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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has released the final request for proposals for a potential five-year, $850 million contract for analytical and technical support services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says DARPA intends to award a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that has a base performance period...
Greg Pelton, former chief technology officer and vice president for infrastructure engineering at Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM), has rejoined Avaya (NYSE: AVYA) as VP for technology strategy at the Santa Clara, California-based communications technology company. Avaya said Wednesday Pelton will help shape a technology strategy as part of the company’...
A new study by RAND Corp. has found that bid protests that defense contractors filed with the Government Accountability Office do not hamper the Defense Department™s procurement process for weapons and services, Bloomberg reported Thursday. RAND™s National Defense Research Institute carried out the congressionally mandated study and f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2018 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) and the First Responder Network Authority have unveiled that 50 U.S. states, two territories and Washington, D.C., have opted in for the deployment of a national public safety broadband network, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Friday the FirstNet network will serve to fac...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2018 ” DynCorp International will provide aviation field maintenance services for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command and the Netherlands under a $17.4 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Thursday work locations will be across Afghanistan, Egypt, G...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2018 ” A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) unit will support the production and sustainment of a control system used to manage telemetry, tracking and the operations of military communication satellites as part of a $13.9 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense...
Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business has received a $193.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture additional Small Diameter Bombs for six foreign military sales customers. The modification covers the procurement of 6,000 more SDB Increment 1 all-up-rounds under the company’s basic in...
Vivek Lall, a more than two-decade aerospace industry veteran, has joined Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) as vice president for strategy and business development, Press Trust of India reported Wednesday. Lall previously was chief executive of U.S. and international strategic development at General Atomics for three years. Before that, he...
Talks of a potential combination between Chicago-based Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Embraer have not addressed questions such as the possibility of a joint venture and control over the Brazil-based aircraft manufacturer, Reuters reported Tuesday. Sources told Reuters that a potential JV might not be an effective measure to meet Boeing™s interest ...
The U.S. government has moved to advance the sale of 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft, weapons and related equipment to Nigeria, DefenceWeb reported Tuesday. Stuart Symington, U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, presented on Dec. 27 a letter of offer and acceptance to Sadique Abubakar, head of the Nigerian air force, in order to facilita...
