The Senate has proposed a COVID-19 pandemic relief package that would earmark at least $7B in funds for the procurement of military aircraft, shipbuilding, missile defense systems and other weapons systems, Defense News reported Monday....
Joan Bishop, formerly a director at KPMG US, has joined Maximus' (NYSE: MMS) federal arm as vice president of clinical services....
The State Department has approved a potential $634.7M foreign military sale of aircraft equipment, services and spare parts to support Chile's F-16 fleet modernization program....
Roya Mohadjer, a former strategy lead at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Battelle’s health segment as director of business development, FedHealthIT reported Thursday....
Rick Wagner, a GovCon industry veteran and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, has joined Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as corporate vice president of the company’s federal business, GovCon Wire has learned....
The State Department has approved a potential $250M foreign military sale of follow-on items and support services for South Korea's Peace Krypton reconnaissance aircraft fleet. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will be the prime contractor on the proposed deal to modernize ground infrastructure, implement a joint mission planning system and maintai...
The State Department has cleared Japan’s request to buy 105 units of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jets, Pratt & Whitney-made aircraft engines and related equipment and services under a potential $23.11B foreign military sales agreement....
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....
