Canada-based communications services company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has agreed to acquire Earth imaging services provider DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) in an estimated $3.6 billion transaction to expand MDA’s footprint in the global satellite imagery market. MDA said Friday it will pay $2.4 billion in cash-and-...
MBDA has received a potential $183 million contract from the U.K. and France to update the two countries™ air-launched missile systems. The contract covers modernization work on the Royal Air Force™s Storm Shadow and France™s SCALP missiles, the U.K. government said in a news release published Wednesday. Harriett Baldwin, British ...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 12 companies spots on a pair of contracts worth up to $925 million combined over 10 years for lifecycle support and analysis of cryptographic and information assurance platforms. Seven firms will vie for materiel solutions analysis, technology maturation and risk reduction, engineering and...
Eight companies have received contracts worth a combined $17 million to help NASA advance small launch and space vehicle technologies under the second round of the agency’s Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies program. NASA said Thursday each contract contains a performa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 22, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will produce laser-guided training rounds for Poland’s military under a $1.9 million contract from Megmar Logistics and Consulting, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. This is Poland’s first procurement of the Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds under the F-16 Block 52...
Reston, Va.-based government technology services contractor STG Group has agreed to acquire software engineering and computing provider Preferred Systems Solutions for $119 million in a push to add new footprints in the intelligence community and other national security agencies. STG said Tuesday it expects to close the transaction by th...
BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has acquired Dayton, Ohio-based engineering company IAP Research to support programs focused on the development and production of weapon systems. IAP Research has supported BAE Systems Inc.’s work to build electromagnetic railguns for more than 10 years as a subcontractor, BAE said Tuesday. Erw...
Harris (NYSE: HRS) has secured a two-year, $189 million contract to build an integrated battle management system for the United Arab Emirates’ military. The contract was booked during the company’s fiscal 2017 first quarter under the Emirates Command and Control System Land Tactical System program that aims to integra...
Jeffrey Harris, a 40-year national security professional, and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Yakovac have been elected to the board of directors of Concurrent Technologies Corp. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and CEO and vice chairman of the board, said in a statement released Friday he expects Harris and Yakovac to bring to the board their...
Weekly Roundup February 13 – February 17 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson As part of the continuing rollout of our 2017 Wash100 class, this week we want to highlight a select group of executives who continually shape the government contracting arena™...
