The CEOs of eight defense contractors wrote separate letters to the White House and the Department of Defense saying that the money sourced from DoD’s budget to help companies retain highly skilled employees during the COVID-19 pandemic should be replaced with new funds to prevent military modernization programs from being jeopardized, Reuters rep...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 8, 2020 — Mary Legere, a managing director at Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal arm, and Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Intelligence Group President Vicki Schmanske were named as members of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's board of directors for 2020-2021, ExecutiveBiz reported June 29....
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to procure up to 20 satellite buses from Blue Canyon for the Blackjack mesh-network initiative as part of a potential $99.4M contract with the company, SpaceNews reported Friday....
Cobham’s advanced electronic solutions business has unveiled nine members of its board of directors five months after private equity firm Advent International acquired the U.K.-based aerospace and defense technology supplier....
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its 2020 Procurement Virtual Forum on Tuesday, June 9th featuring Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the opening keynote speaker with GovCon Expert and DoD Maven Jim McAleese, Kim Herrington of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Julie Dunne of the General Ser...
Advanced Technology International, a nonprofit subsidiary of Analytic Services, has secured a potential $180.8M other transaction agreement to mature technology and develop risk reduction measures for the U.S. Army's Precision Strike Missile program....
The Defense Microelectronics Activity has awarded eight companies a $10.27B contract modification for engineering and technology insertion services intended to help modernize the Department of Defense’s electronic assets....
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a potential $896.1M contract from the Customs and Border Protection to provide logistical and maintenance support services for its fleet of P-3 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft....
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy Exostar, a Herndon, Va.-based provider of cloud-based business collaboration platforms for aerospace and defense, health care and life sciences industries, for an undisclosed sum....
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 27 companies spots on a potential five-year, $950M contract to develop and operate systems across ground, air, maritime, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains in support of the Joint All Domain Command and Control program....
