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Amyx announces new COO

Amyx has appointed Rick Schult as its new chief operating officer, the Reston-based federal contractor announced Monday.

Schult will manage more than 600 employees. He succeeds John Selman, who served as COO since 2021. Amyx announced Selman’s retirement on Thursday.

Schult joins Amyx from QinetiQ US, where he was most recently executive vice president for business development, according to his LinkedIn profile. According to a news release, he was part of the company’s team that won a $169 million Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection contract for the operations and maintenance of the Tethered Aerostat Radar System — a system that includes a helium-filled balloon and data distribution network. Before that, Schult was senior vice president for defense.

“Rick’s experience with many of the services that Amyx successfully delivers to our customers along with his passion for exceptional customer support and developing people is a perfect fit for Amyx,” Amyx President and CEO William Schaefer said in a statement. “I have had the privilege of working with Rick over the years and am excited to now welcome him to the executive leadership team at Amyx.”

Schult also worked as a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton before joining QinetiQ US’s predecessor, E3 Federal Solutions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business information technology from Virginia Tech.

“I am humbled at the opportunity to join an already thriving team here at Amyx,” Schult said in a statement. “I’ve had firsthand experience working with Amyx leadership over the past decade. This, coupled with their people-first culture and unwavering commitment to customer mission requirements, is what drove me to this role.”

Founded in 1999, Amyx provides services including IT, systems engineering, cybersecurity and program management. California-based consulting and engineering services provider Tetra Tech acquired Amyx in January 2023. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

RTX subsidiary wins $345M Air Force contract

Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County-based aerospace and defense contractor RTX, won a $344.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification, the Department of Defense announced Friday.

Raytheon will produce more than 1,500 StormBreaker smart weapons, which are air-to-surface, network-enabled weapons that can engage moving targets in all weather conditions, according to a RTX news release.

Work on the modification to a previously awarded contract will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and has an expected completion of Aug. 30, 2028. The contract involves foreign military sales to Norway, Germany, Italy and Finland.

StormBreaker, a gliding precision bomb, is fielded on the F-15E Strike Eagle and the F/A-18E/F SuperHornet fighter aircraft, and testing is underway on all F-35 variants. In 2023, StormBreaker completed 28 test drops, according to a news release.

“With this contract, we’ll continue to evolve StormBreaker’s production to meet the needs of servicemembers for years to come,” Paul Ferraro, Raytheon’s president of air power, said in a statement.

RTX has more than 180,000 employees globally and reported $67 billion in net sales in 2022. The company rebranded from Raytheon Technologies to RTX in June 2023 and has three business units: Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon.

Parsons lands $250M classified contract

Parsons won a classified federal contract valued at more than $250 million, the Chantilly-based Fortune 1000 defense contractor announced Tuesday.

“This award represents a critical task that the corporation and its acquired companies have been performing for over a decade,” according to a Parsons news release. The contract has a base period of one year with four one-year options.

Parsons has made several acquisitions this year, including its $43 million acquisition of New Jersey-based IPKeys Power Partners, which it completed in April. In August, the contractor completed its acquisition of Maryland-based contractor Sealing Technologies, a deal valued at $200 million.

Founded in 1944, Parsons provides technology solutions in the defense, intelligence and critical infrastructure markets. It posted $4.2 billion in 2022 revenue and has more than 17,000 employees worldwide. Between Aug. 2 and Oct. 3, the company moved its headquarters within Fairfax County, from Centreville to Chantilly, according to addresses listed in its Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

GDIT lands $450M CMS contract

Falls Church-based federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology won a $450 million Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract, the General Dynamics subsidiary announced Thursday.

Under the contract, GDIT will continue operating and modernizing CMS’ Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS), an accounting system that standardizes federal financial accounting for the centers’ programs. HIGLAS processes approximately 4.5 million Medicare claims daily and more than $2 trillion in payments annually, supporting more than 147 million Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a news release.

GDIT has worked with CMS for more than 40 years.

“Our continued support of HIGLAS enables us to further advance CMS’ commitment to improve the quality, efficiency and fiscal soundness of its most mission-critical systems,” Kamal Narang, GDIT vice president and general manager for its federal health sector, said in a statement.

GDIT will also manage the day-to-day operation of HIGLAS and use artificial intelligence/machine learning to find potential anomalies in accounting data. The contractor will also host the system’s primary data processing and disaster recovery systems.

The contract has an eight-month base period with seven option years.

GDIT is a subsidiary of Reston-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics, which employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and reported $39.4 billion in 2022 revenue. GDIT has 30,000 employees, 8,000 of whom work in Virginia.

MindPetal to acquire VerticalApps

Vienna-based government contractor MindPetal has entered into an agreement to purchase Arlington County-based IT firm VerticalApps, the companies announced Tuesday.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

MindPetal and VerticalApps hope to become “a premier [artificial intelligence/machine learning] firm by accelerating intelligent automation and modernization programs with machine learning, predictive analytics, application/workflow modernization and data science,” according to a news release.

“This is an exciting moment for MindPetal and for our customers,” MindPetal President and CEO Sony George said in a statement. “VerticalApps brings an experienced team with deep expertise and superlative past performance that will accelerate our growth and deliver immediate value to our federal customers.”

