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Serco Group’s North American subsidiary has agreed to acquire the naval systems business unit of Alion Science and Technology for $225M in a push to expand its footprint in the naval modernization, sustainment and support services market. Serco Inc. said Thursday it expects the transaction to be finalized in the …

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has landed a spot on a potential five-year, $3B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver tactical communications and support services to the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies. The Tactical Communications Equipment and Services II contract seeks to facilitate the delivery of voice communications and streamline …

Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has received a potential $375M contract to build and demonstrate a power and propulsion component for NASA’s proposed lunar space station intended to support the agency’s planned 2024 moon landing. Maxar said Thursday it will lead a team that includes Draper and Blue Origin to develop …

Peter LaMontagne, president and CEO of geospatial intelligence firm Quantum Spatial, has been appointed to ManTech International‘s (Nasdaq: MANT) board of directors. LaMontagne, who also worked for ManTech as senior corporate vice president, previously served as CEO of Novetta prior to 2019 Wash100 award recipient Tiffanny Gates’ appointment to the …

A McAleese & Associates report says the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding programs would receive $21.7B under the $690B fiscal 2020 defense funding bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 winner, listed in the report some of the fully funded …

Joe Martore, CEO and a board member at Calibre Systems, has been named chairman of the company’s board of directors. He will succeed James Terry Scott, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as chairman since 2017, the company said Thursday. Martore’s “extensive experience will provide an immeasurable asset …

Sanjeeth Pai, a more than two-decade global health care industry veteran, has been named vice president and general manager of Battelle’s health research and technology business. He will provide strategic leadership for the nonprofit company’s public health, medical devices and clinical and nonclinical research business groups as well as oversee operational, …

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a four-year, $234.6M contract to begin the low-rate initial production of GPS-equipped systems designed to guide military aircraft onto carriers or amphibious assault ships. The company will manufacture 23 Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems along with three upgrade kits, associated data and engineering change …

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a potential three-year, $151.4M contract to sustain AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force as well as 20 international countries. The company will perform repairs and integrated logistics support for the Block II and II+ versions of the multimission missile system …

Wes Bush, chairman of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) since 2011, has joined the board of directors at Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO). His appointment brings the number Cisco’s board members to 10, the company said Wednesday. The 35-year aerospace and defense industry veteran led Northrop as chief executive from 2010 to 2018 and …