Defense engineering services contractor Gryphon Technologies has purchased Schafer from Belcan, a portfolio company of private investment firm AE Industrial Partners, for an undisclosed sum. Schafer provides engineering, scientific and technical services to military and intelligence agency clients in support of their national security effo...
East Coast Repair and Fabrication has landed a potential $376.9M firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize, repair or maintain surface combatant and amphibious vessels stationed in Mayport, Fla. The IDIQ has an initial value of $212.9M and covers support for the naval warships of the service b...
McAleese & Associates has released a report on a speech by Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, at the Defense Program Conference held Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Roper said the service is accelerating work on hypersonics and noted about Lockheed Martin™s (NYSE: LMT) involvement in th...
Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) missile systems business has received a four-year, $97.8M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to obtain long-lead materials needed to produce updated air defense interceptors. The service awarded the modification to address Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block 2 low-rate initial production requirements for fiscal 2019,...
Mark Ediger, formerly U.S. Air Force surgeon general, has joined Deloitte‘s government and public services practice as a specialist executive within its federal health sector business. He will oversee the company’s efforts with regard to health data management, patient safety, quality of care and medical supply chain innovation ac...
Cubic (NYSE: CUB) has purchased microfabricated radio frequency systems provider Nuvotronics for approximately $64M in cash as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of protected communications technology offerings. Durham, N.C.-based Nuvotronics designs and builds antennas, combiners, filters and other RF devices using the PolyStrata technology de...
The FBI has awarded a pair of multiple-award contracts worth a combined $137.5M for architectural, engineering and planning services for the bureau’s construction projects within and outside continental U.S. Eight companies will vie for task orders to provide the services throughout the FBI’s region under an $87.5M indefinite-delivery/in...
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) agreed to acquire Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) for approximately $6.9B in a push to expand its footprint in the high-performance computing market. NVIDIA said Monday it will pay $125 in cash for each share of Mellanox through a deal, which is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to approvals by...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Al Whitmore, president of intelligence and security sector for BAE Systems’ U.S. arm, with his second consecutive Wash100 award on Thursday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Whitmore for leading BAE to major contracts in R&D and adapting to the cloud and other emerging techn...
Anna Steinberg, a 17-year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), joined AbleVets, a health information technology services contractor based in Chantilly, Va., as vice president of growth. Steinberg will bring two decades of experience in the federal health market to focus on AbleVets™ growth strategy through business development, market ex...
