A.I. Solutions has secured a potential $387.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support launch of NASA and agency-sponsored payloads aboard commercial expendable launch vehicles. NASA said Thursday the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support 3 contract includes launch site engineering, launch vehicl...
The U.S. Army has awarded four companies positions on a potential three-year, $47 million contract that covers organizational, administrative and technical personnel and equipment. The Defense Department said Wednesday contractors will provide staff and equipment to support theater combatant commands, theater special operati...
Canada has selected Airbus-built C-295 to serve as the next fixed-wing search-and-rescue aircraft and replace the country™s fleet of aging C-130s and Buffalo planes under a potential $2.3 billion contract, Defense News reported Wednesday. David Pugliese writes Harjit Sajjan, Canada™s defense minister, and Judy Foote, the co...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted a fifth straight gain to a new all-time record close Wednesday on strong performances by Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) and L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) as U.S. stocks also advanced with the S&P 500 at a record close. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered decliners by a 2-to-1 ratio and seven o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2016 ” Purdue University’s school of electrical and computer engineering presented Bill Varner, president of ManTech International‘s (Nasdaq: MANT) mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group, an alumni award for the electrical engineering field, GovCon Executive reported Friday. He received the a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2016 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has partnered with the U.S. Navy‘s Fleet Readiness Center Southwest to develop the design concept, space plan and operational specifications of a new calibration laboratory, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Primary Standards Laboratory will work to provide calibration services worldwid...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2016 ” Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM (NYSE: IBM), has been named by President-elect Donald Trump to be a member of the Strategic and Policy Forum, Executive Gov reported Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday Rometty will join 15 other business leaders on the forum to advise Trump on his efforts...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2016 ” Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has invested in several computer science education efforts in support of President Barack Obama’s Computer Science for All program and the company’s $300 million Diversity in Technology initiative, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday its inv...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2016 ” President Barack Obama intends to name Peter Altabef, Unisys (NYSE: UIS) president and CEO, as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Altabef will help advise the president on national security, cybersecurity, communications infrastr...
Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has agreed to purchase Newtown, Pennsylvania-based commercial aerospace and defense systems provider Teletronics Technology Corporation for $233 million. Curtiss-Wright said Wednesday the acquired data acquisition and comprehensive flight test instrumentation systems manufacturer will commence operations with...
