The U.S. Army has issued a request for proposals for a combat vehicle program designed to address the capability gap in the service™s infantry brigade combat teams and operate alongside ground mobility and light reconnaissance vehicles within the IBCT structure. A FedBizOpps notice published Nov. 21 says the Mobile Protected Firepower program s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 22, 2017 ” BAE Systems has renamed its U.S. office in Saudi Arabia from “Land Services Arabia” to “BAE Systems Saudi America” with the aim to bolster industrial partnerships in the region, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Arab News reported Tuesday services and technologies available via the Sa...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmlXRAr0pvA ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 10, 2017) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit embark the amphibious assault USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). The ship, components of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting...
The General Services Administration has awarded 61 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $50 billion governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology products and services. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the award is for the unrestricted portion of the Alliant 2 GWAC that has a base term of five years and five...
Deltek has closed its $70 million cash acquisition of Onvia in a move to expand the delivery of public sector procurement data and market intelligence to government contractors. Deltek said Friday it will combine Onvia with its GovWin IQ market intelligence platform for GovCon companies through the transaction originally announce...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a one-year, $349.6 million contract renewal from the U.S. Air Force to continue to provide integrated logistics support services for the military branch’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System fleet. The company said Friday it will help the 116th and 461st air control wings sustain JSTARS ...
Weekly Roundup November 13 – November 17 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson In recent weeks the GovCon community has experienced significant M&A and restructuring activity. Notable transactions include: H.I.G.™s purchase of WBB for an un...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 16, 2017 ” A Concurrent Technologies Corp. joint venture with the University of Dayton Research Institute is working to support the U.S. Air Force‘s energy management and efficiency efforts as part of task orders worth $3 million combined, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Nov. 9 th...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzEXBPGKsgY The Synthetic Training Environment (STE) will revolutionize Army training to build readiness. Remarks by Gen. David Perkins, commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and Gen. Robert Abrams, commanding general of the U.S. Army Forces Command. The Combined Arms Center “ Trainin...
Lori Scherer, formerly deputy director of intelligence portfolios at Mitre, has been named VP of intelligence portfolios at the National Security Engineering Center, a federally funded research and development center the nonprofit company manages for the Defense Department. In her previous role, the more than 25-year company veteran w...
