SAS Institute has appointed J.R. Helmig to lead the company’s analytics strategy as chief analytics officer for the federal government business. The analytics firm said Wednesday Helmig will work to determine federal trends in analytics and sources of disruption, maintain public-private partnerships and suppo...
3M subsidiary Ceradyne will provide 177, 000 body armor plates to the U.S. armed forces under a $92.7 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The Minnesota-headquartered company said Wednesday the lightweight “enhanced” small arms protective inserts are embedded into tactical vests in efforts to prote...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 17, 2016 ” A Vencore subsidiary will provide analog sensing research and development support to the U.S. Air Force under a potential $8.3 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday Vencore Labs will work with the Air Force Research Laboratory to build an analog sensin...
Thales subsidiary Tampa Microwave has appointed Michael Munn and Harry Xenitelis as directors of business development for NATO and the U.S. Special Operations Command, respectively, as part of its expansion efforts in international satellite communications terminal and defense markets. Munn, formerly manager for special operations U.S. business at T...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured three U.S. Navy contracts with a potential value of $163 million in total for the repair coverage of 421 P-8A aircraft mission system and commercial components. The Defense Department said Monday two contracts require repair services for 217 mission system components, while the remaining contract cov...
The State Department has cleared United Arab Emirates’ request to purchase a suite of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) AGM-114 R/K Hellfire Category III Missiles through a $476 million foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. Lockheed’s missile and fire control business will serve as the prime contractor on&n...
The State Department has cleared Egypt™s request to buy UGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles, related equipment and support from the U.S. government under a potential $143 million foreign military sales agreement. Boeing (NYSE: BA) will serve as the principal contractor under the FMS deal that includes 20 Harpoon missiles, two encapsulated Ha...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $321.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the integration and test phase of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program. The Defense Department said Friday such a contract would complete all remaining efforts to design LRASM’s hardware and software, retire o...
May 9 – May 13 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The Pentagon™s top product and services buyer made it official this week that the would no longer advocate for greater authority to regulate GovCon merger-and-acquisition activities that invo...
The U.S. Army has awarded Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) a potential two-year, $173.8 million contract modification to support the U.S. Central Command’s enterprise network infrastructure. Vectrus’ systems business will perform work at various CENTCOM locations in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and t...
