Noblis has formed a new subsidiary following its acquisition of McKean Defense Group with the goal to offer integrated mission services to the U.S. Navy and other military agencies. The Noblis MSD business, which includes former Mckean affiliate Cabrillo Technologies, aims to support Department of Defense customers in emerging technology areas such ...
Frank Kendall, who served as acquisition chief at the Department of Defense from May 2012 to January 2017, has been confirmed by the Senate to assume the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian position. He will be the 26th secretary of the Air Force and will replace John Roth, who has held the SecAF role on...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the White House should reaffirm the importance of allies and partners in efforts to address defense industrial base resilience. McGinn told Government Matters host Francis Rose in an interv...
Parsons‘ (NYSE: PSN) government services business has won a 10-year, $953 million contract to build, operate and maintain a layered base security system for U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. The company will employ air base air defense equipment at various U.S. military installations throughout the European and African continents, t...
Darrell Williams, a Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) vice president and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, was appointed to oversee the Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation Program, which the company manages on behalf of the U.K.’s defense ministry. As Leidos VP and managing director of LCST initiative and logistics division, Williams wil...
Octo, a Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services provider, has acquired Volant Associates for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of IT offerings for agency clients across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Volant’s leadership team will stay and oversee a new division within Oct...
Ben McNeal, a 30-year U.S. Navy veteran and former program manager for Naval Enterprise Networks, has been named director of Navy and Marine Corps strategy and sales at Red Hat. Nathan Jones, vice president of the federal business at Red Hat, announced in a LinkedIn post the addition of McNeal to the software company’s public...
The State Department has approved a $445 million foreign military sale of heavy tactical vehicles, manufactured by Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense segment, to the Kuwaiti government. The order is for 517 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks and Heavy Equipment Transporters to support cargo transport, vehicle recovery and resupply operations b...
The State Department has approved the Philippines’ request to buy 14 Boeing-made (NYSE: BA) Harpoon Block II missiles from the U.S. under a potential $120 million foreign military sales agreement. The Philippines asked to procure 12 AGM-84L-1 air-launched missiles, two ATM-84L-1 exercise missiles, containers, parts and training equipment as th...
The State Department has cleared a potential $2.43 billion foreign military sale of F-16 Block 70/72 fighter planes, manufactured by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), to the Philippine government. This proposed FMS transaction covers the procurement of 10 F-16C jets, a pair of F-16D units and 15 F100-PW-229EEP or F110-GE-129D engines, the Defense Securit...
