An L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) division has landed a seven-year, $200 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to offer warfighter readiness and training research. L-3 Link Simulation and Training will research, develop, evaluate and validate training approaches, methods, tools and infrastructure, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Ai...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $61.7 million contract modification to support battlefield airborne communication node technology for the U.S. Air Force. The modification exercises an option on a previously awarded contract for BACN payload operations and support services, the Defense Department said Thursday. BACN i...
Harris (NYSE: HRS) subsidiary Exelis has received two contract modifications with a combined value of $73.5 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide system engineering and sustainment support for two radar systems. The Defense Department said Thursday the first modification requires mission assurance and other services for the&...
The GovCon Index had all of its Wednesday gains wiped out in Thursday trade with a sharp decline of 1.482 percent to 76.842 after a third-quarter revenue miss and guidance cut from government services contractor CACI International (NYSE: CACI). Arlington, Virginia-based CACI brought down the high ends of both its full-year earnings and revenue ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2016 ” Mitre has partnered with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute to provide subject matter expertise on defense, national security and cybersecurity issues to the U.S. and Australian governments, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The alliance will cover support for strategic assessment, s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2016 ” Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has conducted a 30-day test of the endurance of an unmanned undersea vehicle its Undersea Solutions Group subsidiary built in partnership with Battelle, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. HII said Tuesday the team checked the Proteus UUV’s autonomous beh...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2016 ” The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has picked Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Honeywell (NYSE: HON), SRI International, QinetiQ, Pratt & Miller, Carnegie Mellon University and Southwest Research Institute for its Ground X-Vehicle Technology program, ExecutiveBiz reported We...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2016 ” Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Vencore, has said the company’s position on the $25 million Agile Delivery Services blanket purchase agreement works to support its efforts to deliver software development services based on agile practices, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Tu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2016 ” Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of the space systems business at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), believes the integration of defense and commercial systems works to support the future space requirements of government, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Ambrose told Space News in an interview p...
Arlington, Virginia-based government services contractor CACI International (NYSE: CACI) narrowed revenue forecasts for its 2016 fiscal year on delays to contract awards as some bookings arrived late in its third fiscal quarter that ended in March, CEO Ken Asbury told investors Thursday. As GovCon Wire reported Wednesday, CACI cut the high end of it...
