TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 21, 2018 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) Board Member William Scott Wallace, a retired U.S. Army general, has received recognition as a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday Wallace, who has served on the board of directors since 2009,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 21, 2018 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) is set to invest $28.5 million to open a new manufacturing facility for military equipment in South Carolina to add to its existing campus in Charleston, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Post and Courier reported Friday the Berkeley County ...
The State Department has approved a potential $100 million foreign military sale of Kvichak-built fast patrol boats to Kuwait. Washington-based Kvichak is a subsidiary of Vigor Industrial and will serve as the prime contractor under the 15-boat FMS deal, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday. Kuwait also ordered 30...
NASA has awarded Akima Support Operations a potential $131.7 million contract to help manage and maintain the space agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The Facilities Operations and Maintenance Services III contract is structured as an 8(a) small business set-aside acquisition with the period of performance slated to be...
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has agreed to buy Siemens™ Dresser-Rand government business through a $212.5 million cash transaction. Curtiss-Wright said Tuesday it will operate Dresser-Rand as part of its power segment and expects to close the acquisition in April, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. “T...
The State Department has approved the Dutch government™s request to procure from the U.S. government equipment and services to support upgrades to AH-64D Block II Apache attack helicopters under a potential $1.2 billion foreign military sales agreement. Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as principal con...
Japan plans to purchase over 20 additional Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35A fighter jets from the U.S. in the next six years, Reuters reported Tuesday. Sources said the East Asian country may directly procure F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant from the U.S. for approximately $100 million each through a transaction that could ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 20, 2018 ” Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) investment arm and partner WestRiver Group have led the Series B funding round for digital educational program provider Singularity University, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday its HorizonX Ventures unit’s investment aims to facilitate custo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 20, 2018 ” Mitre has named five people from industry, academia and the public sector as fellows to help the nonprofit organization address challenges in the areas of national defense, cybersecurity and health, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The Visiting Fellows Program now includes Ashton Carter, board member of ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 20, 2018 ” A General Atomics business unit has provided its Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant battery technology to power the Dry Combat Submersible platform that Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is building for the U.S. Special Operations Command, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Lockheed awarded a contract to...
