The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a $77.3 million contract option for the low-rate initial production of lot 4 Small Diameter Bomb II munitions. Raytheon’s missile systems business will manufacture 570 SDB II units along with 524 single and dual weapon containers under the exercised option, the&n...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has agreed to acquire Greenbelt, Maryland-based government technology services contractor Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its high-tech professional service offerings for NASA and other federal agencies. “SGT is a great company with very talented people and is the right fit for us as w...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2nDLiCr5do The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) conducts operations while deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in Europe and the Middle East as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. The Iwo Jima ARG embarks the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit a...
Weekly Roundup February 19 – February 23, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes Significant Contract Activity This Month and The Wash100 Vote Continues Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO The Wash100 popular vote continues this week, if you have yet to place a vote, you can visit theWash100 voting page and vote ...
Jason Aiken, CFO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has said the acquisition of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will help the Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor compete in the government IT services market, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. “In a consolidating market, our thesis is that you either have to consolidate ...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems business has secured a $148.9 million contract modification to supply parts for the U.S. Army‘s Stryker ground combat vehicles. The Defense Department said Friday that GDLS will perform work under the modified contract through Feb. 28, 2019. Stryker medium-weight vehicles...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebii1JXmD_A During Exercise Iron Fist U.S. Marines train with Japanese service members to improve their combined capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Matthew B. Teutsch)...
Weekly Roundup February 12 – February 16, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes The Current Top 5 GovCon Executives of Consequence Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO We™re three weeks into the 5th annual Wash100 season and the voting turn out has been fantastic! The popular vote will be...
Arlington Capital Partners has purchased Chantilly, Virginia-based systems engineering and technical analysis services provider Integrity Applications Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The Washington-based private equity firm said Wednesday it plans to merge IAI with human intelligence platforms provider Xebec that Arlington Capital acquired in 2017...
Craig Mueller, formerly director of federal civilian sales at FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), has been promoted to vice president of federal sales at the California-based security company, Homeland Security Today reported Wednesday. The report said Mueller will aim to identify, expand and implement FireEye’s federal government sales strategy in his ne...
