SES has completed its $450 million acquisition of DRS Global Enterprise Solutions, formerly owned by defense contractor Leonardo DRS. SES said Monday it will merge the newly acquired business with the company’s government solutions subsidiary in a push to bring multi-orbit satellite communications services to the Department of Defense and othe...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded seven companies spots on a potential six-year, $762 million contract vehicle for subject matter expert services to the branch’s cloud-based data management platform. Contractors will compete for task orders to perform data preparation and architecture, data maturity model evaluation, algorithm development and dat...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a five-year, $213.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help modernize an F-35 data center located at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The company will perform engineering, maintenance, logistics and material support work for the modernization of the Australia Canada United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory...
Northern New Mexico Integrated Security, a joint venture that includes Constellis‘ Centerra Group subsidiary, will provide protective services to Los Alamos National Laboratory under a potential seven-year, $592 million contract. Constellis said Monday that LANL operator Triad issued the award on behalf of the National Nuclear Security Adminis...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall highlighted the need for the U.S. to work with allies and commercial partners to ensure security and stability worldwide amid evolving threats, the service reported Wednesday. “When we say one team, one fight — industry and our international partners are part of that team,” Kendall, a three-time Wa...
Acuity International will provide base operations and security services to Iraq’s F-16 program as part of a $127 million contract action by the U.S. Air Force to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement. The Department of Defense said Friday contract work will occur through Jan. 30, 2023, at the Martyr Brigadier General Ali Flaih Air...
PAE, now part of Amentum, will help the U.S. Air Force operate and maintain aerial targets under a seven-year, $136.6 million contract. The service will work with PAE’s aviation and technical services division to test the lethality of key military weapons and munitions systems, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Headquarters Air Combat C...
The Department of Defense has begun its search for a new executive who will succeed Michael Brown as director of the Defense Innovation Unit, which helps DOD speed up the adoption of commercial technologies to strengthen national security. Brown, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, will step down from his role as DIU director once his...
Does Lockheed Martin have government contracts? The primary activities of Lockheed Martin, a multinational security and aerospace company, are the design, research, manufacture, business development, integration, and maintenance of high-tech equipment. Although the company is a private company, it mainly offers its products and services to th...
Vince Vlasho, a senior managing director and defense portfolio lead for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), was recently presented his first Wash100 Award, the highest honor in government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit to the company’s office. Executive Mosaic recognizes Vince Vlasho as a 2022 Wash10...
