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Peraton will continue to provide telemetry, tracking and command services to NASA’s Space Communications Network Services program under a one-year, $243M contract extension. The company said Thursday it will help the Goddard Space Flight Center plan and engineer the mission integration process  for near-Earth and space communications connectivity. SCNS serves as the …

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Engility (NYSE: EGL) will each conduct a shareholder meeting on Jan. 11 to decide on proposals associated with SAIC’s proposed $2.5B purchase of the Chantilly, Va.-based engineering services contractor. Shareholders of record as of Nov. 29 are expected to receive on Dec. 4 the …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential $348.9M contract to provide infrastructure for F-35 developmental laboratories and flight tests. The infrastructure will support the fighter aircraft program’s development, production and sustainment efforts, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract combines purchases from the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force …

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s updated forecast for contracting opportunities shows that nine potential solicitations totaling between $460M and over $830M could be awarded in fiscal year 2019, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The nine potential contracts for FY 2019 are: Digital Engineering Foundational Engineering GEOINT Tradecraft Learning Program ITEMS Transport II …

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential three-year, $172.1M to manufacture a second batch of Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles. Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business will build 50 lot 2 LRSMs for the military service at a contractor facility in Orlando, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Pentagon expects the …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential two-year, $382M contract to manufacture and deliver eight MH-60R Seahawk multimission helicopters to the U.S. Navy. The company will also provide program management and systems engineering services as part of the firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will …

Three joint ventures and four independent companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $249M contract from the U.S. Navy to renovate, build or repair wet utilities at government-owned installations across Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Southwest area of responsibility. Contractors will support projects related to steam, wastewater, storage tanks, treatment …

Matthew Pfrommer, who joined Cubic (NYSE: CUB) last year, has been appointed vice president of strategic capabilities at the company’s mission solutions business. He will aim to implement business strategies, establish a CMS innovation center and identify new growth opportunities through technology development efforts in his new role, Cubic said Wednesday. CMS President Mike …

The Pulse of GovCon‘s analysis of information technology contracting opportunities at the Defense Information Systems Agency predicted more than $27.5B in potential awards before fiscal year 2019 ends, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Pulse researchers came up with this estimate after they analyzed 30 of the 55 IT contracts DISA expects to award over …

Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) aeronautics business has received a $22.71B contract modification to build and deliver 255 lot 12 F-35 aircraft to domestic and international military clients. The U.S. Navy awarded the modification for the company to manufacture 106 F-35 units for the U.S. military; 89 units for non-Defense Department users; …