WATCH: Amentum’s John Vollmer on Acquiring, Integrating DynCorp
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh is joined by John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum, to discuss the company’s September acquisition of DynCorp International. Vollmer shares why Amentum was looking to expand, and what this deal means in terms of growth in new markets. He also talks integration preparation, what he is most looking forward to once fully integrated, and
Amentum Wins $22M DHS S&T Task Order
Technical and engineering services provider Amentum announced it has been awarded a new $22 million task order to support the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology’s Mission Capability Support Office. The company is to identify, develop and demonstrate multidomain technologies and concepts to satisfy its research and development operational priorities. Amentum is thrilled to support
Pinnacle Award Finalist Jeff Kerridge: ‘Nothing Great Is Achieved By Keeping Our Wild Ideas To Ourselves’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Pinnacle Awards were announced Oct. 8, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place virtually Nov. 12. Next is Business Development Executive of the Year finalist Jeff Kerridge, senior vice president of business development, Nuclear and Environment, at Amentum. Here, he talks key achievements, what he’s proud of, future focus areas
Pinnacle Award Finalist Laine Klein: ‘Lead By Example’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Pinnacle Awards were announced Oct. 8, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place virtually Nov. 12. Next up is Intelligence Industry Executive of the Year finalist Laine Klein, who’s senior vice president of Global Mission Solutions at Amentum. Here, she talks key achievements, career struggles and other advice. What
Amentum Wins $89M Navy Task Order
The U.S. Navy has chosen global technical and engineering services provider Amentum to provide technical and programmatic support services to the Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center, or FDRMC, under the Seaport NxG contract vehicle. Under a 5-year, cost-plus-fixed-fee task order worth up to $89 million, the company’s Intelligence, System Engineering, Security, Services & Solutions Strategic Business
Top 25 MarCom Leaders to Watch in 2020: Amentum’s Christine Fuentes
When Christine Fuentes helped Amentum launch as a newly independent company in February, neither she nor anyone else could have imagined how different the world would be in a matter of months. “We knew we’d strategically introduce the new company within the government market, but we never thought we’d do so against the headwinds of
Amentum to Buy DynCorp
An affiliate of Amentum Holdings LLC has agreed to purchase DynCorp International in a deal that will create one of the largest mission critical support services providers, with over $6 billion of combined revenue over the last 12 months. The combination of the two companies will drive Amentum’s growth in new markets including aviation support services, contractor
Top 30 Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2020: Amentum’s Mark Whitney
Amentum’s Nuclear & Environment Business Unit is a $1 billion segment with almost 10,000 employees. Mark Whitney has profit-and-loss and operations management responsibility for N&E’s work with the Energy Department, the U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and other international clients. Whitney’s leadership fosters Amentum’s core values of safety and innovation in his team while projecting them
Energy Department Extends Amentum-led Joint Venture Contract
Technical and engineering services provider Amentum announced the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management in Tennessee has extended the UCOR environmental cleanup contract at the Oak Ridge Reservation. This extension includes an initial 1-year term and two 6-month option periods. UCOR, an Amentum-led partnership with Jacobs, is the primary cleanup contractor for DOE’s
Camille Nichols Joins Amentum as EVP, Project Services
Technical and engineering services firm Amentum has hired retired Army Maj. Gen. Camille Nichols as executive vice president of project services. She will be responsible for Amentum’s contracts and procurement, ethics, IT security and real estate organizations. Nichols has considerate expertise in business operations and knows the complex environment in which Amentum’s clients need to
Amentum Wins $87M Navy Contract for Systems Engineering Support
Technical and engineering services provider Amentum has been awarded a cost plus fixed-fee contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division worth $87 million Amentum will provide systems engineering support to naval weapons systems and weapon control systems, and to warfare systems for ballistic missile and guided missile submarines and surface ships. Those systems
Amentum Picked for $6.4B Air Force Contract
Technical and engineering services partner Amentum has been selected to provide logistics, design engineering and base operating services under a multi-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with the U.S. Air Force. The contract falls under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V contract vehicle, which has a maximum value of $6.4 billion over seven years.
Amentum Launches as Independent Professional and Technical Services Company
After its spinoff to affiliates of Lindsay Goldberg and American Securities LLC, the company formerly known as AECOM Management Services has launched as an independent business. Now named Amentum, the new entity provides federal government customers with services in the areas of mission support and equipment sustainment, IT, intelligence, nuclear and environmental remediation, threat mitigation,
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