VerticalApps specializes in intelligent automation, software development and data management for the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the National Institutes of Health, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Executives from VerticalApps will be integrated into MindPetal’s leadership. Will Choi, VerticalApps’ CEO, will become chief operating officer. Paul Grace, currently chief financial officer, will stay in that position in the new company, and Michael Grace, currently chief technology officer, will serve as senior vice president for program delivery.

MindPetal’s chief operating officer, Michael Agrillo, will become president of the combined company.

“We are thrilled to join forces with MindPetal,” Choi said in a statement. “Our partnership will allow us to expand our team, share our expertise and help federal leaders embrace the promise of AI to build better digital experiences.”

VerticalApps will become a wholly owned subsidiary of MindPetal on Nov. 1.

HII secures $244M software integration contract

A McLean-based division of Huntington Ingalls Industries received a $244 million contract integrating software for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, the Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder announced Tuesday.

Under the five-year, Naval Air Systems Command task order, HII’s Mission Technologies division will perform research, development, testing and evaluation to help integrate Minotaur Family of Services software products into maritime platforms for the three Armed Force branches.

Minotaur products present data from multiple types of sensors — including cameras and radar — into a single operating system and send the data to other platforms and units during operations.

The U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron awarded the contract under the Department of Defense’s Information Analysis Center’s multiple award contract vehicle.

HII reported more than $10.67 billion in 2022 revenue and has more than 43,000 employees.

Amentum wins $327M Army contract

Chantilly-based federal contractor Amentum Services has won a U.S. Army contract worth up to $326.9 million, the company announced Monday.

Under the five-year contract, Amentum will engineer, integrate and test prototype technologies for the Army’s command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems.

The contractor will provide tech and engineering support for the Prototyping, Integration and Testing Division projects. It will also design, develop and building C5ISR systems, components, installation kits and other parts for integration into vehicular, airborne and other platforms and into fixed and relocatable sites.

The Army is managing the program out of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

Amentum has more than 44,000 employees across 85 countries. It moved its headquarters from Germantown, Maryland, to Chantilly earlier this year.

Leidos names new SVP of government affairs

Leidos Holdings promoted Amy Smith to senior vice president of government affairs, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Wednesday.

Smith’s previous position was vice president of government affairs, which she had held since joining Leidos in 2020. In her new role, she will manage the company’s government affairs operation and be its lead advocate in Washington, D.C.

“Amy’s impressive career in government and bipartisan reputation on Capitol Hill will continue to serve Leidos well as we enter our next decade as a leading provider of products and services to the military and federal government,” Debbie Opiekun, Leidos’ chief business development officer, said in a statement.

Before joining Leidos, Smith was chief of staff and senior director of international operations and policy at Boeing for seven years. She spent the first 17 years of her career as an adviser in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith served as policy analyst for appropriations under former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, then the majority whip, then served as floor director under former U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt when he was majority whip. She worked as policy director for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for six years.

Smith has a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from Florida International University.

Leidos provides technology, engineering and science services to defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. The company employs 46,000 people and reported $14.4 billion in 2022 revenue. In May, Thomas Bell took over as CEO from Roger Krone, who had led the company since 2014.

Leidos receives $918M Homeland Security contract

Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos has received a follow-on contract valued up to $918 million to support and enhance the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s networks, the company announced Thursday.

The Homeland Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support (HEITS) contract was awarded Aug. 15. The cost-plus-award-fee, single-award contract has a one-year base and six additional one-year options that bring the contract value up to $918 million if all are exercised.

Under the contract, Leidos will provide program management, operations and maintenance, systems engineering, training, information assurance and classified and unclassified cloud computing capabilities integration and services to DHS. The work is expected to enable continued evolution of the Homeland Secure Data Network and the department’s classified local area network. The company expects to also enhance or replace existing network components with newer technologies to maximize performance. Additionally, Leidos will use an AI for an IT operations platform to respond to operational anomalies and help eliminate issues before users are impacted.

The award continues Leidos’ work for DHS under the Secure Enterprise Network Systems, Services & Support (SENS3) contract. Under SENS3, Leidos helps the agency maintain a secure classified information sharing infrastructure that is interoperable across DHS and partner classified environments.

“This contract continues our strong relationship with DHS,” Leidos Intelligence Group President Roy Stevens said in a statement. “By supporting cross-agency intelligence sharing and secure collaboration for federal and civilian agencies, we’ll help DHS accomplish their mission of safeguarding the homeland. Our team will be focused on delivering capabilities like quantum resistant cryptography, artificial intelligence operations, robotic process automation and classified cloud service integration.”

Leidos lands $7.9B Army contract

Reston-based Leidos has won a 10-year, $7.9 billion contract from the Army, the Pentagon announced Thursday.

Under the firm-fixed-price contract, Leidos will provide hardware systems, system management solutions, components, customizable sustainment strategies, non-personal service and continuous technology upgrades. Leidos was one of three bids received for the project.

Work locations will be determined with each order, and the estimated completion date is Aug. 30, 2033.

Leidos provides technology, engineering and science services to defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. The company employs 46,000 people and reported $14.4 billion in 2022 revenue. In May, Thomas Bell took over as the company’s CEO from Roger Krone, who led the company since 2014.