The Virginia Contracting Activity has finalized a request for proposals for a potential $990M multiple-award Defense Intelligence Agency contract vehicle with a five-year ordering period for data collection and management support services. Data Science, Operations, Requirements, Exploitation and Engineering proposals are due Jan. 17....
The General Services Administration plans to implement e-marketplace platforms to help agencies speed up the procurement of products online and Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are expressing interest in gaining a share of that market that could reach $50B annually, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday....
Tiger Midco, an affiliate of funds managed by alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management’s (NYSE: APO) affiliates, has increased its offer to acquire information technology distribution company Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) from $130 in cash per share to $145 per share, or approximately $6B, under an amended deal....
The General Services Administration has announced plans to issue a mass modification in January to all Multiple Award Schedule contractors to update and align their contracts with the consolidated MAS vehicle for products and services....
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jay “Scott” Goldstein, mobilization assistant to the U.S. Air Force undersecretary, for promotion to the rank of major general, GovCon Wire has learned....
General Electric's (NYSE: GE) aviation business has secured a $1.33B contract modification for delivery of T700 rotary aircraft engines to U.S. and international defense customers. The company will provide T700s for H-60 Black Hawk, AH-64 Apache and other helicopter programs of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, other government entities and...
Alion Science and Technology has opened a facility in Maryland to offer technology platforms and support services to Naval Air Systems Command....
Starboard Value, a New York-based investment adviser and a shareholder of AECOM (NYSE: ACM), has recommended three independent directors for appointment to AECOM’s board under a governance agreement. AECOM said Friday Peter Feld, a managing member of Starboard, and Robert Card, president of executive advisory services firm The Card Group, wil...
On Tuesday, Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Unmanned Systems in the Future Fight Forum featuring Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, special assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs (AF/A5/8) for the U.S. Air Force, as the keynote speaker. In addition, an expert panel featuring Jim Thomson of the Army Futures Command...
Three industry teams led by prime contractors BAE Systems, Scientific Systems and SEAKR Engineering have been selected to design an autonomous mission management platform for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Project Blackjack, C4ISRNET reported Thursday....
