NASA has awarded Alutiiq-Fusion Joint Venture a potential five-year, $90.5 million contract to provide a range of professional services to the space agency’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. Work covers administrative, program analysis, video production media, interpreter, technical library, systems management, conference an...
An ASRC Federal business unit has secured a potential $200 million contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory test and evaluate rocket propulsion technologies. The company said Friday its space and defense business will also provide operational support for U.S. Air Force rocket engines as part of the Aerospace System...
Enlightenment Capital has invested in Arlington, Virginia-based technology and consulting service contractor ByteCubed to support the latter’s growth strategy in the data science, business intelligence and technology automation areas. ByteCubed will use investment from Enlightenment Capital to pursue organic and inorganic growth opportuni...
Cheryl Peace, formerly a senior executive at the National Security Agency, has joined Cyxtera Technologies as chief operating officer of the information technology infrastructure company™s federal group. Peace™s œexperience offers a deep understanding of the complex challenges that government agencies face in securing their infrastruc...
Canada has named five aerospace companies that have been asked to participate in a potential $15 billion competition to produce 88 new fighter planes, Defense News reported Friday. Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Airbus, Dassault and Saab have been included in a list of approved suppliers that will be invited to submit proposals...
The State Department has approved Sweden™s request to buy Patriot missile systems and related services from the U.S. government under a potential $3.2 billion foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as prime contractors in the proposed FMS deal that covers the pr...
The State Department has approved a potential $259 million foreign military sales transaction for Kuwait to procure four King Air 350ER aircraft and related equipment from the U.S. government. Sierra Nevada will serve as principal contractor in the proposed deal that also covers PT6A-67A engines, AN/AAQ-35 Wescam MX-15HDi electro-optical/infrar...
Michael Smith, formerly executive vice president for strategy and development at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), has been named president of HII™s SN3 business. He will directly report to Michael Lempke, president of the company™s nuclear and environmental group, HII said Wednesday. HII™s strategy and develop...
The State Department has approved a potential $100 million foreign military sale of Kvichak-built fast patrol boats to Kuwait. Washington-based Kvichak is a subsidiary of Vigor Industrial and will serve as the prime contractor under the 15-boat FMS deal, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday. Kuwait also ordered 30...
The State Department has approved the Dutch government™s request to procure from the U.S. government equipment and services to support upgrades to AH-64D Block II Apache attack helicopters under a potential $1.2 billion foreign military sales agreement. Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as principal con...
