The Department of State has approved the government of Iraq’s request to buy from the U.S. government C-172 and AC/RC-208 aircraft contractor logistics support, training and related equipment through a potential $140 million foreign military sales agreement. Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will serve as the principal contractor in the FMS transac...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will help the U.S. Army sustain and upgrade its command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance hardware systems under a potential $267 million follow-on indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services task order covers hardware sust...
Sterling Jones, a two-decade industry veteran, was named vice president and general manager of Agile Development Group at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), according to a LinkedIn announcement. Jones previously served as general manager of military avionics at the Melbourne, Florida-headquartered defense contracting company. The executive has been ...
The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has begun seeking information on a potential $100 million single-award contract to provide information technology and engineering support services to the 502d Trainer Development Squadron. The Trainer Developer II indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support the...
The U.S. Navy has awarded $450 million in multiple award contract to nine Virginia-based construction services providers for for general construction work in the Hampton Roads area of operations. The contractors will support design-build and design-bid-build projects, including new construction, demolition, repair, alteration and renovation of build...
A BAE Systems business arm has secured a $459.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide hardware components for a multi-mode radio designed to provide line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight communications on aviation platforms. BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration will also perform repair services and technical, engineer...
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV), Anduril Industries and Teledyne FLIR positions on a potential eight-year, $249 million contract to build, test, support and deliver a non-developmental item loitering munition system designed to provide dismounted Marines in the infantry rifle squad with precision strike capability agai...
The State Department has approved the government of Saudi Arabia’s request to procure communications and navigation terminals and associated equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $101.1 million foreign military sales agreement. Saudi Arabia has asked to buy 63 Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal B...
Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Washington, D.C.-based private investment firm Arlington Capital Partners, has closed its purchase of software development firm Microtel for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to broaden its customer relationships and space system capabilities. Microtel is a systems engineering firm that develops mission-critica...
Thomas Bell, CEO of Leidos, has made his debut on Executive Mosaic’s most prestigious 2024 Wash100 list for his leadership and dedication to driving the development of next-generation technologies for defense, intelligence and national security sectors. Vote for Bell as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote compe...
