Valiant Integrated Services has agreed to acquire Cubic™s (NYSE: CUB) global defense services business for approximately $135 million in cash in a push to expand its client base and broaden its technical platforms and service offerings in training and readiness markets. Valiant CEO James Jaska said in a statement published Thursday the com...
The State Department has approved a potential $1.20 billion foreign military sale of eight MH-60R multimission helicopters, equipment and support services to Mexico. Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) rotary and mission systems business will serve as the principal contractor for the sale meant to help increase Mexico’s threat deterr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2018 ” Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has said the company is working to expand its core market offerings in aerospace, cyber, defense healthcare and homeland security as well as developing new tools and processes in support of Foreign Military Sales case execution. He ...
Serco Group‘s U.S. subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $232 million contract to help the Naval Facilities Engineering Command maintain and integrate electronic surveillance systems. Reston, Virginia-based Serco Inc. will provide life cycle sustainment, acquisition and integration support for Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2018 ” The U.S. Air Force has given KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) global government services unit a 54-month, $32.3 million task order to perform systems engineering services in support of the service branch™s effort to enhance the operational capability and efficiency of its air and space systems, ExecutiveBiz ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a potential five-year, $181.4 million contract to provide follow-yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s DDG 51 class guided-missile destroyers. FYS efforts will include engineering, technical, material procurement and production...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2018 ” The International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission has given Alexandria, Virginia-based Technical and Project Engineering certification for its cybersecurity practices, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The ISO/IEC 27013:2015 certification builds on TAPE™...
Grant Wernick, CEO of Insight Engines, has said agencies seeking to bolster their cybersecurity posture should empower employees by providing them faster access to cyber data. Wernick wrote that the use of natural language queries works to help non-technical individuals immediately access information and collect insights from data. Applying natural ...
The State Department has approved a potential $1.3 billion foreign military sale of 155mm M109A5/A6 medium self-propelled howitzer structures and associated equipment to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia asked to buy 180 M109A5/A6 self-propelled howitzer structures from the U.S. government for conversion into 177 155mm M109A6 Paladin medium self-propelled ...
The State Department has given Germany the green light to procure four Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems from the U.S. government through a potential $2.5 billion foreign military sales agreement. Northrop and Airbus™ defense and space business will serve as prime contractors in the proposed FMS deal in s...
