Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his efforts to serve federal clients and advance IT. This marks the second consecutive Wash100 award for Young.  

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The number of companies that won positions on the General Services Administration’s $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract has dropped from 10 to nine after CenturyLink closed its acquisition of Level 3 Communications in 2017, Nextgov reported Wednesday. David Young, senior vice president of strategic government group at CenturyLink, told the publication the company decided to […] More

Sparton will collaborate with Raytheon to design, test and deploy a mine neutralization system as part of the latter company’s potential $363 million contract with the U.S. Navy. De Leon Spring, Fla.-based Sparton said Wednesday it will produce a deployment packaging technology and a wireless communications buoy for Raytheon’s Barracuda  mine neutralizer vehicle. Jim Lackemacher, vice president of […] More

The Justice Department has approved CenturyLink‘s proposal to sell certain Level 3 Communications assets in Tucson, Ariz., to FirstDigital Telecom. CenturyLink said Monday it will divest metro fiber network platforms as part of an agreement with DOJ related to the telecommunication firm’s approximately $34 billion acquisition of Level 3. The proposed sale is subject to customary closing conditions that include […] More

David Young, a 2018 Wash100 winner, has been promoted to senior vice president of CenturyLink’s strategic government group, the Arlington, Va., division announced Wednesday. Young’s promotion furthers the division’s integration efforts and demonstrates the importance of strategic government to the organization, the telecommunications firm added. Previously, Young held the role of regional VP for strategic […] More

CenturyLink has received approval from the Justice Department to sell Level 3 Communications’ fiber network assets in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Unite Private Networks for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to the Federal Communications Commission’s approval and other customary closing conditions, CenturyLink said Wednesday. “Once the transaction is approved, we will quickly work […] More

The Justice Department has given CenturyLink the green light to sell certain metro network assets of Level 3 Communications in Boise, Idaho, to fiber-optic networking services provider Syringa Networks. Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink said Tuesday the sale is still subject to other customary closing conditions and comes nearly five months after the telecommunications firm completed its $34 billion acquisition of […] More

AT&T has been named a teammate on DXC Technology‘s pursuit of the Next Generation Enterprise Network recompete contract for information technology services to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Virginia-based DXC, which currently holds the $3.5 billion NGEN contract, said in a press release it is forming an industry team to chase the follow-on award. […] More

CenturyLink has received a five-year contract from the state government of Pennsylvania to supply data networking products. The telecommunications company said Monday it will work with Comcast‘s business arm to deliver network services and last mile connectivity to state agencies, commissions, councils, bureaus, authorities and boards. The new contract reflects another phase of service delivery under a contract awarded to CenturyLink’s Level […] More

CenturyLink has opened a new facility in Arlington, Virginia, that seeks to provide the company and its partners a workspace to build and demonstrate platforms and capabilities designed to help federal agency clients meet information technology requirements and implement digital transformation initiatives, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Erich Sanchack, senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLink’s […] More

Level 3 Communications has received a five-year, $79 million contract from the government of Pennsylvania to deliver backbone network, internet and managed network security services. The company said Wednesday the contract covers managed dedicated fiber, ethernet, virtual private local area networks, private line, multi-protocol label switching virtual private networks and wavelengths. Level 3 will also facilitate direct connections […] More

Australia’s air force has begun to use Inmarsat‘s satellite communications service on a C-130J Hercules transport aircraft as part of an effort to create new ways for air platforms to support deployed forces. Inmarsat said Friday the air force is using the Global Xpress service through Honeywell‘s JetWaveTM Ka-band satcom platform for a six-month trial that […] More