TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat urges the Defense Department to utilize commercial satellite communications technology to meet its wideband satcom requirements and reserve military-owned satcom platforms only for specialized missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. “Rather tha...
Weekly Roundup April 3 – April 7 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week the GovCon industry witnessed several large-scale mergers and acquisitions, as well as a number of executive moves in both the public and private sectors. Computer Sciences Corp....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) Executive Chairman Jack London has received the 2017 Distinguished Service Award from the Naval Historical Foundation during the National Maritime Awards Dinner, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday the award recognizes London’s ef...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” Battelle has partnered with Nanotherapeutics in efforts to research, develop, test and evaluate medical countermeasures for the U.S. military against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The team aims to address Defense Department requireme...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) will install Internet of Things technologies such as network-connected sensors at Maxwell Air Force Base to support operations and resources at the military facility, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will also perform proof-of-concept demonstrations of the &...
The State Department has cleared Kuwait™s request to procure construction services in support of the establishment of various facilities at the country™s Al Mubarak air base under a potential $319 million foreign military sales agreement. Kuwait requested engineering, design, infrastructure assessment, contract administratio...
Belcan, a portfolio company of private investment firm AE Industrial Partners, has agreed to buy Schafer Corp. from Metalmark Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount in a move to expand its technical and engineering service offerings. Both companies expect to complete the transaction in the second quarter of 2017, Belcan said ...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) AAI subsidiary and AASKI Technologies have won positions on a potential five-year, $900 million contract for field support and technical services to the U.S. Army‘s product office for tactical unmanned aircraft systems. Five bids were submitted to the Army Contracting Co...
Israel Aerospace Industries has secured contracts worth nearly $2 billion to provide two kinds of surface-to-air missile system to India. IAI said Thursday it will supply the India’s army with a medium-range surface-to-air missile under a contract valued at $1.6 billion as well as build a long-range variant of the...
Hologic (Nasdaq: HOLX) has won a potential 10-year, $721.1 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply radiology systems, accessories and training services to U.S. military branches and federal civilian agencies. DLA received 27 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acqu...
