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Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a potential $122.8 million delivery order by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply aircraft spare parts to the U.S. Navy. The order falls under a previously awarded contract that contains a five-year base period along with one five-year option and work is scheduled to occur through …

Wayne Lewandowski, formerly vice president of federal business at Thales e-Security, has joined HyTrust as senior VP and general manager for North American public sector business. Lewandowski will work to turn the federal advisory board’s advice into action as he oversees the company’s work with defense agencies and other federal government clients, …

NASA has released a request for proposals for a potential five-year, $145 million contract to provide information technology services to all mission directorates and support offices at the agency’s headquarters. The Headquarters Information Technology Support Services III contract covers information systems management, application and technical architecture support, systems engineering, IT security, …

John Pitsenberger, former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sotera Defense Solutions, has been appointed CFO of MHVC Acquisition Corp. — previously known as the government information technology services division of Harris (NYSE: HRS). MHVC CEO Stu Shea said in a statement released Tuesday Pitsenberger’s government contracting industry experience will …

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up for the fourth consecutive day at 98.755. Advancers outpaced decliners at 21 to 8. The major indices all closed up on the day with the S&P500 at 2,477.13, while DJIA closed at 21,613.70. The NASDAQ Composite continued rising and settled at a new record …

Mark Fisher, formerly vice president and general manager of Schafer‘s aerospace business, has joined Dynetics as program manager for space hardware within the applied science company’s space systems division. Dynetics said Tuesday Fisher brings approximately 30 years of aerospace industry experience in program management, flight operations and propulsion systems design, analysis …

A joint venture of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Stoller Newport News Nuclear division, Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has received a notice to proceed from the Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration to manage and operate the Nevada National Security Site. The Mission Support and Test Services JV will start …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $119.7 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy integrate visual systems and other components into submarines. The Defense Department said Monday Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit will perform design, development, test, reverse engineering, technology insertion/refreshment, field engineering and system support under …

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up for the third consecutive day to 98.461. Advancers barely outpaced decliners at 16 to 14. The major indices closed mixed on the day with the S&P500 at 2,469.94, while DJIA closed at 21,513.58. The NASDAQ Composite settled at a new record high of 6,410.81. …

Speedcast International has signed a definitive agreement for a potential $100 million acquisition of UltiSat in efforts to establish a new government division and build on existing remote communications offerings to the public sector. Speedcast said Sunday the pending transaction with the U.S. government contractor is anticipated to complement the Speedcast portfolio for …