San Jose, Calif.-based data technology provider MapR Technologies has appointed three-decade industry veteran Douglas Natal as vice president and general manager of the company’s federal government business. MapR said Thursday Natal joins the company in conjunction with the opening of new offices in McLean, Virginia to focus on ...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace has appointed Leda Chong, formerly senior vice president for strategic planning, as SVP for government programs and sales. Gulfstream said Wednesday Chong will report to Gulfstream President Mark Burns and oversee global government and special mission sales and marketing...
Seven companies have been awarded spots on a potential five-year, multibillion-dollar contract to help protect State Department facilities and personnel based in high-threat areas globally. A FedBizOpps notice posted Feb. 12 listed the awardees for the State Department’s Worldwide Protective Services 2 program that covers static...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded seven companies positions on a potential $500 million contract to provide architect-engineering environmental services to the service branch. The firms join a list of awardees that will compete to perform environmental compliance, restoration, base realignment and closures, military family housing and operations and ma...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) NASSCO will maintain the USS Essex amphibious assault ship under a $156.5 million add-on contract for phased maintenance availability. The company will perform depot-level maintenance and overhaul to update the ship’s military and technical systems, General Dynamics said Thursday. General Dynamics will carry ou...
Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded an $89.4 million contract to further develop an unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the second and third phases of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s VTOL X-Plane program. DARPA received three offers for the acquisition program and is obligating&n...
Troy Clarke, CEO of Navistar International (NYSE: NAV), has indicated that the company could look to partner with other companies to boost sales of its military and commercial truck offerings, Reuters reported Wednesday. Nick Carey writes some analysts have said Navistar is a potential target for partnership or acquisition ...
CACI International™s (NYSE: CACI) U.K. subsidiary has completed its purchase of software and systems engineering services provider Purple Secure Systems for an undisclosed sum. “The acquisition adds significant growth to CACI Ltd.’s business and contributes to one of our strategic objectives to build a cybersecurity and defense...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a three-month, $9.3 million contract modification to continue its lifecycle sustainment services for the U.S. Navy™s access control systems as well as command, control, computers, communications and intelligence platforms. The modification brings the total contract value to $107.1 million, the...
The Defense Department has started to accept bids for a potential 10-year, $17.5 billion contract that will cover global information technology services to military and defense customers, Nextgov reported Thursday. Frank Konkel writes the Defense Information Systems Agency issued the request for proposals for the Encore III contract t...
