The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a five-year, $200.2M contract to supply M982A1 Excalibur Ib containerized shells that are designed to engage land targets in a combat environment. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. The service b...
Excella has received a potential $292M blanket purchase agreement to provide software development and DevOps support services for the Office of Personnel Management. The company said Tuesday the BPA has one base year, followed by four options, and includes systems analysis and architecture; development; enhancement, systems testing and maintenance; ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) received a potential two-year, $132.3M contract to help integrate counter-missile systems onto aircraft for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army as well as the governments of Norway and U.K. under the foreign military sales program. The undefinitized contract action covers the procurement of Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure...
Unisys (NYSE: UIS) has secured a potential three-year, $76M contract to help the U.S. Air Force manage laptop and desktop computers and mobile devices. The company said Tuesday it will provide digital workplace services in an effort to simplify information technology and device management processes at eight USAF installations as part of the Enterpri...
Four companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $124.5M contract to provide close air support to the specialized and proven aircraft program office within Naval Air Systems Command. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide and operate geographically distributed regional aviation training platforms to support air operations, the De...
Assured Information Security has won a potential seven-year, $93.6M contract to develop software baselines for the U.S. Air Force’s Virtualized Intelligence Platform Engineering and Research program. AIS will help the Air Force Research Laboratory prototype, integrate, test, demonstrate, update, deploy and sustain VIPER tools as part of the in...
Gulf Island Shipyards has been awarded $128.5M in contract options to build two towing, salvage and rescue ships for the U.S. Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command will use fiscal 2016, 2018 and 2019 shipbuilding funds to cover the full obligated amount for the shipbuilding projects, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. The company aims to...
Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), has said the federal government should make contributions across data, computing infrastructure and training areas in order to harness the potential of artificial intelligence. Robbins wrote the U.S. government should train engineers in data science a...
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has acquired a General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business that offered a 9-1-1 emergency communications system to state and local government clients. Comtech said Monday it added 60 employees as a result of the Next Generation 911 acquisition from General Dynamics’ information technology segment and secured ...
A new report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Boeing™s (NYSE: GD) defense, space and security business recorded $6.6B in sales for the first quarter of 2029, reflecting a 2 percent rise from the prior year period. Jim McAleese, founder and principal of McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 winner, wrote the BDS segm...
