ESCO Technologies (NYSE: ESE) has agreed to purchase Ultra Maritime’s signature management and power business for approximately $550 million as part of efforts to expand its electronics and engineering capabilities in support of customers in the U.S. and U.K. naval defense markets. ESCO said Monday the business will operate as part of its aerospac...
Markon, a Sterling Investment Partners-backed management consultancy focused on supporting federal government missions, has acquired ASEC in a transaction that expands its capabilities to support the missions of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agency clients. Markon will operate ASEC as an independent subsidiary until it integrates ...
GovCon industry veterans Ron Fehlen and Jeff Schrader announced in separate LinkedIn posts that they have assumed new vice president roles within Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) space business. Fehlen will serve as VP of mission architect for national security space at Lockheed Martin Space and Schrader will take on the role of VP of strategy...
Cybersecurity company SIXGEN has acquired Secure Enterprise Engineering as part of a push to expand its software offerings, client relationships and technical talent needed to accelerate the delivery of cyber capabilities to digital warfighters in support of national security missions. SIXGEN said Tuesday it expects the acquisition to expand its sof...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. a $400 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide airborne mission networking system kits for the service branch’s MC-130 aircraft fleet. Sierra Nevada will also perform contractor logistics support, engineering services, program management and field service representa...
Core4ce has named Todd Harbour, co-founder and managing partner, as chief technology officer and appointed Kim Kok, formerly senior vice president of the public sector at HUMAN Security, as VP of sales and emerging technology. Harbour will oversee the company’s innovation incubator The Forge, which develops tools and services to support ...
John Ustica, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, won his second consecutive Wash100 Award this year, and Jim Garrettson, founder of the prize and CEO of Executive Mosaic, met with Ustica in person recently at SGT’s new headquarters to deliver the plaque. For the last 11 years, the Wash100 has annually decorate...
A unit within General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) mission systems business has received a potential five-year, $120.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and software development support services for the military branch’s submarines. The Department of Defense said Friday the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded to Progeny Systems ha...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $2.27 billion contract from NASA to build a constellation of Geostationary Extended Observations weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NASA said Tuesday the cost-plus-award-fee contract includes the development of three GeoXO weather satellites with options fo...
A joint venture led by Bechtel has secured a potential one-year, $442.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to continue providing test operations and sustainment support for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee. The Department of Defense said Monday Bechtel-led National Aerospace Solutions will provide technology...
