Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $2.12 billion contract modification to produce the seventh batch of KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. The company will provide data, licenses, subscriptions and flat file to the service branch in addition to 15 tankers, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The Air Force will pay...
President Joe Biden, who took the oath of office Wednesday, has appointed individuals to lead 34 federal government organizations in acting capacities until his Cabinet choices complete confirmation procedures. Each agency leader will support the new administration in efforts to create a “whole-of-government” strategy to address national challen...
Ellen Purdy, director of emerging capabilities, prototyping initiatives and analysis at the Department of Defense, will be featured as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event on Jan. 26. As the future of warfare becomes increasingly reliant on information and digital ta...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 21, 2021 — Cypress International has appointed Guy Beougher, a four-decade Department of Defense veteran and retired U.S. Army colonel, as its vice president for DOD/federal logistics, supply chain and energy, effective Feb. 15., ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. David Halverson, chairman and CEO of Cypress International, sa...
A By Light Professional IT Services subsidiary has secured a potential one-year, $38.2M bridge contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue the provision of engineering and technical services in support of the Defense Information Systems Network. Phacil will provide expertise and information technology services as part of the DIS...
Terry Ryan, lead director at Constellis and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, took the helm of the Herndon, Virginia-based company as its CEO and executive chairman. He succeeds Tim Reardon, who stepped down from the chief executive position to “pursue other interests,” and brings more than two decades of government services industry experience t...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) will maintain and repair elevator support units aboard the U.S. Navy‘s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers under a five-year, $174.9M contract. The Navy awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive solicitation and will obligate funding at the ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a five-year, $254.7M contract from the Missile Defense Agency to maintain two batteries for the United Arab Emirates’ Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The company’s space business will also manage logistics and associated product database, develop software, provide training, conduct fie...
Eight companies, including two small businesses, have won spots on a potential $750M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support waterfront construction projects within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s Southwest area of responsibility. Awardees will compete for task orders under the multiple-award IDIQ to build, r...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has won a potential $121.6M other transaction award from the Missile Defense Agency to conduct an on-orbit demonstration of a space-based prototype sensor designed to track hypersonic and ballistic threats. MDA received four proposals for the project through a competitive solicitation among industry participants in ...
