Helen Soln, former senior director of proposal management at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology unit, was appointed as vice president of proposal operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday. She brought to her new role almost a decade of experience in managing proposal departments for a number of govern...
Government contractors came from private companies that manufacture goods and services for government establishments. This group of people is like government organizations that come in different shapes and sizes. A group of government contracting companies is hired by the government when their contracts win through bidding. U.S Government contracts ...
Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 winner, estimates 4 percent to 7 percent growth in overall second quarter sales among defense primes. His analysis of contractor Q2 results covered Boeing (NYSE: BA), BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), L3Harris Technologies (NY...
The U.S. Navy has indicated its intent to launch a full and open competition for a follow-on contract vehicle to procure afloat network devices, initial software, spares, laboratory equipment and software renewal and maintenance services. A presolicitation notice posted Monday on SAM.gov says the military branch is looking to release the competitive...
The U.S. Navy has awarded three multiple-award contracts worth approximately $2.76 billion combined to provide sustainment support for littoral combat ships homeported in Mayport, Florida. BAE Systems’ ship repair business and Fincantieri Marine Systems North America will compete for delivery orders under a potential five-year, $1.3 billion contra...
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy medium self-propelled howitzer systems, manufactured by BAE Systems, and associated equipment from the U.S. government through a potential $750 million foreign military sales transaction. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. asked to procure 40 155mm M109A6...
Fourteen companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $2.41 billion contract to help the U.S. Army operate, modernize and secure a network of government-controlled facilities for hosting large-scale military cyber mission force events. Contractors will compete for individual orders to provide event planning and execution, site security, informat...
Larry Prior, an operating executive for The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, will formally join the board of QinetiQ Group on Aug. 2 as an independent non-executive director. Neil Johnson, chairman of Qinetiq, said in statement Tuesday that Prior will bring to the company’s board his professional experience i...
The U.S. Army has awarded five companies approximately $299.4 million in contracts to come up with digital concept designs for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program. BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Oshkosh Defense, American Rheinmetall Vehicles and Point Blank Enterprises will participate in the concept design phase to help inform...
Larry Prior, an operating executive for global investment firm The Carlyle Group and five-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named to the board of directors of cybersecurity and data collection company Shift5. He joins the board as the Rosslyn, Virginia-based security technology provider aims to strengthen its foothold in the defense and commerc...
