IT and professional services provider RSC2 has acquired Navigant Systems, a veteran-owned business, for an undisclosed sum to add offerings and markets in the command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance area. RSC2 said Monday the two companies have complementary C5ISR platforms and the acquisitio...
French aerospace and defense company Safran has agreed to purchase a Collins Aerospace business that offers aircraft actuation and flight control products in an approximately $1.8 billion cash deal. Safran said Friday it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of 2024 and to balance the company’s exposure to the military and com...
The Defense Information Systems Agency named 16 contractors that will provide the U.S. Space Force, defense organizations, other federal agencies and international allies with satellite-based services. Satellite communication services and capabilities could be procured from the vendors using the $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity a...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released a solicitation for the follow-on Public Assistance – Technical Assistance Contract vehicle to provide contractor personnel that could support FEMA’s public assistance activities during presidentially declared disasters and emergencies. FEMA will create four geographic zones and intends to ...
System High has received a potential five-year, $49.9 million contract from an unnamed agency customer to provide classified information technology destruction support services, GovCon Wire has learned. “End of lifecycle protection and risk mitigation requires timely, controlled destruction and disposal of retired IT equipment,” Doug Kumbalek, c...
French aerospace and defense company Safran has agreed to purchase a Collins Aerospace business that offers aircraft actuation and flight control products in an approximately $1.8 billion cash deal. Safran said Friday it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of 2024 and to balance the company’s exposure to the military and com...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Cyber awareness means strong risk management While it is true that anyone and everyone is vulnerable to cyber-attacks, there are available protections and defenses for helping mitigate those threats. It starts with having a risk management strategy and being proactive. Because of the emer...
Vernon O’Donnell, who held customer-centric leadership roles within technology companies, has joined software as a service provider Hypori as chief customer officer. O’Donnell is responsible for cross-functional teams focused on delivering end-to-end experience to the company’s customers and partners and oversees customer lifecycle and use...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force is looking toward a revised strategy in how it goes about procuring technologies from industry partners and encouraging innovation in the commercial sector. In order to speed up the fielding and implementation of new tools, DAF leaders are turning to alternative sources for products and services. “We have...
The State Department has cleared a potential $2.90 billion foreign military sale of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles manufactured by RTX (NYSE: RTX) to the government of Germany. The potential FMS deal covers the provision of up to 969 AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM and 12 AMRAAM C8 guidance sections, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesd...
