General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business will supply 105 mm M724A2 reduced-range training cartridges to the U.S. Army under a five-year, $49.3 million firm-fixed-price procurement contract. The Department of Defense said Wednesday Army Contracting Command will award individual orders that will determine contract work...
Several technology companies and industry groups wrote a letter Tuesday to President Joe Biden urging him to ensure that the federal government prioritize the procurement of commercial software and tech platforms over custom-built systems in accordance with federal acquisition rules. Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), Govini, Palantir Technologies (NY...
Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital, an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, have closed the acquisition of Cubic for approximately $3 billion. Cubic said Tuesday it will remain headquartered in San Diego and stop trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the go-private transaction. Cubic stockholders approved an amended buyout off...
ArchTIS and its U.S. subsidiary, Nucleus Cyber, have signed on four channel partners to offer information security technology to government contractors that want to pursue the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. Canberra, Australia-based archTIS said Wednesday its newly formed U.S. federal and defense sa...
Information technology (IT) is becoming increasingly important through the Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence Community (IC). The ability to swiftly and securely move data from different locations in a manageable manner is more critical than ever for our nation’s national security. During GovConWire’s Data Innovation Fo...
An L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) subsidiary will modernize the forward-looking infrared systems on military rotary-wing aircraft for the U.S. Special Operations Command under a potential $96.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. L3Wescam received the noncompetitive award to support SOCOM’s Improved Rotary-wing Electro...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2021 — CAES will create a radio frequency signal converter for a system Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) is developing to support connectivity between military aircraft and low-Earth orbit commercial internet satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported May 11. Mike Kahn, president and CEO of CAES and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2021 — LMI will provide software and other tools to the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command for use in ground equipment inventory management as part of a one-year contract, ExecutiveBiz reported May 11. The Tysons, Virginia-based nonprofit said May 10 it has helped LOGCOM manage retail and wholesale sourcing of...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has won a five-year, $1.1 billion task order to support the Department of Veterans Affairs in benefits processing, management and delivery efforts, G2Xchange Health reported Wednesday. The company will help with VA’s Benefits Integration initiative, which focuses on reusing and expanding technologies used for th...
Valiant Integrated Services has secured a potential $555 million contract to help U.S. Army National Guard units gain operational readiness skills through an instrumented field training program. The company said Tuesday it will aim to prepare 27 brigade combat teams for service requirements under the eXportable Combat Training Capability program. XC...
