The State Department has cleared a potential $700 million sale of up to 72 modernized Patriot missile systems and associated equipment to the Swiss government. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as the principal contractor on the proposed foreign military sales agreement that will include trainers, skid kits, canister consumables, launcher stati...
John Gastright, senior vice president for government affairs at Falls Church, Virginia-based government services contractor Amentum, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of the International Stability Operations Association, GovCon Wire has learned. He succeeds Thomas Lampley, who has been at the helm of ISOA since October 2021, the...
John Ustica’s career with Siemens spans over two decades — a tenure whose length he sees as a strategic benefit in the government contracting landscape today. His previous posts at the technology and manufacturing company cover a wide range of roles from financial leadership to manufacturing plant management as he has moved up the ranks. ...
Todd Helfrich, vice president of federal sales at SentinelOne (NYSE: S), said government agencies should advance cyber resiliency, adopt industry best practices and reduce the identity attack surface to protect endpoints and networks from cyber adversaries. Helfrich wrote that cyber resiliency has been highlighted by the release of guidance by the N...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the U.K. government awarded BAE Systems a $4.9 billion contract to construct five more Type 26 frigates for the country’s naval force amid increasing threats posed by Russia. The five ships are in addition to the three vessels that are now in the construction phase, bringing the total number...
A Centrus Energy subsidiary has entered into a $150 million cost-shared partnership agreement with the Department of Energy to demonstrate the domestic production of a high-performance nuclear fuel component. American Centrifuge Operating will deploy a cascade of 16 advanced centrifuges at an enrichment facility in Piketon, Ohio, to produce 20 kilog...
Sid Agarwal, an REI Systems veteran, was elevated to the position of vice president of health systems at the Sterling, Virginia-headquartered information technology company, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday. The executive has oversight of the REI business arm focused on delivering services to health-related agencies including the U.S. Agency for Interna...
Gina Scinta, deputy chief technology officer at Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies, said government agencies should implement proper access controls to better safeguard data from cyberthreat actors, including the use of multifactor authentication and crypto-agile platforms. Scinta wrote that agencies should adopt multifactor authentication that depen...
Client Solution Architects, a digital transformation and IT services consulting firm, is positioned at a critical point in the GovCon market. After successfully graduating from the Small Business Administration program, CSA has transitioned from a small-sized business to a mid-tier organization that competes with some of GovCon’s big players. GovC...
Bulgaria is looking to acquire eight additional F-16 Block 70 fighter jets from the U.S. to expand on its initial eight-aircraft order and avail ammunition and training support services, Bulgarian News Agency reported Thursday. An investment expenditure draft previously adopted by the Balkan nation’s budget and finance committee details a plan...
