WCC Global will provide the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Transition Initiatives with geographic information systems, project management, communications support and other services under a five-year, $82 million contract. The management consulting firm said Tuesday it teamed up with Nickol Global Solutions and XL Associa...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $1.01 billion sole-source contract from the Space and Missile Systems Center to provide logistics services supporting the Space Based Infrared Surveillance system. SMC expects Lockheed to complete the requirements under the fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-reimbursement contract b...
The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy 29 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, built by Boeing (NYSE: BA), along with associated equipment and support services under a potential $3.5 billion foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The transaction also includes 29 Modernized Target Acquisition Designation S...
President Joe Biden has unveiled a $715 billion budget request for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022, which reflects a 1.6 percent rise from the FY 2021 enacted amount of approximately $703.7 billion. The proposed defense budget proposal includes $27.7 billion in funds for nuclear modernization efforts, including $3 billion for B-21 Lon...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth $950 million in combined value to 22 companies to procure intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment and services in support of U.S. customers under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Department of Defense said Thursday recipients of the multiple...
A. Harold and Associates, BGI, Carley and Crew Training International have won positions on a potential five-year, $90 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop new lessons for pilot and aircrew training curriculum. A. Harold and Associates, BGI, Carley and Crew Training International will compete for task orders to help the Naval Air Warfare...
Bill Marion, managing director at Accenture Federal Services, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Navy Forum on May 12th, 2021. The following panelists discussed driving data and platform success, featuring Bradley Goodrich, Jane Rathbun and Capt. Matt Farr of the U.S. Navy and George Batsakis ...
The State Department has approved Canada’s request to buy from the U.S. government the Aegis Combat System built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and associated equipment through a potential $1.7 billion foreign military sales deal. Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit will be the primary contractor on the proposed sale of four Aegis...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) completed its $380 million acquisition of Gibbs & Cox two and a half months after it announced the cash transaction on Feb. 23 with the intention of combining the Arlington, Virginia-based ship design firm with the company’s maritime systems division. Gibbs & Cox will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos and help...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2021 — Gabe Camarillo, senior vice president of the Army business unit at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), said a potential $830 million contract won by the company to support the military service’s software, simulation, systems engineering and integration directorate reinforces its position as...
