Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will supply Griffin A and Griffin B Block II and III missiles and provide engineering support services to the U.S. Air Force under an $85.5 million contract. The Defense Department said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is a sole-source award and includes test and support equipment for the ...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) a $180.2 million ‘other transaction’ agreement and Space Exploration Technologies a $61.4 million OTA to build alternative propulsion systems for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Space and Missile Systems Center received mult...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 13, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for U.S. government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, believes an ongoing collaborative program between the company, the Defense Department and other satellite operators will help boost commercial-military space operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Cowen...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential one-year, $80 million contract modification to perform computer program baseline design work on Aegis combat systems aboard the U.S. Navy™s warships. The service branch awarded the contract modification to exercise the options under the Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent prog...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 11, 2016 ” Oman’s request to buy 407 of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) TOW 2B Aero radio-frequency missiles and fly-to-buy missiles under a potential $51 million foreign military sale agreement has received clearance from the State Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Security Cooperatio...
William Haynes II, formerly executive vice president and general counsel of SIGA Technologies, has joined CSRA Inc. (NYSE: CSRA) as EVP, general counsel and corporate secretary. Haynes will be responsible for the company’s legal affairs, compliance and corporate governance, CSRA said Friday. “We’re delighted that someone with Jim&#...
Jan. 4 – Jan. 8 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Any thoughts that the start of 2016 would be smooth sailing for U.S. government contracting stocks and financial markets have quickly been cast aside as volatility from 2015’s second half carried into the...
Gary Slack, former president and chief operating officer of QinetiQ North America, has been appointed president and chief executive at Tysons, Virginia-based government services contractor XLA. The more than 30-year GovCon veteran will be responsible for implementing the company’s growth strategies and succeeds founder and former CEO Lloy...
The State Department has cleared Iraq’s request to purchase major defense equipment such as Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Hellfire missiles and Captive Air Training Missiles under a potential $800 million foreign military sale contract. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday the order includes 5, 000 AG...
Ten small businesses have won spots on a potential five-year, $846 million contract to support business processing systems across the U.S. Army organization. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract will run through Jan. 6, 2021, and covers enterprise resource planning services for the Army’s Enterprise System Inte...
