The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory a potential five-year, $98 million contract for engineering, development and research services. APL will help DARPA create and maintain a tool to support engineering and developmental efforts that seek the practical appli...
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded 13 companies positions on a potential three-year, $1.54 billion contract to provide agile design and development services for DHS. DHS awarded the Flexible Agile Support for the Homeland contract vehicle as an agency-wide, small business set-aside program, the agency said in a FedBizOpps notice po...
Alion Science and Technology has appointed G. Maliek Ferebee, former corporate vice president of human resources at AECOM (NYSE: ACM), as chief HR officer of the McLean, Virginia-based government engineering and technology services contractor. He will oversee Alion Science’s efforts to grow its technical and operational wor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 29, 2016 ” Matt Desch, Iridium (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO, announced in a Twitter post Nov. 21 that the stage 1 booster of SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket has been delivered to California to support the launch of 10 Iridium satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Ars Technica reported Nov. 21 SpaceX has indicated I...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has agreed to buy Laurel, Maryland-based digital services contractor Aquilent for approximately $250 million in a push to grow technology offerings, talent pipeline and citizen-focused digital services. Booz Allen said Tuesday the deal aims further the McLean, Virginia-based company’...
The State Department has approved a potential $200 million foreign military sale of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range systems, equipment and training services to Poland. Poland ordered 70 units of AGM-158B JASSM-ER, two flight test vehicles, two mass simulant vehicles, on...
Bruce Samuelsen, formerly special adviser to Alion Science and Technology CEO Bahman Atefi, has been promoted to chief operating officer at the McLean, Virginia-based government technology and engineering services contractor. Alion Science said Wednesday Samuelsen joined the company upon its acquisition of naval architecture firm ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 22, 2016 ” The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration has awarded an ASRC Federal business unit a potential five-year, $35 million contract to provide engineering support for the agency’s Alaska-based satellite operations facility, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. ASRC Federal Technical Services will pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 21, 2016 ” LightCyber has appointed Timothy Murphy of Thomson Reuters Special Services, Dave Shackleford of the SANS Institute and Amir Orad of Sisense as members of its new advisory board, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The behavioral attack detection technology provider said Tuesday the three appoi...
The State Department has approved Qatar’s request to buy 72 Boeing (NYSE: BA) F-15 aircraft, weapons, related support, equipment and training services under a potential $21.1 billion foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday the agreement aims to support political stability and ...
