TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK

TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK

General Dynamics Secures $1.3B Navy Contract Modification for Virginia-Class Submarine Materials

Virginia-class Block VI submarine

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has secured a potential $1.3 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide long lead time materials to support the construction of Virginia-class Block VI submarines.

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SIXGEN Buys Cyber Automation Company Boldend; Jack Wilmer Quoted

Jack Wilmer CEO SIXGEN

Cybersecurity company SIXGEN has acquired Boldend to expand its portfolio with the addition of the latter's cyber automation tools, software and electronic warfare platforms and add engineering and technical talent needed to speed up the development and delivery of capabilities to digital warfighters and support U.S. defense and national security missions.

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Parsons Subsidiary SealingTech Taps Brandon Whalen as CEO, Hugh Clapp as COO

Brandon Whalen and Hugh Clapp

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) subsidiary Sealing Technologies has appointed industry executives Brandon Whalen and Hugh Clapp as CEO and chief operating officer, respectively. Whalen most recently served as SealingTech's mission director of security enhanced information sharing, while Clapp was mission director of defensive cyber operations at the Parsons subsidiary.

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3 Contractors Win Spots on $1.9B IRS Enterprise Program Integration Support BPA

EPPIS BPA award


The Internal Revenue Service has awarded three companies positions on a potential seven-year, $1.9 billion blanket purchase agreement to provide information technology and program management support services for the Enterprise Program Management Office.

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Jonathan Cirtain Appointed SVP, Chief Development Officer at BWXT

Jonathan Cirtain SVP and CDO BWX Technologies

Jonathan Cirtain has assumed the role of senior vice president and chief development officer at BWXT Technologies, where he most recently worked as president and CEO of its nuclear medical business. Cirtain has been with BWXT for over seven years now.

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Kathleen Hicks Says DOD Working to Evolve Acquisition Pathways, Contracting Tools

Kathleen Hicks Deputy Secretary DOD

Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of Defense and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, on Wednesday delivered a keynote speech at a conference in Washington D.C., and highlighted some of the initiatives DOD has launched to drive innovation and accelerate the delivery of capabilities to warfighters.

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CACI Books $416M Task Order to Modernize Army SIGINT Ops; John Mengucci Quoted

John Mengucci President and CEO CACI

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has secured a potential $416 million task order from the U.S. Army to elevate signals intelligence, or SIGINT, operations with modern technology. The award covers the development of innovative radio frequency systems the service branch will utilize for SIGINT missions.

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Amy Rall Joins Peraton as Citizen Security & Public Services Sector President

Amy Rall Sector President Peraton

Peraton has appointed Amy Rall, a more than three-decade business growth and technology leader, as president of its citizen security and public services sector. She most recently served as president of DMI’s public sector solutions team.

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ITT to Acquire kSARIA From Behrman Capital for $475M

M&A activity

Behrman Capital has agreed to sell its portfolio company kSARIA to ITT (NYSE: ITT) for approximately $475 million. The transaction is expected to be finalized before the end of the third quarter of 2024, subject to meeting customary closing conditions.

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Dark Wolf CGO Oliver Sadorra Talks Future of the Company & AI

Oliver Sadorra Chief Growth Officer Dark Wolf Solutions

As CGO at technology services contractor Dark Wolf SolutionsOliver Sadorra channels his engineering background and technical expertise into a role directing the company’s business development, capture and proposal. Therefore, he’s just as concerned with assuring the organization along a path of consistent market growth as he is breaking new ground in R&D. He delved into some of these passions in a recent Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz.

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