TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 11, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has named Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a partner in its effort to develop a missile-detection platform for the U.S. Air Force that would succeed the current Space Based Infrared System satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Raytheon said Wednesday it will help design the payloa...
Textron (NYSE: TXT) closed its acquisition of Waterboro, Maine-based robotic ground vehicle maker Howe & Howe Technologies on Dec. 17, Defense News reported Thursday. Textron announced its intent to buy Howe & Howe in October 2018 in a push to expand its autonomous technology offerings across land, air and maritime d...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential four-year, $86.2M contract to provide support services for a radar system the U.S. Army uses in tactical reconnaissance missions. The company will support the military branch’s Starlite system through Jan. 31, 2023, under the hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract,&nb...
Fourteen companies will vie for up to $41.4M in task orders to transport air cargo for U.S. Transportation Command as part of option year 1 modifications under an indefinite–delivery/indefinite–quantity contract. Work is scheduled to commence on Feb. 1 and will continue through Jan. 31, 2020, the Department of Defense said Thursday....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 10, 2018 — Premier (Nasdaq: PINC), a North Carolina-based health care company, has found that patients who experience an opioid overdose account for an estimated $11.3B in total annual costs at U.S. hospitals, with 66 percent of those patients covered under the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs, Ex...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 10, 2018 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has indicated the possibility that the company will launch the six ground spare satellites in the Iridium NEXT constellation if there is an opportunity for a rideshare mission, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Space News reported Jan. 3 that Northrop Gr...
Online learning services company Vector Solutions has acquired CrewSense in a move to add shift scheduling and workforce management software offerings for government clients. Vector said Tuesday its public sector business will offer CrewSense’s scheduling platform under the TargetSolutions brand. CrewSense designed its software to support...
Shelly Gabersek, formerly senior portfolio and program manager at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined BAE Systems as strategic capture director for the British defense contractor’s U.S. subsidiary, G2Xchange ETC reported Wednesday. She previously managed Leidos’ portfolio of information and security technology progra...
Federal contract spending has increased by 5.8 percent per year in the past five fiscal years driven by agencies™ rising use of simplified acquisition procedures and governmentwide procurement contracts, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. Contract spending in FY 2018 reached $560B, according to the report. Federal agencies obligated $15B ...
Dan Chaddock, vice president of digital labs at Navy Federal Credit Union, has been appointed a member of TransUnion’s (NYSE: TRU) public sector advisory board. He joins the credit reporting agency’s board that offers insight and perspective on various requirements of federal, state, local and education sectors, TransUnion said Wednesday...
