The FBI has issued a request for proposals on a potential seven-year, $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for consulting and engineering services for Microsoft-made (Nasdaq: MSFT) products at the bureau and other Justice Department components. A solicitation notice posted Wednesday on FedB...
Global communications services provider Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM) has signed a new agreement to be purchased and taken private by investment firm Siris Capital for $2 billion and terminate a previous $1.96 billion merger deal with Ottawa, Canada-based Mitel (Nasdaq: MITL) announced in April. Polycom said Friday i...
Carlos Kingston, former vice president of Qualis‘ missiles and space business, has been appointed to chief operating officer for the technical and engineering support services provider. The Huntsville, Alabama-based small business said Tuesday Kingston’s new role entails oversight and leadership of Qualis contra...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has secured a five-year, $504.3 million contract extension for in-service support to the Canadian air force’s fleet of C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. The company said Thursday it will continue to lead performance-based logistics for the operations, sustainment and maintenance of the 17-unit CC-13...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and United Technologies Corp.™s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary have received contracts from the U.S. Navy for lot 10 low-rate initial production of F-35 Lightning II aircraft and its F135 propulsion system. Pratt & Whitney secured a potential three-year, $1.5 billion contract modif...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Carley Corp. a potential five-year, $93 million contract to develop new curriculum for the training of aviation platform maintainers and operators. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers updates to existing curriculum and provision of related training materials to the service branch,...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a potential five-year, $63 million contract to Strategic Alliance Business Group to provide strategic planning advisory and assistance services. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will support strategic planning management activities of MDA’s Chief of Staff Directorate un...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index turned downward in late morning trade Thursday then traded in slight negative territory during the afternoon session as investors looked ahead to the June labor report due for release before markets open Friday. The GovCon Index fell 0.263 points to 79.557 with Boeing (NYSE: BA) and CSRA (NYSE: CS...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2016 ” A scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received NASA‘s Distinguished Public Service Medal for his work to advance space exploration programs, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Tom Krimigis has contributed to the Voyager, Cassini Saturn Orbiter, New Frontie...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2016 ” The U.K. government has cleared two Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35B fighter jets to participate in the Farnborough International Airshow and Royal International Air Tattoo, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Defense News reported Tuesday the two F-35 variants used by the U.S. Mar...
