Cobham has won a potential $302 million contract extension to continue providing operational readiness training services to U.K. Defence Ministry personnel. The five-year base period is worth $249 million and work would extend to 2019 with options, Cobham said Thursday. Bob Murphy, Cobham CEO, said the award continues the company’s technology and... 

Iron Bow Technologies has won a potential five-year, $108 million contract to supply the U.S. Coast Guard workstations and associated information technology equipment. The Coast Guard Standard Workstation contract is the agency’s only procurement vehicle for designated hardware items, Iron Bow said Wednesday. USCG headquarters, field units and... 

ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has won a $125,724,964 contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change order: A written order, signed byBudget Year the CO, directing that the contractor to make a change authorized byBudget Year the "changes" clause. Not issued... 

Bill Bratton, a two-decade international law enforcement veteran and former chief of police for three of the U.S.’ largest cities, has been elected to the board of directors at consulting firm SST Inc. His appointment took effect April 12 and he currently leads The Bratton Group LLC and Bratton Technologies as CEO, SST said Wednesday. Pascal Levensohn,... 

BAE Systems has obtained Defense Department approval for a transponder intended to help the military identify both allies and enemies during combat operations. The AN/DPX-7 Identification Friend or Foe system weighs half the existing identification friend or foe system and enables pilots to track, plan and dispatch flights, BAE said Thursday. With this... 

Tom Nixon, vice president of business development of SRA International‘s health group, has been promoted to senior VP of the group in a move that takes effect June 1. On that date, current health group Senior VP Paul Nedzbala will move over to the company’s civil government group and serve in the same capacity, SRA said Thursday. Both Nixon... 

AT&T (NYSE: T) Sprint (NYSE: S), T-Mobile and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) have signed a blanket purchase agreement with the General Services Administration to centralize service plans for agencies under one government-wide purchasing vehicle. The agency intends to consolidate wireless services under this strategic sourcing initiative and grant agencies access... 

ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has won a potential $435 million subcontract to help operate and engineer an international communications network NASA uses for interplanetary robotic spacecraft missions. NASA’s Deep Space Network supports missions to explore the solar system and the universe, as well as certain Earth-orbiting missions, Exelis said Wednesday. The... 

The U.S. Navy has selected 30 companies to compete for task orders to provide logistics support services to the Marine Corps under contracts potentially worth $854,625,075 combined. Task orders for the initial base year are worth up to $170,925,015 combined for work through May 2014 and options would continue services through May 2018 or until the value... 

David Keffner, a former business group chief financial officer at SRA International, has been promoted to corporate controller at the Fairfax, Va.-based technology services contractor. Keffner will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, treasury and corporate accounting in his new position, SRA said Wednesday. The 10-year company veteran...