Cubic has been awarded $44 million in contracts to provide tactical engagement simulation systems to the U.S. Army for use in training exercise scenarios. The company said Monday it will produce instrumentable-multiple integrated laser engagement system individual weapon systems for the Army™s program executive office for simulation, train...
Feb. 16 – Feb. 19 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Over the past two weeks here, we have taken different looks at Executive Mosaic’s 2016 Wash100 list of the government contracting arena’s most influential voices and pulled out some simi...
The GovCon Index barely held positive territory in a narrow final hour of trade Thursday to record a nominal gain of 0.041 points to 71.389 Thursday and remain in a correction for the seventh consecutive day, or 10 percent down from its most recent high on Dec. 1. ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) rose 1.48 percent after...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has received a $12 million contract to provide Falcon III tactical handheld and vehicular radios and intercom systems to the Philippine army, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the contract covers the RF-7800V and RF-7800V VHF combat net radios and RF-7800I i...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has withdrawn a lawsuit it filed in federal court to challenge the U.S. Army‘s selection of Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) for the $6.75 billion Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes that John Kent, a Lockheed spokesman, told R...
Progeny Systems has won a $54.7 million contract to develop and test the General Dynamics-developed (NYSE: GD) payload or tactical control system of the U.S. Navy™s AN/BYG-1 submarine combat control system. The Defense Department said Wednesday Progeny will work on the system installed on new and existing Navy submarines and joint pro...
Three companies have been awarded spots on a potential five-year, $2.6 billion contract to perform maintenance, repair and modernization work on U.S. Navy surface combatant and amphibious warfare vessels. BAE Systems, General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary and Marine Hydraulics International will help maintain six c...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has asked industry to submit technical proposals for the construction of a command-and-control facility that will house the Army Cyber Command and an operations facility for the cyber protection team in Fort Gordon, Georgia. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday it plans to award up...
Gregg Einfalt, former president of ASRC Federal‘s engineering and aerospace operating group, has joined Reston, Virginia-based government services contractor Lentech as president. Einfalt will oversee Lentech’s efforts to grow its footprint in the civil and defense engineering and technical markets, the company said Feb. 1. “G...
The GovCon Index rebounded on oil price recoveries and investor confidence Friday at a gain of 0.547 points to 69.294 but remain below the 70-point barrier for a second consecutive close. The Index posted a loss of 2 percent for the week and is down 10.62 percent from the start of the year. CSRA‘s (NYSE:...
