The U.S. Army has awarded 134 companies spots on the potential nine-year, $12.1B Information Technology Enterprise Solutions recompete contract for services. Army Contracting Command received 187 bids for the ITES-3 Services contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The contractors will compete for task orders under several areas: cybersec...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has wrapped up its purchase of Millennium Space Systems in a move that adds small satellite technologies to the Chicago-based aerospace contractor’s portfolio. El Segundo, Calif.-based Millennium Space Systems will operate as part of its parent company’s Phantom Works research-and-development unit, Boeing...
Jacobs Engineering Group™s (NYSE: JEC) technology business has won a potential eight-year, $241.7M contract to support operations at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installations in Jacksonville, Fla. The Defense Department said Tuesday services covered by the contract are port operations, facility investment, pest control, integrated soli...
AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has landed a spot on a five-year, $475M contract to support the U.S. Agency for International Development™s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment in efforts to build public financial management systems for developing countries. The company said Tuesday it will offer technical, advisory, training ...
Orbis Sibro, Q.E.D. Systems, Delphinus Engineering and Oceaneering International‘s (NYSE: OII) Chesapeake, Va. office will provide non-nuclear support for production efforts and repairs of U.S. Navy submarines under a shared potential five-year, $167M multiple-award contract. The companies will provide marine electrician, industrial fire watch...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $289M contract to provide 24 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and related equipment to the U.S. Army. Production of HIMARS launchers will occur at the company-operated Precision Fires Center of Excellence facility in Camden, Ark., Lockheed said Tuesday. Contract work is scheduled for co...
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory has received a potential 12-year, $563.5M contract extension to help NASA manage a space observatory built to detect X-ray emissions from outer space. SAO will continue to support Chandra X-ray Observatory system engineering, ground system development and maintenance; scientific research; outr...
NewSpring™s holding company has expanded its reach in the federal services market through its purchase of The Sentinel Company for an undisclosed amount. NewSpring Holdings said Thursday the acquisition led to the creation of its fourth government services platform, which will be led by Sentinel CEO Andy Maner. Maner said the acquisition will a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 24, 2018 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has said the company’s first-generation low-Earth-orbit communications satellites are scheduled to finish the deorbiting process within the first quarter of 2019, with 41 of 66 units in the constellation already removed, ExecutiveBiz reported...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 24, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is exploring multiple concepts for an aerial refueling plane as the company looks to bid on the U.S. Air Force‘s KC-Z tanker aircraft program, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Drive reported Thursday that Lockheed is preparing proposals to offer hybrid-wing and flyi...
