Weekly Roundup August 28 – September 1 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week we saw a number of contracts awarded across a variety of fields such as medicine, cybersecurity, vehicle improvement and modernization, missiles and more. Let’s tak...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Aug. 30, 2017) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 and Airmen from the 48th Rescue Squadron prepare for joint Search and Rescue (SAR) operations utilizing Air Force small boats and Navy Helicopters throughout the areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. The U.S. Navy and Air Force sent personnel...
CORAL SEA (Aug 11, 2017) CH-53E Super Stallions, assigned to the œDragons of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), take off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in support of a certification exercise (CERTEX) for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). During the CERTEX, the 31st...
Summit Technologies has won a potential $250 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide continued support for the U.S. Air Force‘s mission combat planning process. The Defense Department said Friday the company will help the service branch plan and develop mission concepts for aircraft and weapon platfor...
Christopher Goodrich, formerly chief operating officer of mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), has been appointed president, CEO and a board member of Cornerstone Defense in a move that takes effect Aug. 15. œChris was the obvious choice for the company based on his experience and knowledge of...
The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded a General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit a potential 10-year, $155 million contract to provide ground-based flight and mission operations support for the Landsat 8 satellite. General Dynamics Mission Systems will also develop and integrate a Landsat multisatellite operations facility at Goddard Space Flight ...
Weekly Roundup July 17 – July 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Several executive moves this summer look to make a significant splash across the GovCon community. Last Friday, Battelle’s Board of Directors announced that Lewis “LouÃ...
From the drone that crashed into a San Diego Padres baseball game earlier this year and nearly hit several fans, to the drone that invaded the lawn of the White House, it is clear that there is commercial viability for options that can prevent unwanted drone trespassing, as well as a need for legislation governing their use. A re...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 11 service-disabled, veteran-owned companies positions on a potential five-year, $92.3 million contract for information technology support services to the Naval Higher Education Information Technology Consortium. The Defense Department said Friday contractors will provide IT support to NHEITC member institutions such a...
In this episode of Voices from DARPA, get inside the full-spectrum engineering head of Dr. Troy Olsson, a program manager since 2014 in the Agency™s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). Listen in as Olsson describes progress toward vanishing materials that can keep sensitive electronic components out of adversaries™ hands; unmanned air ve...
