SNC Manufacturing has been awarded a $102.2 million contract modification by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply combat uniform coats to the U.S. Army and Afghanistan. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification exercises the fourth option in a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and increases the contract’s potential value to $216.8 million. DLA Troop Support will obligate fiscal …

Sierra Nevada Corp. has secured a potential $700M contract from Special Operations Command to manufacture radio frequency countermeasure systems for protecting aircrews from radar and missile threats.

Cobham’s advanced electronic solutions business has unveiled nine members of its board of directors five months after private equity firm Advent International acquired the U.K.-based aerospace and defense technology supplier.

Sierra Nevada Corp. will manufacture two light attack aircraft for the U.S. Air Force under a $128.9M contract that also covers associated support and sparing services.

Starboard Value, a New York-based investment adviser and a shareholder of AECOM (NYSE: ACM), has recommended three independent directors for appointment to AECOM’s board under a governance agreement. AECOM said Friday Peter Feld, a managing member of Starboard, and Robert Card, president of executive advisory services firm The Card Group, will immediately join its board, while Jacqueline Hinman, former chairman, president and CEO of CH2M Hill, will assume duties as a board member on Dec. 16.

Five companies have won spots on NASA’s potential $2.6B Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract, bringing the total number of awardees to 14.

The U.S. Air Force plans to buy up to six light-attack aircraft from Textron (NYSE: TXT) and a Sierra Nevada Corp.-Embraer team for use in training and experimental activities as part of the National Defense Strategy.

The Department of Energy intends to award an AECOM-led (NYSE: ACM) joint venture a $725M contract to continue managing radioactive waste retrieval efforts at DOE’s Hanford site in Washington for an additional 12 months.

Sierra Nevada Corp. has tapped United Launch Alliance to provide launch services for its Dream Chaser spacecraft, which will perform six cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station for NASA.

Houston-based investment company Braes Capital has acquired cyber research-and-development company Siege Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a push to gain access to the critical infrastructure protection market. Alex Clary, managing partner of Braes Capital, said in a statement published Wednesday he believes Siege has the potential to introduce new security offerings to the federal, energy and financial services sectors.