Guidehouse, a Veritas Capital portfolio company, has agreed to buy the public sector advisory practice of professional services firm Grant Thornton for an undisclosed sum. McLean, Virginia-based Guidehouse said Monday it expects the transaction to close in the second half of the year and add to the company a group of professionals that advises gover...
Serco Group‘s U.S. subsidiary and industry partners will begin the second leg of an unmanned surface vessel development and demonstration program spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. As part of Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship program, DARPA said Monday the team’s medium USV concept dubbed Defiant is expected ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received a potential 10-year, $10.6 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to perform research, development, test and evaluation work for the Department of Defense. The award has a five-year base value of $4.4 billion and will reach its potential value if all options are exercised, DOD said Monda...
Michelle Kruger, a 25-year veteran of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has joined Austal’s ship manufacturing business in the U.S. to serve as vice president of global services and support. Austal USA said Monday that Kruger will lead worldwide post-delivery repair and warranty programs, business development efforts and partnership strategies in her n...
The U.S. Army has selected General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to develop extended-range electronic warfare system concepts for the first leg of a potential $163 million prototype competition, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Phase one of the Army’s Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade program is valued at...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 19, 2022 — The mission technologies division of HII (NYSE: HII) will provide operation and maintenance services in support of Air Mobility Command’s Mobility Air Force Distributed Mission Operations over a potential six-year period, ExecutiveBiz reported. HII Mission Technologies has received a $79 million task order from...
Marc Duvall, a more than 40-year industry executive with aerospace original equipment manufacturers, has joined private equity firm AE Industrial Partners an an operating partner. “Marc’s strong knowledge of the aerospace supply chain combined with his proven operating track record will allow him to contribute significantly to a variety of v...
Bechtel Corporation is an American procurement, project, and construction management firm founded in San Francisco, California, in 1898. The Bechtel group headquarters are in Reston, Virginia, after it relocated to the Washington D.C. area in 2018. It is the largest construction company in the U.S. and offers primary services, including finance, tun...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a five-year, $3.1 billion basic ordering agreement to sustain aircraft weapon systems for the U.S. Navy and its foreign military sales clients, DVIDSHub reported Monday. The company will repair 194 items and provide 164 spares for F/A-18 and EA-18G flight control surfaces, refueling systems, airframe components and supp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 16, 2022 — QinetiQ‘s U.S. business arm has received a potential five-year, $45 million task order from the U.S. Army to continue supporting the Combat Capabilities Development Command’s work at the Fort Belvoir Prototyping Integration Facility, ExecutiveBiz reported. “We are proud to continue our partnership with the ...
