is currently addressing, the

Cybersecurity

Trend Micro Creates Federal Business Unit

Trend Micro has formed a new business unit with the goal of helping federal government clients protect data using threat defense methods. The U.S. federal business unit will be based in Washington, D.C., and will help customers secure digital transformation initiatives, implement zero trust and facilitate cloud migration efforts through its team of public sector

Cybersecurity

Ann Dunkin: DOE Shifts to Risk-Based Cybersecurity Approach

One year after the White House released its executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity, federal agencies have gained critical insight into their cybersecurity postures and are using that information to refine their strategies. The Department of Energy, for example, is moving away from a compliance-driven cybersecurity approach and toward one focused on mitigating risk. Ann

M&A Activity

Acacia Seeks to Address Demand for Technical Talent With Baer Acquisition; Craig Dawson Quoted

Technology investment firm The Acacia Group has acquired The Baer Group, which provides tech consulting and services to customers in public and private sectors, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to address the increasing shortage of technical talent needed to support digital transformation efforts of government and industry clients. “We see immediate opportunities

Contract Awards

DHA Announces $1.4B Modification to Medical Q-Coded Services Contract

The Defense Health Agency has issued $1.4 billion in contract modification to 33 small businesses to extend ordering period of the Medical Q-Coded Services program for another year. The action on the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract raised the total cumulative face value of the MQS strategic sourcing program to $8.9 billion, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

News

Q&A With Intelligent Waves CGO Tim Patterson Tackles Leadership Approach, Company Culture Building

In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Tim Patterson, chief growth officer of Intelligent Waves, to discuss his leadership approach as well as his management style and core values for building company culture. He also talked about innovation in the age of disruption and the emerging technologies influencing the federal government and industry.

Executive Moves

John Roth Named AAR Business Development VP for Government Services

John Roth, an aerospace industry veteran, has joined AAR Corp. as vice president of business development for the company’s government services business, according to his LinkedIn post. He most recently served as director of strategy and business development for the Future Programs at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and previously held a similar role at the

Executive Moves

Former CIA Info Security Lead Michael Mestrovich Joins Rubrik as CISO

Michael Mestrovich, former chief information security officer of the CIA, has been named CISO at cloud data management software provider Rubrik. Mestrovich, who has more than two decades of information technology and security experience, will be responsible for overseeing Rubrik’s internal data security initiatives and policy, the company said Wednesday. He spent more than six

Contract Awards

Army Selects Hensel Phelps for $302M Fort Meade Building Construction Project

Hensel Phelps Construction Co. will design and construct two buildings at Fort Meade in Maryland under a $302.2 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE received seven bids for the project and obligated $79.1 million at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The agency expects work to conclude

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 5/26/2022

Executive Spotlight: GovCon Expert Steve Orrin, CTO and Senior Principal Engineer of Intel Federal

Maxar Secures NRO Satellite Imagery Contract Worth Potentially $3.2B; Dan Jablonsky Quoted

Trend Micro Creates Federal Business Unit

Ann Dunkin: DOE Shifts to Risk-Based Cybersecurity Approach

Acacia Seeks to Address Demand for Technical Talent With Baer Acquisition; Craig Dawson Quoted

DHA Announces $1.4B Modification to Medical Q-Coded Services Contract

Q&A With Intelligent Waves CGO Tim Patterson Tackles Leadership Approach, Company Culture Building

John Roth Named AAR Business Development VP for Government Services

Former CIA Info Security Lead Michael Mestrovich Joins Rubrik as CISO

Army Selects Hensel Phelps for $302M Fort Meade Building Construction Project

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