TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 2, 2018 ” BAE Systems will conduct a demonstration of its target seeker technology for the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program as part of a $13.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday BAER...
Giovanna “Gio” Patterson, most recently vice president for Booz Allen Hamilton‘s (NYSE: BAH) health business at the National Institutes of Health, passed away Sunday at the age of 53, GovCon Wire has learned. She played a key role in the development of the business unit’s analytics growth platform as well as the integrat...
The U.S. Air Force has issued a final request for proposals for multiple contracts to develop and launch rockets that would carry five national security payloads into space. Selected contractors will produce an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle and carry out mission integration and launch operations, the service branch said Wednesday. Payl...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has signed a deal with Boston Properties to transfer its headquarters to a new office building in Reston Town Center in Virginia as part of plans to consolidate operations from two buildings into one facility. Leidos said Tuesday construction work on the new HQ will start by spring of 2018 and that...
Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a potential $60 million task order to provide enterprise-level program management services to the Customs and Border Protection‘s office of information technology. ACT I said Thursday the order covers finance, acquisition, wireless systems support, asset management, investm...
Andover, Massachusetts-based Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has wrapped up its $180 million cash purchase of Fremont, California-based ruggedized computing products manufacturer Themis Computer. Mercury first announced the deal in December and the company said Thursday it financed the transaction with funds under its existing revolvin...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA), AAR Corp.‘s (NYSE: AIR) aircraft services business and StandardAero contracts worth up to $268.7 million combined to support maintenance and repair of the service branch’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. All three contractors can vie for individual task or...
Alan Dietrich, formerly deputy group manager for Alion Science and Technology™s digital solutions group, has been appointed senior vice president and manager of the firm™s rapid solutions group. Dietrich will oversee the McLean, Virginia-based technology services contractor™s systems integration and engineering operations as well...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a two-year, $195 million contract modification to produce additional tail kits for the service branch’s Joint Direct Attack Munitions. The modification will increase the cumulative face value of a previously awarded JDAM tail kit production contract to nearly $927.5 mill...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2018 ” PAE will perform work under the U.S. Air Force‘s Contract Field Teams program as part of a $50 million task order for flight line, flight management and aviation maintenance support services, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will support activities...
