THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES

AECOM Merges Design, Consulting Businesses into Global Organization; Names Lara Poloni as Lead

AECOM has integrated its Design and Consulting Services (DCS) businesses into one global organization as part of the company’s phased strategy. The new unit will be led by Lara Poloni, AECOM’s president. “Our greatest opportunity is to fully capitalize on the expertise that is inherent across our organization by thinking and acting as one global company,” said Troy Rudd, AECOM’s CEO.

Katie Arrington, CISO for DoD’s Acquisition Office, Receives First Wash100 Award for Leading CMMC Initiative

Executive Mosaic founder and CEO Jim Garrettson presented Katie Arrington, chief information security officer (CISO) for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (OUSDA) for the Department of Defense (DoD), her first Wash100 Award for her pivotal role in the DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) initiative.

IBM to Split Into Two Public Companies; Arvind Krishna Quoted

IBM (NYSE: IBM) will spin off its managed infrastructure services unit into a public company in a move to focus on its growth strategy for hybrid cloud and advance artificial intelligence capabilities. "Client buying needs for application and infrastructure services are diverging, while adoption of our hybrid cloud platform is accelerating. Now is the right time to create two market-leading companies focused on what they do best,” said IBM CEO Arvind Krishna.

General Dynamics, NCI, SAIC to Share in $800M Army IT Engineering Support Contract

General Dynamics' (NYSE:GD) information technology business, NCI Information Systems and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) have won spots on a potential three-year, $800M contract to support the U.S. Army's Information Systems Engineering Command.

Pentagon Awards $600M to Advance 5G Experimentation; Michael Kratsios Quoted

The Department of Defense has made $600M in awards to support 5G testing and experimentation projects with 15 companies at five U.S. military installations. “The Department of Defense is at the forefront of cutting edge 5G testing and experimentation, which will strengthen our Nation’s warfighting capabilities as well as U.S. economic competitiveness in this critical field,” said Michael Kratsios, acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and U.S. chief technology officer.

ManTech Wins $273M Task Order for CBP BI Support Services

ManTech (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide business intelligence support services to the Customs and Border Protection’s targeting and analysis systems program directorate under a $273M task order.

BlackBerry, Microsoft Integrate Offerings for Remote Workforce; David Wiseman, Mike Ammerlaan Quoted

BlackBerry has integrated the AtHoc critical event management technology with Microsoft's communication and collaboration platform to support the virtual workforce. "This new capability to manage the incident response process through Teams will streamline communications and give greater visibility over the recovery progress of an unfolding event,” said David Wiseman, vice president of secure communications at BlackBerry.

Northrop Gets $1B Navy Follow-On Contract to Produce Updated Surface EW Systems

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential $1.16B follow-on contract to manufacture updated electronic warfare systems the U.S. Navy will use to defend surface combatant vessels against anti-ship missile threats. The award contains a base value of $100.7M and covers the production of AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Block 3 systems for the branch's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program.

DMI Wins NIH Contract to Advance Cybersecurity; Jay Sunny Bajaj Quoted

DMI has been awarded a one-year $11 million contract to advance the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH), a function of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), cybersecurity posture and enhance performance. DMI's Cybersecurity Center of Excellence will support the NIH Office of the Director (OD).

General Dynamics Unit Receives $100M DIA IT Engineering Task Order; Deb Davis Quoted

General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has received a potential $100M task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide engineering services in support of DIA’s information technology modernization efforts.