A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson
This week the GovCon industry witnessed a number of significant contract awards, many of which focused on R&D, space, IT services and missile defense. Letâs take a quick look at some of this weekâs most noteworthy contract awards.
The largest contract awarded in the past week was Lockheed Martinâs $8 billion follow-on for global logistics support for the U.S. Special Forces. U.S. Special Operations Command awarded Lockheed with a potential ten-year contract to continue providing logistics support services to the nationâs special operations force. The Department of Defense noted that Lockheed will be supporting program and enterprise management functions for USSOCOMâs program executive office of the special operations forces support activity.
Boeing secured an additional $7.13 billion in funds to continue its C-17 Globemaster III sustainment efforts. The contract modification raised the ceiling value of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract following an increase in C-17 fleet and operating bases. The C-17 airlifter is designed to transport large equipment, supplies and troops.
Although not strictly within the last week, Jacobs was awarded a $4.6 billion follow-on contract to deliver products and services in support of the Missile Defense Agencyâs operations, test and training activities. The Defense Department said that Jacobs will support missions of Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center as well as MDAâs enterprise communications and information technology environment under the follow-on contract.
The California Institute of Technology was awarded a potential $2.5 billion IDIQ contract to support NASAâs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Caltech will manage the development and sustainment of core competencies for NASA-funded projects in astrophysics, aeronautics, Earth and planetary sciences, heliophysics and space. Caltech will also oversee competed and peer-reviewed research activities sponsored by NASA and will manage the Deep Space Network as well.
The Air Force selected Northrop Grumman and Aurora Flight Sciences to receive positions on a potential eight-year, $499 million contract to research, develop and demonstrate aerospace vehicle systems designed to deliver weapons, cargo and other payloads to warfighters. The Air Force Research Laboratory will obligate $100,000 from fiscal 2017 R&D funds to each company at the time of award.
Lockheed Martin also won a spot on the aforementioned potential eight-year, $499 million contract from the Air Force for research and development of aerospace vehicle systems. The Defense Department announced Lockheedâs addition on Thursday, saying that Lockheed will support the Aerospace Systems Air Platform Technology Research Program at Fort Worth.
ManTech International was awarded a contract from NASA this week, receiving a potential ten-year, $450 million contract to provide management and information technology services in support of the Institutional Computing Environment at NASAâs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ManTech said that the contractâs base value is $180 million, covering IT, collaborative engineering, integrated personal collaboration services, cybersecurity and cellular infrastructure support. ManTech anticipates utilizing its cyber, analytics, systems engineering, software and enterprise IT experience in supporting the JPL.
ASRC Federalâs data solutions business secured a potential five-year, $319 million contract to support infrastructure, applications and communication functions at NASAâs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA noted that ASRC Federal will provide products and services to KSC as well as other NASA facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Vandenberg Air Force Base under the firm-fixed-price contract.
THIS WEEKâS TOP NEWS STORIES
Weekly Contract Awards This week’s top GovCon contract awards. Boeing, 22nd Century Technologies, General Dynamics Electric Boat, Caltech, ASRC Federal, Booz Allen Hamilton, ManTech, Paragon TEC and many others.
Air Force Raises Boeing C-17 Sustainment IDIQ Ceiling by $7B
Boeing has secured $7.13 billion in additional funds to continue to help sustain the U.S. Air Forceâs fleet of C-17 Globemaster IIImilitary transport aircraft under a contract modification.
John Foley: DSA Leveraged Growth Strategy in PPC Acquisition
John Foley, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Data Systems Analysts, has said the professional services contractor utilized ârecent growthâ to acquire information technology and management consulting provider Project Performance Company.
HIG Closes $283M NCI Acquisition Government information technology services provider NCI has been purchased and taken private by H.I.G. Capital in a cash deal worth approximately $283 million.
Air Force Raises Boeing C-17 Sustainment IDIQ Ceiling by $7B
Boeing has secured $7.13 billion in additional funds to continue to help sustain the U.S. Air Forceâs fleet of C-17 Globemaster IIImilitary transport aircraft under a contract modification.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential 10-year, $4.1 billion follow-on contract from the Missile Defense Agency to further develop and integrate updates and capabilities into the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications system. Under the C2BMC-Next program, Lockheed said Thursday it will improve sensor connection and add new technologies to the system
Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson last week. You have the opportunity to vote for Collins in this year’s Wash100 popular vote contest! Visit Wash100.com to choose Collins as your favorite winner before the competition comes to a close on April 30. Wash100 is an annual
Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins said the agency is working more closely than ever with partners like the U.S. Space Force and the Space Development Agency to respond to evolving missile threats and bolster our space resilience. “We see an ever increasing relationship of reliance on space, both us counting on space, as