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Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been awarded a potential five-year, $170 million contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency conduct outreach, research and training efforts as part of DTRA’s cooperative biological engagement and threat reduction programs. The company said Wednesday it will support both programs throug...
Gary Rosholt, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and former U.S. Special Operations Command Central deputy commanding general, has joined L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) as vice president for Middle East operations. He will be oversee L3’s business across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other locations in the Middle East an...
Six companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $48 million contract to provide temporary physician staffing services to the U.S. Army. The Army Medical Command received 14 bids for the shared firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation and will provide funds and performance locations upon the issuance of...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has secured a potential $119 million contract to help the U.S. Army develop 120-millimeter ammunition for the Abrams Main Battle Tank. The company said Wednesday it will support the development and qualification of the service branch’s Advanced Multi-Purpose round over a 30-month period under the...
Italy-based defense and aerospace conglomerate Leonardo has designated its U.S. subsidiary DRS as prime contractor for an industry team that will bid on the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X fighter pilot trainer contract. DRS said Wednesday it will collaborate with CAE USA and International Turbine Engine Company&nb...
Textron™s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $423 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver 25 lot 14 AH-1Z aircraft in support of the U.S. Marine Corps™ H-1 upgrade program. The company will perform work in Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas, through Februar...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded lower Wednesday on declines by services-oriented contractors as U.S. stocks traded in narrow range with financial shares the main laggards and crude oil prices again a focal point of investor attention. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered decliners by a 4-to-1 ratio as three of its 11 S&P 500 c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has signed a three-year enterprise agreement with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) that will allow the former to migrate its workload to the latter’s Azure Government cloud platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Falls Church, Virginia-based information technology contractor ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” Japan’s meteorological agency has released the first photo captured by the Harris-built (NYSE: HRS) imager onboard the country’s Himawari-9 weather satellite, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Advanced Himawari Imager is equipped with 11 additional spectral bands and a higher resolut...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has partnered with several Dubai-based government and commercial organizations to explore the use of blockchain technology for trade finance and logistics, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the blockchain platform will utilize Hyperledger Fabric and IBM Cloud&...
