GovConWire's Government Contracting News 6/16/2022

M&A Activity

Vectrus Shareholders OK Vertex Merger; Chuck Prow Quoted

Shareholders at Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) approved Wednesday the company’s proposed combination with Vertex and both parties expect the transaction to close in the third quarter of 2022. The combined entity will adopt the name V2X and trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “VVX” upon the deal’s closing, Vertex said Wednesday.

Artificial Intelligence

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents 2022 Wash100 Award to Booz Allen EVP Steve Escaravage

Steve Escaravage, an executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, during a recent visit to the company’s office by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic recognizes Steve Escaravage as a first-time recipient of the most prestigious and coveted awkward in all of government contracting (GovCon), for leading the development of artificial intelligence technology and

Events

Army CIO Raj Iyer Highlights Need for Immediate Digital Transformation, Talent Recruitment Efforts

As the U.S Army continues to invest in the most innovative digital technologies to adapt to the current era of modernization, the service branch has released a new Digital Transformation Strategy to build a bridge from today to the data and technology-centric Army of the future. Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the U.S. Army and a

News

Air Force Solicits Proposals for $1B TETRAS II Test System Support IDIQ

The U.S. Air Force has released a request for proposals for the second iteration of a potential five-year, $1 billion contract vehicle to build and update test and evaluation systems for munitions, spectrum improvements, electronic combat and C5ISR platforms. Test and Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments and Spectrum II is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that

Executive Moves

Henry Dubois Elevates to BlackSky CFO Post

Henry Dubois, chief development officer at BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) since August 2021, has been appointed to serve as chief financial officer of the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered geospatial intelligence provider. He succeeds Johan Broekhuysen, who resigned from the CFO post and will remain with BlackSky until Aug. 11 to help facilitate the transition process, the company

Contract Awards

Griffon Aerospace Books $402M Army Contract for Aerial Target Production

Griffon Aerospace, a Madison, Alabama-based small business, will deliver unmanned aircraft system targets to the U.S. Army under a four-year, $401.8 million firm-fixed-price contract. The aerospace product manufacturer was also tasked to provide the service branch with aerial target support equipment and services, training and mission payload system devices, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

News

Q&A With Nokia Federal General Manager Mike Loomis Highlights Company’s Work With Government Customers

ExecutiveBiz featured Mike Loomis, general manager of federal business at Nokia, in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He talked about his career with Nokia and the company’s growth initiatives in the federal space. The Q&A also tackled the government agencies’ efforts to implement the latest technology trends to keep up with the speed

M&A Activity

Microsoft Seeks to Expand Foreign Threat Research Service Through Miburo Acquisition

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has agreed to buy cyber threat analysis and research company Miburo for an undisclosed sum as the technology giant aims to help public and private sector organizations respond to foreign information operations. Tom Burt, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s customer security and trust organization, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday Miburo

M&A Activity

Karman Space & Defense Purchases Cornerstone Research Group’s Resin Tech; Tony Koblinksi Quoted

Karman Space & Defense, a portfolio company of Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital, has acquired the patented MG Resin family of technologies from Cornerstone Research Group to expand its competencies and capabilities in integrated composite systems for defense and space applications. CRG’s senior leadership team developed the MG family of resins to address the

Contract Awards

Spectral Energies Wins $184M Air Force Propulsion Research Contract

Spectral Energies has won an eight-year, $184.3 million contract to conduct studies for the turbine engine division under the Air Force Research Laboratory’s aerospace systems directorate. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the company will aim to advance propulsion technology for DOD platforms through the Innovative Combustion and Propulsion Research Program. AFRL’s ICP Research Program centers

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 6/16/2022

Vectrus Shareholders OK Vertex Merger; Chuck Prow Quoted

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents 2022 Wash100 Award to Booz Allen EVP Steve Escaravage

Army CIO Raj Iyer Highlights Need for Immediate Digital Transformation, Talent Recruitment Efforts

Air Force Solicits Proposals for $1B TETRAS II Test System Support IDIQ

Henry Dubois Elevates to BlackSky CFO Post

Griffon Aerospace Books $402M Army Contract for Aerial Target Production

Q&A With Nokia Federal General Manager Mike Loomis Highlights Company’s Work With Government Customers

Microsoft Seeks to Expand Foreign Threat Research Service Through Miburo Acquisition

Karman Space & Defense Purchases Cornerstone Research Group’s Resin Tech; Tony Koblinksi Quoted

Spectral Energies Wins $184M Air Force Propulsion Research Contract

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