West Coast, a Coos Bay, Oregon-based joint venture, has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $95 million to maintain, repair and build facilities at three U.S. Air Force sites in Nevada. The five-year contract under the Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements program provides for a range...
Dallas-based telecommunication company COMSovereign Holding (Nasdaq: COMS) has agreed to acquire signal processing technology developer Innovation Digital through an $8 million transaction both parties expect to close within a 10-day period. COMSovereign said Wednesday the deal would add signal processing tools and intellectual property to the vendo...
Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential five-year, $71 million contract to provide data analysis assistance for the U.S. Space Force’s forecasting system for space weather phenomena. Perspecta said Wednesday it will provide updated technology to support the Space Weather Analysis and Forecast System’s analysis of sensor data on spac...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for sustaining company growth through acquisition deals and contract wins, promoting support to supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and advancing military technology and 5G. This marks the first-time that Taiclet...
Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay operable and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other critical emerging technologies. Agencies need to continue to implement...
A joint venture between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary received a $143.2 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force address logistical requirements for Osprey military tiltrotor aircraft parts. Bell Boeing Joint Program Office will deliver and repair components of Osprey’s MV-22B and ...
A ManTech International (NASDAQ: MANT) business has won a potential seven-year, $100 million contract to provide architect-engineer services and sustainability support for U.S. Navy ranges around the world. ManTech SRS Technologies will help the Navy operate and maintain testing and training ranges as part of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quant...
Barbara McQuiston, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said the Department of Defense has established a steering group focused on innovation, Nextgov reported Tuesday. “We’re very lucky we just started the innovation steering group under Deputy Secretary [Kathleen] Hicks, and what we...
A new McAleese & Associates report says the Biden administration proposed a $769 billion budget for non-defense domestic programs for fiscal year 2022, a 16 percent increase over enacted FY 2021 spending levels, plus $753 billion for the Department of Defense and national security programs, up 1.7 percent from current funding levels. Jim McAlees...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $447.2 million order under a U.S. Navy basic ordering agreement to manufacture 12 MH-60R Seahawk multimission helicopters for South Korea. The order, which is intended to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement, covers production and delivery services, the Department of Defense said Monday. Naval Air S...
