NASA intends to exercise a two-year option on its $500 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that supports research and engineering requirements of the International Space Station. The agency said Saturday it will extend the performance period for the Research, Engineering, Mission Integration Services Contract in a strategy to es...
The Defense Logistics Agency has kicked off a full and open competition for a potential 10-year, $3.2 billion contract vehicle for command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance supplies and services. DLA said Thursday in a solicitation notice that the multiple-award indefinite-quantity/indefinite-d...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) reported a 3 percent increase in revenue for the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year to $9.2 billion from the prior year period and lifted its full-year earnings and sales guidance Thursday. Revenue for the space business came in at $2.7 billion, up 34 percent from the same period last...
Shane Arnott, a more than 25-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has joined defense technology company Anduril Industries as chief engineer, GovCon Wire has learned. He will help Anduril modernize defense capabilities in support of the U.S. and its allies using his technical expertise in concept development, autonomy and simulation. Prior t...
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of Information Solutions with Deltek, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. 2021 Wash100 Award recipient and GovCon Expert Kevin Plexico used his first article for the program to shine a light on the major improvements that government contractors and the...
McAfee‘s (Nasdaq: MCFE) enterprise business and FCN will provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with cybersecurity tools and expertise under a five-year, $281 million contract to support the agency’s compliance with a recent executive order on strengthening the federal government’s defenses against malicious cyber campaigns. Th...
Four small businesses have won positions on a $99 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to perform facilities support work at government installations located in six states. Chugach Consolidated Solutions, Claxton/LT joint venture, KGJJ Engineering Solutions JV and Sunik will compete for task orders under the mu...
Anduril Industries has secured a potential five-year, $99 million production other transaction agreement from the Defense Innovation Unit to make its counter-unmanned aircraft systems available for purchase by service branches. The P-OT agreement allows the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps to buy and sustain AndurilR...
Frank Kendall, who served as acquisition chief at the Department of Defense from May 2012 to January 2017, has been confirmed by the Senate to assume the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian position. He will be the 26th secretary of the Air Force and will replace John Roth, who has held the SecAF role on...
Deloitte has purchased Sentek Global, a San Diego-based cybersecurity and systems engineering firm, for an undisclosed amount. Sentek primarily supports the U.S. Navy and also provides integrated logistics services and program management support to organizations within the defense, justice and security sector, Deloitte said Monday. Mike Canning, U.S...
