The U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command will award a $690 million contract for shipboard networks on Feb. 1, NextGov reports. At a Jan. 25 conference in San Diego, where SPAWAR is based, Capt. D.J. LeGoff said either Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) or Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: …

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a group of 26 companies a contract with a first year worth nearly $168 million to provide engineering services, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Awardees include: ARINC‘s engineering services subsidiary Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) DRS Technologies‘ C3 and aviation group General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) …

The U.S. Army has awarded a $249.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for cloud computing services to a group of contractors in support of the Army’s program executive office for enterprise information systems, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Winning companies include: Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) HP Enterprise Services …

The Japanese government has selected Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) F-35, the Joint Strike Fighter,  as Japan’s next-generation fighter aircraft, ending a multi-year vetting process that considered aircraft from several American and European firms. The Wall Street Journal reports Lockheed’s agreement is for 42 jets, which will likely cost Japan more than $4 billion. …

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is collecting contract bids today from more than 300 companies across its 28 member nations to expand the alliance’s cybersecurity capabilities, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The initial award is for $42 million, but Daniel Michaels cited industry officials as saying a contract win …

CACI International Inc.‘s (NYSE: CACI) current chief operating officer Daniel Allen has been appointed president of the company’s U.S. operations,  effective Jan. 1, 2012. The move comes as current president of U.S. operations William Fairl announced his intent to retire effective Sept. 1, 2012. For more on Fairl’s pre-retirement plans, check out our coverage on GovCon …

The U.S. Navy will not be releasing the final request for proposals for its next-generation enterprise network on Dec. 21 as it had previously scheduled. In a post Friday on the Federal Business Opportunities website, the Navy said it will instead release an update to its draft RFP on Dec. …

TWD & Associates announced today that it has hired Bradley K. Stegman to oversee the execution and performance of all company programs and projects as TWD’s new vice president of programs. Stegman has previous worked with SAIC Inc. (NYSE: SAI), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and BAE Systems. TWD said he …

Mission Essential Personnel has named Linda Metz as vice president for contracts and procurement. Metz most recently was VP of contracts for ManTech International (NASDAQ: MANT). Over her 25-year career of supporting federal, international and commercial defense firms, she has also held positions with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and CGI after it acquired American …

  ITT Corp. (NYSE: ITT) has completed its previously announced separation plan, retaining its core industrial offerings and spinning off its defense and information solution business into ITT Exelis and its water technology and services business into Xylem. Open trading of Exelis (NYSE: XLS) and Xylem (NYSE: XYL) shares will begin Tuesday. ITT Corp. …