The General Services Administration has awarded Citibank and U.S. Bank positions on the third iteration of the agency’s governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle for charge cards and other payment services. GSA said Tuesday it expects the contracts awarded through the SmartPay 3 GWAC to help facilitate government charge card and pa...
Weekly Roundup August 28 – September 1 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week we saw a number of contracts awarded across a variety of fields such as medicine, cybersecurity, vehicle improvement and modernization, missiles and more. Let’s tak...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $98 million contract from the U.S. Army to perform scientific and administrative services in support of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. The company said Thursday it will assist CDMRP leaders and government program managers as well as establish programmati...
AM General has received a potential $2.21 billion contract from the U.S. Army to produce up to 11,560 High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will deliver expanded capacity Humvees along with associated equipment and spare parts packages to foreign military sales customers. The Army Con...
AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has won a potential five-year, $95 million contract to provide multidisciplinary architect-engineer services for the U.S. Navy‘s Environmental Restoration Program that comprises installation restoration and munitions response efforts. The Defense Department said Tuesday AECOM’s technical services division will...
A Tutor Perini Corp. (NYSE: TPC) subsidiary has received a potential $78 million contract from the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command to design and construct a live-fire training complex at Naval Support Activity Andersen in Guam. Guam-based Black Construction Corp. will build four live-fire training ranges along with supporting str...
Israel has signed an agreement with the U.S. government and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to buy an additional 17 F-35 fighter jets worth approximately $1.7 billion, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. Israel’s defense ministry said Lockheed is slated to deliver the new batch of 17 F-35s by December 2024 after the country’s init...
The Bridge on TV aired Sunday featuring Rick Tracy, Chief Security Officer, Telos Corporation and Matt Barrett, Program Manager, Cybersecurity Framework, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These industry leaders shared their viewpoints on Improving Government-Industry Cooperation in Cybersecurity. Highlights from the show i...
Weekly Roundup August 21 – August 25 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This August the GovCon industry has experienced a great deal of executive moves. As the month comes to a close, let™s take a look at some of the noteworthy executive shifts in the...
Wendy Masiello, former director of the Defense Contract Management Agency and a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, has joined the board of directors at KBR (NYSE: KBR). KBR said Thursday Masiello will serve on the board’s audit and environment, health, safety, security and social responsibility committees. The 36-year Air Force ve...
