Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded an $89.4 million contract to further develop an unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the second and third phases of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s VTOL X-Plane program. DARPA received three offers for the acquisition program and is obligating&n...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a three-month, $9.3 million contract modification to continue its lifecycle sustainment services for the U.S. Navy™s access control systems as well as command, control, computers, communications and intelligence platforms. The modification brings the total contract value to $107.1 million, the...
The Defense Department has started to accept bids for a potential 10-year, $17.5 billion contract that will cover global information technology services to military and defense customers, Nextgov reported Thursday. Frank Konkel writes the Defense Information Systems Agency issued the request for proposals for the Encore III contract t...
The U.S Navy has awarded five companies positions on a potential five-year, $99 million contract to provide construction, repair and renovation work on dry utilities construction projects in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command‘s Southwest region. NAVFAC received 24 proposals for the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-d...
The U.S. Army has awarded nine companies a $123.75 million contract to provide equipment, personnel and materials for its work to outfit and transition staff and patients. The selected contractors will perform work through March 1, 2017, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The companies will also provide supervision and non-personal servi...
David Berteau, assistant secretary for logistics and materiel readiness at the Defense Department, has been appointed CEO of the Professional Services Council. His appointment is effective March 28 and comes six months after former CEO Stan Soloway resigned after 15 years of leadership at the trade organization that represents the gov...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), G2 Software Systems and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) have won separate contracts to provide technical support services for the U.S. Navy. Each of the three-year, multiple-award contracts contains two option years, the Defense D...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $769.5 million contract modification to conduct logistics maintenance for F-35 Lightning II aircraft delivered to the U.S. military, non-Defense Department participants and foreign military sales customers. The company will perform ground maintenance, depot activation, action request resolution, automa...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has landed a $276 million contract modification from the U.S Navy to produce and deliver two Lot III P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday work will be performed through February 2019 in the U.K. and in Washington, Maryland, New York, Illinois, California, Utah and other lo...
John Rood, vice president of government affairs at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), will transition into new roles as senior vice president of the company’s international business organization and corporate officer by March 7. He will oversee the organization’s expansion strategies as well as facilitate its government relations, client...
