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Boeing Prime on Potential $371M Kuwait Airlifter Sale

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is expecting to clinch a $371 million foreign military sale contract with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to provide Kuwait with a second C-17 aircraft unit and ancillary components. The sale will boost the interoperability among the Kuwait Air Force, the U.S. Air Force, Gulf Cooperation Council countries and other allies... 

Tetra Tech Wins $18M for McClellan AFB Environmental Cleanup

Tetra Tech (NASDAQ: TTEK) has won a $17.8 million contract to perform environmental cleanup services at a former air base for McClellan Business Park LLC, according to a company statement. Work will occur on transferred portions of the former McClellan Air Force Base under the installation restoration program, according to a Tetra Tech statement. The... 

Potomac Officers Club Presenting Post-Sequestration Symposium

The Potomac Officers Club is hosting a summit for GovCon executives and government leaders to collaborate and share ideas on how to navigate a new era involving sequestration. “Thriving in the post-Sequestration GovCon era” will take place May 14 at the Ritz Carlton Tysons in McLean, Va. At least five speakers, each experts in the intersection between... 

Booz Allen Wins $315M for NGA Geospatial R&D; Lee Wilbur Comments

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has won a $315 million contract to conduct research and development for the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s innovision future solutions program. The single-award contract to support the innovision directorate will run through November 2017 and include scientific and technical fact-finding in all aspects... 

Wyle Wins Potential $2B NASA Health Contract to Support Human Spaceflight Prgms

Wyle Laboratories Inc. has won a potential $1.76 billion human health and performance contract to support NASA’s Johnson Space Center human spaceflight programs. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the company will provide the agency with biomedical, medical and health services, according to a statement from the space agency. The... 

Booz Allen Wins Two Contracts Under an $11B DHS IDIQ; Chris Kelly Comments

Booz Allen Hamilton [NYSE: BAH] has won two, five-year contracts to provide acquisition life cycle services to the Department of Homeland Security, according to a company statement. The contracts, awarded on November 30, 2012 and February 15, 2013, are part of DHS’ $11 billion technical, acquisition and business support services contract vehicle. “At... 

Lockheed Wins $330M to Supply U.S., European Militaries with F-35 Parts

Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] aeronautics company has won a $333,786,000 advanced acquisition contract to provide F-35 long lead-time parts, materials and components to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department’s Thursday announcement said the order is required for the delivery of 35 low rate initial production F-35 aircraft. Nineteen conventional takeoff... 

Booz Allen, CSC Latest Companies to Secure Spots on $11B Coast Guard Contract Vehicle

Six companies have secured final spots on the U.S. Coast Guard’s $11 billion technical, acquisition and business support services contract vehicle to provide financial management support services, according to Homeland Security Today. Awarded companies include Booz Allen Hamilton, CSC, Enterprise Information Services, MacAulay-Brown, Paradigm Technologies... 

Boeing Wins Potential $100M for Air Force C4ISR Laser Targeting; Mike Hettmann Comments

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has won a $3 million contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with a lightweight, compact laser targeting system for battlefield airmen on close air support missions, according to a company statement. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would increase its total value to more than $100 million. “Our mission is to deliver... 

Cubic Acquires NextBus Inc. for $21M; Steve Shewmaker Comments

Cubic Transportation Systems (NYSE: CUB) has acquired NextBus Inc. from real-time passenger information systems company Webtech Wireless Inc. for a total of $21 million, subject to the terms of the purchase agreement. “As part of the Cubic family, NextBus will have the additional resources and capabilities to expand more rapidly while adding further... 
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