GovConWire's Government Contracting News 8/9/2022

Executive Moves

David Fields Named SES Government Solutions President, CEO

David Fields, former senior vice president and general manager of DRS Global Enterprise Solutions, has assumed a new dual role as president and CEO of the government solutions subsidiary at SES following the company’s $450 million acquisition of the former Leonardo DRS business unit. He brings more than two decades of satellite communications and information

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Cloud Migration & Force Retention Top Army’s List of Current Priorities

In the U.S. Army’s modernization journey, the cloud is playing an increasingly important role. Army CIO Raj Iyer, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said that in the future fight, data will be the Army’s ammunition, and the cloud will serve as the next warfighting platform. Although the Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program has seen

Executive Moves

Hiten Chadha Joins Cherokee Federal as Technology Practice Lead; Steven Bilby Quoted

Hiten Chadha, former global senior practice leader for Amazon Web Services’ federal financial practice, has joined Cherokee Federal as vice president and technology practice leader. He will oversee the development and implementation of information technology offerings for the federal government in his new position, the Cherokee Nation Businesses division said Monday. “With experience in building

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Baird Managing Director Jean Stack Presented 2nd Wash100 Award By Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Jean Stack, a managing director of Baird, was recently presented her 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office. “Jean Stack is on the contact list of every key CEO and CFO in the government contracting industry. Jean is the consummate networker among the elite financial GovCon executives

Executive Moves

Guidehouse Merges National Security & Defense Segments, Announces Leadership Changes

Guidehouse has combined its defense and national security segments and announced leadership changes as the firm continues to advance its growth initiatives and expand its consulting offerings. Ed Meehan, partner and head of Guidehouse’s defense segment, has been selected to succeed David Zito as chief growth officer and John Saad, partner and leader of the

Executive Moves

Former CACI Exec Al White Takes Helm of Counter-Drone Tech Maker Black Sage

Al White, formerly a vice president at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has joined counter-unmanned aircraft system platform builder Black Sage Technologies as CEO. He replaces Darryl Wilkerson, an Acorn Growth Companies partner who led the cUAS technology provider in an interim capacity, Black Sage said Monday. White most recently worked at defense engineering services company

Contract Awards

General Dynamics’ Land Systems Business to Deliver Abrams Tank Components to Army

General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) land systems business will supply M1 Abrams tank sight units with containers to the U.S. Army under a maximum $99.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/definite-quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The Department of Defense said Monday General Dynamics Land Systems will conduct contract work in Alabama and is expected to perform deliveries

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Q&A With DMI COO Rocky Thurston on Company Efforts to Grow Business, Workforce

ExecutiveBiz featured Rocky Thurston, chief operating officer at DMI, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. He discussed his career and what he hopes to accomplish with the company. The Q&A also tackled DMI’s recent initiatives to grow its business and workforce as well as the core values that are important to the

M&A Activity

Booz Allen Says EverWatch Deal Offers Opportunity to Compete With Rivals, Win Lucrative Contracts

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) said its move to acquire cybersecurity firm EverWatch would allow it to secure “billions of dollars” worth of contracts and compete with rival contractors such as Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), Defense News reported Monday. In March, Booz Allen agreed to buy EverWatch as part of

Contract Awards

5 Companies Hold Spots on $100M Army Environmental Remediation Contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected five companies to compete for environmental remediation task orders under a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to $100 million over five years, according to a Department of Defense notice published Monday. Contractors will support customers serviced by USACE Alaska District. Solicitation documents released in February note the multiple-award

GovConWire's Government Contracting News 8/9/2022

David Fields Named SES Government Solutions President, CEO

Cloud Migration & Force Retention Top Army’s List of Current Priorities

Hiten Chadha Joins Cherokee Federal as Technology Practice Lead; Steven Bilby Quoted

Baird Managing Director Jean Stack Presented 2nd Wash100 Award By Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

Guidehouse Merges National Security & Defense Segments, Announces Leadership Changes

Former CACI Exec Al White Takes Helm of Counter-Drone Tech Maker Black Sage

General Dynamics’ Land Systems Business to Deliver Abrams Tank Components to Army

Q&A With DMI COO Rocky Thurston on Company Efforts to Grow Business, Workforce

Booz Allen Says EverWatch Deal Offers Opportunity to Compete With Rivals, Win Lucrative Contracts

5 Companies Hold Spots on $100M Army Environmental Remediation Contract

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