A Thales subsidiary has acquired the remaining stake of Leonardo DRS in Advanced Acoustic Concepts, the joint venture between the two organizations, for an undisclosed amount as part of the former’s efforts to expand engineering offerings for the U.S. military. Thales Defense & Security Inc. now has full ownership of AAC, which generated $...
Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) has enlisted the help of an adviser as the communications equipment provider considers selling a unit that offers encryption tools to the government sector, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The encryption business’ estimated annual EBITDA stands at $120 million and the portfolio could sell for $1.8 billion from potential ...
Mike Barthlow, president and CEO of BT Federal, spoke with GovCon Wire about recently joining the company as well as how the leadership team is evolving its workforce to capitalize on more than 70 years of security experience across the federal landscape. In addition, Barthlow discussed his strategic growth goals for BT Federal and how the company...
In today’s federal contracting landscape, data is one of the most important and useful assets an organization can leverage. Data coming from multiple endpoints, sources and sensors can provide agencies with critical insights into business processes, IT environments, security and more — if harnessed properly. Top-level government and industry exe...
Dulles, Virginia-based contract management software provider Unison has purchased FARclause.com, a Federal Acquisition Regulation compliance platform, for an undisclosed sum. Unison said Monday FARclause.com helps government contracting professionals extract and validate clauses from contracts and requests for proposals, analyze risks and identify c...
The State Department has approved Singapore’s request to purchase F-15 munitions, follow-on training and sustainment support and associated equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $630 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday that no principal contractor is involved in the possi...
The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary and HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division to perform shipbuilder engineering and design analysis for the next-generation guided-missile destroyer program. The contractors will come up with design products in support of preliminary and contrac...
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 State Department has cleared a potential $397 million purchase request from the government of Kuwait for missiles, bombs, tail kits and other equipment in support of its Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft fleet. The potential foreign military sales transaction will include 60 AIM-120 C-7/8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, several hundred MK-...
The U.S. government is at the forefront of the digital era, and its use of technology is no exception. With various federal agencies utilizing cutting-edge technology, from artificial intelligence to blockchain, there’s always something new to learn in the tech world. According to the government accountability office (GAO), the technology moderniz...
