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L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Harris (NYSE: HRS) have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that will establish the country’s sixth largest defense technology company serving government and industry clients across more than 100 countries. The combined company will operate as L3 Harris Technologies in Melbourne, Fla., upon the deal’s …

B.L. Harbert International has secured a potential $244.5M contract from the State Department to build a new U.S. embassy complex in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The department announced the contract award in a notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps. Birmingham, Ala.-based B.L. Harbert offers design-build, construction management and general contracting services to various sectors …

DynCorp International has received a $173M contract modification to help the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps maintain three aircraft models used for basic flight training. The company said Thursday it will provide organizational, intermediate and depot-level maintenance support for 287 T-6 Texan, 54 T-44 Pegasus and 16 T-34 Mentor platforms through …

The U.S. Army has awarded eight companies positions on a potential 10-year, $25.5B contract to support the military service’s logistics operations worldwide. Army Contracting Command received 10 bids for the shared contract via the internet, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work is scheduled to occur through Oct. 11, 2028. The …

Garry Schwartz, formerly vice president and general manager of the training, cyber and engineering business at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) mission driven innovative solutions group, has been promoted to president of the MDIS business. He will work at the company’s Fairfax, Va. office and will oversee the MDIS’ culture, growth and performance …

NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) will hold a three-day conference series to provide participants an opportunity to undergo training and gain insights about artificial intelligence and deep learning. The third-annual GPU Technology Conference to be held from Oct. 22 to 24 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., will …

A U.S. subsidiary of Rolls Royce has landed a potential eight-year, $100M contract for development, demonstration and transition of turbine-based propulsion, power and thermal systems for the U.S. Air Force. LibertyWorks will perform work under the first phase of USAF’s Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability program, the Defense Department said Thursday. The …

One joint venture and two companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $120M contract to provide architect-engineer services to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Thursday AECOM’s (NYSE: ACM) technical services division, a Black & Veatch–Geosyntec Consultants JV and Ecology and Environment will compete for task orders under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract. Contractors will …

Government industry veterans Phil Nolan and Dave Keffer have been named general partners at McLean, Va.-based private equity firm Blue Delta Capital Partners. Nolan has been an advisory board member at Blue Delta since 2011. He previously served as CEO of Stanley, which CGI (NYSE: GIB) purchased in 2010, and …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin will build rocket prototypes under three separate other-transaction agreements with the U.S. Air Force in support of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. Northrop’s innovation systems business received a potential $791.6M OTA to develop the OmegA launch system and ULA …