Honeywell, a top contractor for the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons sites, also sees opportunities on the environmental remediation side of the federal agency’s operations, one newly reassigned executive said recently.
Former Air Force colonel David “DJ” Johnson last month became vice president and general manager at Honeywell Federal Solutions, where he oversees the company’s four major contracts with DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
“If you look at the landscape across the NNSA, there are no really immediate opportunities,” Johnson said in an exclusive interview with Weapons Complex Morning Briefing. “So what we would like to do is see if we can take some of the commercial best practices and some of Honeywell’s product capabilities into other areas within the Department. For example, within the Environmental Management organization.”
Asked specifically about Honeywell’s potential interest in upcoming contracts for cleanup and radioactive waste management at the Hanford Site in Washington state, Johnson said: “I’m starting to get up to speed on that. And based at least on what I have heard and read, as I look at Honeywell’s capabilities from creating a safe, smarter and sustainable world, Hanford might be an opportunity where the power of Honeywell’s connected capabilities might be of help. I don’t know right now if that’s something we are specifically looking at, but that is something we certainly should consider.”
In the interview, Johnson also discussed his credentials for working with the NNSA and his experience with the Department of Energy, among other topics.
“I think what qualifies me for this particular position is the ability to bring commercial best practices across a myriad of different industries, and using those best practices to the great benefit of the Department of Energy,” he said.
The full version of the interview will be available Friday in the ExchangeMonitor’s flagship weekly publications, Weapons Complex Monitor and Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor.