The Department of Homeland Security intends to launch a competition for a follow-on contract to procure business and logistics support services for the U.S. Coast Guard. According to a notice published Tuesday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, DHS expects the blanket purchase agreement to amount over $100 million and anticipates the relea...
C Speed, a product development and engineering services company, was acquired by NewSpring and added to the private equity firm’s portfolio of businesses that provide government customers with mission support products and services. The firm said C Speed brings to the NewSpring Holdings Federal Platform three decades of experience in offering a...
The State Department has approved Italy’s foreign military sale request to purchase the Electronic Attack Mission System and related equipment valued at an estimated $680 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday Italy asked to acquire the Electronic Attack-37B mission system and non-major defense equipment, including n...
Aretum, in partnership with management consulting firm Chevo Consulting, will provide the Customs and Border Protection with professional services. In a LinkedIn post, Aretum said the team-up is among the awardees on the $450 million CBP Enterprise Small Business blanket purchase agreement and will support key areas for the agency’s Office of ...
Rod Fontecilla, former partner and chief innovation officer at Guidehouse, has assumed the newly created role of chief innovation and artificial intelligence officer at Madison Dearborn Partners-backed Harmonia Holdings Group. The executive will lead the Technology and Innovation Council, which was recently established to support the capability deve...
Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has secured a $525 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Block 2 and spares. RTX said Monday the ESSM Block 2 missiles’ enhanced maneuverability and performance will help boost the flexibility and capability of the U.S. and allied nations’ navies. The weapon sy...
Tara Laymon was named senior vice president of occupational health operations division at Leidos QTC Health Services, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Monday. She has been with Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) for nearly a decade. According to her LinkedIn profile, she joined the company as a senior program manager and rose to the ranks...
The State Department has cleared Australia’s foreign military sale request for Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles-Extended Range and related equipment with an estimated value of $405 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday Australia will purchase 100 AARGM-ER with global positioning system precise positioning sys...
Tiffanny Gates, operating partner at Capitol Meridian Partners and former CEO of Novetta, was appointed chairman of the board of directors of Clarity Innovations. The company said Thursday Gates is responsible for providing Clarity leadership with advice on strategic growth, product development and merger integration. Gates’ career includes ti...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $422.2 million contract valued to provide logistics, sustainment, project management and engineering services in support of the Czech Republic’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Work on the foreign military sale will be performed in undisclosed locations within and outside the con...
