https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MysI2_Sbmsg In 2018, the U.S. Air Force is expected to begin launching the most powerful GPS satellites ever designed and built “ GPS III. Today, GPS III satellites are in full production at Lockheed Martin™s GPS III Processing Facility near Denver, a $128 million, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, it...
Vince Stammetti, formerly a vice president of Alion Science and Technology, has been named senior VP of the company’s systems solutions business unit. The 37-year industry and military veteran has served as capture and technical lead for combat and C4ISR systems on Alion’s surface combat ship offering to Canada over the past year, t...
The State Department has given Saudi Arabia the green light to continue to purchase missile system services from the U.S. government under a potential $500 million foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will serve as principal contractors for the proposed deal that seeks to provide technical support fo...
Jas. Powell, a nearly two-decade information technology veteran, has joined Belcan as chief technology officer for enterprise IT at the company’s government services business segment. He will oversee Belcan Government Services‘ expansion efforts in the critical infrastructure, security and innovation areas, the company sai...
Weekly Roundup January 8 – January 12, 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week we™re going to take a look at some of the recent significant contract activity that occurred at the very end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018. Recent contracts include:...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2018 ” Avaya has formed a new cloud business and hired Mercer Rowe, IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) former vice president of strategic partners for the Watson and cloud computing platforms, as the new unit’s senior VP and general manager, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday Row...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has received a potential $193.8 million U.S. Army foreign military sales contract to supply modernized units of the Black Hawk medium-lift helicopter platform to Saudi Arabia. Sikorsky will manufacture eight UH-60Ms for the Saudi Arabian National Guard and another nine for t...
Nine companies have won spots on a potential $496 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support time-sensitive applications and tactical platforms for the U.S. Air Force‘s DataLinks Enterprise network. The Defense Department said Tuesday contractors will aim to help the service branch process command and co...
OGSystems has announced a series of leadership changes as CEO and Co-founder Omar Balkissoon transitions to the role of board chairman of the Chantilly, Virginia-based defense and intelligence technology contractor. Garrett Pagon, OGSystems president and co-founder, will succeed Balkissoon as CEO of the company, OGSystems said Tuesday. Balkissoon wi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FckLyWn1hfk DARPA™s Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program aims to extend the capability of the U.S. military™s existing unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to conduct dynamic, long-distance engagements of highly mobile ground and maritime targets in denied or contested electromagnetic ai...
