The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a potential $208.3M contract to provide sensors designed to help F-15 pilots detect and track airborne threats. USAF will initially obligate $154.6M to procure Legion Pod infrared search-and-track pods through the contract that runs through Nov. 30, 2020, the Defense Department said Friday. The projec...
Five firms have landed spots on a potential seven-year, $949.9M U.S. Navy multiple award contract to provide cyber mission systems, kits and supplies that would support the warfighter’s needs for wireless communications, detection, collection and equipment exploitation. Cambridge International Systems, Grove Resource Solutions, PeopleTec, Syst...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 23, 2018 ” Peder Jungck, vice president and general manager of intelligence solutions at BAE Systems, has said companies are working together to bring “strength in numbers” amid what he says is the increased awareness regarding the potential manipulation of election infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 23, 2018 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has partnered with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to build a battery energy storage system that will work to reduce energy consumption and associated expenses at Fort Carson in Colorado, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The team will utilize Lockheed’s GridStar Lithium energy storag...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) could receive a potential $11 billion contract from the Defense Department in early September to produce 141 lot 11 F-35 jets for the U.S. military and foreign partners, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The Defense Contract Management Agency told the publication that there have been delays in the del...
On Thursday, GovCon public and private sector representatives gathered for the Potomac Officers Club™s 3rd Annual Army Forum, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Bruce Jette, assistant secretary of acquisition, technology and logistics for the U.S. Army. After Jette™s keynote, an expert panel continued the discussion, highlighting the servi...
Progeny Systems has landed a potential four-year, $303.1M contract to produce MK54 Mod 1 lightweight torpedo kits and provide complementary test tools, spares and technical services for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The contract has a $40.6M base value and would reach its maximum potential value if all options are exercised, th...
KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW) has secured a potential five-year contract with a $100M initial value to help an unnamed government customer develop software platforms. The company said Tuesday it will build tools for integration into classified systems that support the client’s national security missions. œThis project is a great example o...
Kevin Paschuck, senior vice president and chief operating officer of public sector business unit at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has said agencies that aim to adopt cloud technology should have a plan in place to meet service and security requirements. Agency information technology leaders œshould take a top-down, mission-capability view of the...
James Lackey, formerly senior vice president of the defense systems group at Quantum Research International, has joined Parsons™ federal business as VP for simulation and integration services. Parsons said Friday Lackey will manage a portfolio of hardware integration, intelligence and simulation development support offerings...
