A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has secured a $6.75 billion block-buy contract from the U.S. Navy to design and build up to eight T-AO 205 John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler ships. The Department of Defense said Friday Naval Sea Systems Command expects General Dynamics NASSCO to perform contract work in California, Louisiana, Michig...
NASA has awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued up to $121 million to Crown Consulting to support the aeronautics and exploration technology research and development efforts at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California. The NASA Academic Mission Services 2 IDIQ covers a large scope of new and emerging ca...
Tip Underwood, a business executive with a career spanning 25 years, has been appointed vice president and general manager of homeland and diplomacy at Peraton, the executive announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. Underwood briefly served as VP of homeland security at the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology company before this latest ...
Philadelphia-based private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners has acquired QualX for an undisclosed sum to support the latter’s growth initiatives and technology investment efforts to facilitate the delivery of new platforms and services to federal government clients. Renovus said Springfield, Virginia-based QualX provides records and inform...
The Potomac Officers Club’s first-ever GovCon International Summit on Oct. 10 will bring together experts in foreign relations, joint warfighting and more to weigh in on the global priorities of the United States and its allies. The event has a packed schedule, and you won’t want to miss the chance to hear from its featured speakers...
Science Applications International Corp. (Nasdaq: SAIC) recorded $1.82 billion in revenues, 2 percent organic growth and $1.2 billion in net bookings with a book-to-bill ratio of 0.6 during the second quarter of its fiscal year 2025. In an earnings statement published Thursday, the Reston, Virginia-based government technology services contractor sai...
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded AT&T (NYSE: T) a 10-year, $146 million contract for government emergency telecommunications service and wireless priority service. The award ensures that DHS components such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other government offices will always have access to mission-criti...
RTI International and the Department of Defense have signed a cooperative agreement for the former to continue overseeing the Defense Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Consortium, or DSEC. The nonprofit research institute said Thursday the potential 10-year, $190 million deal is intended to boost STEM education among K-16 st...
Saab Inc., the U.S. business arm of the Swedish aerospace and defense company, has booked a $494.4 million contract from the U.S. Army for the production of XM919 Individual Assault Munition, or IAM. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price contract, which covers an unspecified amount of XM919 IAM, was awarded to Saab by the...
The foreign military sales process, wherein international governments seek armaments and defense support from the U.S., is a complicated and highly bureaucratic system that stretches across multiple major agencies, not just the Department of Defense. Officials blame slow industrial base production, lack of Congressional funding and diffuse proc...
