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BAE Systems has received two orders worth a combined $97 million to supply night vision goggles and thermal weapon sights to the U.S. Army. Both orders fall under a five-year, $434 million contract the service branch awarded in 2015 under the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III and Family of Weapon Sight-Individual program, BAE said Thursday. Mar...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2018 ” Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of Hortonworks‘ (Nasdaq: HDP) U.S. public sector business, has said enterprise open source software will help build on federal agencies’ efforts to update their information technology infrastructure due to key benefits, ExecutiveBiz reported. He wrote in a GCN gues...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2018 ” Unisys (NYSE: UIS) will work to deliver a new biometric matching technology for traveler screening and border clearance under an estimated $35 million contract from Australia’s department of home affairs, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday its Australian business will desig...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2018 ” A Cubic (NYSE: CUB) whitepaper has urged public transit authorities to help drive the development of mobility-as-a-service technologies in order to address congestion, safety, security and other challenges in cities, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Cubic Transportation Systems...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2018 ” The Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft has achieved initial operational capability with the Australian air force, whose Number 11 Squadron operates the fleet from its base in South Australia, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The air force said the fleet attained ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2018 ” Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has cleared Andy Bryant, chairman of the board of directors, for re-election to serve another term through 2019 in efforts to ensure continuity of leadership, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Bryant is also anticipated to support the integration of new board...
Black Box (Nasdaq: BBOX) has secured a potential five-year, $166 million task order contract to help the U.S. Army modernize its communications infrastructure in Southwest Asia. The company said Tuesday it will update the service branch’s Unified Capability Sets for Outside Plant, Inside Plant and Data Center systems under the contract. J...
John Pereira, intelligence industry leader for defense and intelligence at IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) global business services unit, has been named an intelligence community fellow at the IBM Center for The Business of Government. IBM said TuesdayPereira will lead the center’s thought leadership activity related to the government intel...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has increased the value of its proposal to acquire CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) from $40.75 per share to $41.25 per share, or approximately $6.9 billion in cash, under an amended merger agreement. General Dynamics said Tuesday it will also assume $2.8 billion in net debt from the Falls Church, Virginia-based government IT...
The U.S. Navy has awarded four companies spots on a potential five-year, $210.7 million contract to support the military branch’s program executive office for weapons systems. Task orders cover work to manage programs, acquisition, finance, government-furnished items, data, risk, security and operational functions, the Defense Department ...
