Navy Rear Adm. Robert Sharp, commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence, has been confirmed by the Senate to serve as director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Sharp, who is also director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office, will elevate to the rank of vice admiral and assume the NGA chief post in February...
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $228.8M contract modification to obtain additional materials necessary to build a third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy. The modification expands the scope of a previously awarded contract for USS Enterprise (CVN ...
Clark Construction Group has won a potential $315.5M firm-fixed-price contract to build a hangar complex that will house the VC-25B presidential aircraft, or Air Force One. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the project also includes construction of an aircraft access taxiway, a parking apron, lighting, a hydrant refueling syste...
Herman Shelanski, former inspector general of the U.S. Navy, has been named vice president of business development at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division. The retired vice admiral will report to Newport Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin, the company said Thursday. œDuring his tenure, he b...
On Thursday, Nov. 29th, GovCon leaders from the public and private sector gathered for the Potomac Officers Club™s Are We There Yet? Your Journey to the Cloud and the Pit Stops Along the Way Agenda event, featuring a keynote address from Dr. John Zangardi, chief information officer for the Department of Homeland Security. Before his...
Maximus (NYSE: MMS) has concluded its purchase of federal citizen engagement centers from General Dynamics™ (NYSE: GD) information technology business. Maximus said Tuesday it will report the acquired assets under its U.S. federal services segment and expects the transaction to record $600M to $625M in fiscal 2019 revenue. The Re...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency™s updated forecast for contracting opportunities shows that nine potential solicitations totaling between $460M and over $830M could be awarded in fiscal year 2019, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The nine potential contracts for FY 2019 are: Digital Engineering Foundational Engineering GEOINT...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has booked a pair of contracts worth up to $600M combined to develop artificial intelligence, data automation and analytic technologies for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. The company said Wednesday it will lead efforts to manage elevation content and precise imagery through the NGA’s Janus initiativ...
Maxar Technologies‘ (NYSE: MAXR) Radiant Solutions subsidiary has received a potential $92M contract option to help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency prototype, build and implement crowdsourcing and machine learning technologies. Radiant Solutions aims to further develop its DeepCore computer vision software devel...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 15, 2018 ” Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) is collaborating with the Naval Sea Systems Command to install a prototype 3D-printed piping assembly on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier by early 2019 for a yearlong test period that aims to certify the component, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The comp...
