The Defense Microelectronics Activity has awarded positions on a potential $7.2 billion contract vehicle to eight companies to support the agency’s work on new technology insertions and applications for military systems. Contractors will bid for individual task orders over a 10-year ordering period to enginee...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $325.8 million delivery order to Boeing (NYSE: BA) for 15, 000 Joint Direct Attack Munitions tail kits under Lot 20. The Defense Department said Thursday the order builds on a previously awarded contract and will include technical and field support services through March 29, 2018. Boeing’s defense, sp...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Austal have been awarded separate contract modifications to build two fiscal 2016 littoral combat ships for the U.S. Navy. Lockheed will build one Freedom-variant warship (LCS 25) under a $564 million contract modification and Austal™s U.S. business will construct an Independence-variant combat vessel (...
Parsons has won a five-year, $63.2 million contract with options to support the Missile Defense Agency‘s warfighter strategic integration directorate in the deployment and integration of missile defense capabilities into the military services. The Defense Department said Thursday Parsons will provide planning, operations, life-cycle and p...
The GovCon Index had its three-day streak of gains halted Thursday with a slight decline of 0.302 points to 74.032 that ends the first quarter of 2016 in the negative as many GCI contractors prepare to detail their January-March financial results. From Dec. 31, the Index has fallen 2.242 percent on volatility in GCI sto...
James Reagan, Leidos Holdings chief financial officer , has been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 List of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his leadership in mergers and acquisitions and financial structure. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mosaic...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2016 ” Grant Thornton has hired Dianne Guensberg, formerly assistant director of the financial management and assurance team at the Government Accountability Office, as managing director of its public sector assurance practice, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday Gu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2016 ” Louis Berger‘s joint venture with an affiliate company of MWH Global in Turkey will help modernize the country’s water resources and water treatment system under a $4.2 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The joint venture will assess the drinking water quality in Turkey and recomme...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received an order for 245 Stinger air-to-air missiles and launchers for India as part of a potential $3.1 billion foreign military sale agreement between the U.S. and Indian governments, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday the FMS deal would also include a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2016 ” NASA will build new ground infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center to support the processing of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Orion spacecraft and Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Space Launch System, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The space agency said Wednesday its plan is the result of an as...
