KBR has received a five-year, $82 million recompete task order from the U.S. Air Force to continue providing sustainment services for the Oklahoma-based office responsible for maintaining the B-52 Stratofortress bomber fleet. The company said Thursday the cost-plus-fixed-fee award from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will support the B-5...
Pittsburgh-based Michael Baker International has purchased Athens, Georgia-headquartered logistics and disaster response firm MLU Services for an undisclosed sum and will operate the acquired business as part of Tidal Basin Group. Michael Baker said Thursday the transaction will expand its emergency management, disaster response, program management ...
Beacon Global Strategies has appointed technology leaders Divyansh Kaushik and Ben Schramm as vice presidents to offer insights to the strategic advisory firm’s global technology policy practice and national security tech practice, respectively. Beacon said Thursday Kaushik brings to the role his experience in national security and artificial inte...
Naval Supply Systems Command has released a draft solicitation for the second iteration of its multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that provides logistics support services to expeditionary forces worldwide. The Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract 2.0 procurement vehicle, valued at approximately $1.4 billion, ...
Daniel Gittsovich has transitioned to the role of vice president of investor relations and corporate development at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), according to his LinkedIn announcement on Thursday. Gittsovich most recently worked as VP of corporate strategy and development at the Melbourne, Florida-headquartered defense contracting company. In ...
BAE Systems has secured a $95 million contract to equip the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft with electronic warfare advanced countermeasure pods to protect against missile threats. The pods will provide the maritime patrol plane with early threat detection and countermeasures to detect and counter incoming threats and...
Dave Bassett, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined Thales Defense & Security as a proxy holder and member of the company’s board of directors. Bassett brings to the board over three decades of military experience, including 20 years as a member of the Army Acquisition Corps, where he helped manage key programs such...
The State Department has cleared Taiwan’s request to buy standard and nonstandard spare and repair parts and related equipment and services for F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. government under two foreign military sales agreements worth $300 million combined. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday the FMS deals also cover F-16 ...
Jennifer Kauffman, most recently chief operating officer of CyberCore Technologies, will transition to the role of CEO after multinational information technology company HP (NYSE: HPQ) completed its acquisition of the Maryland-based secure supply chain management and cybersecurity services provider. In a LinkedIn post published Tuesday, CyberCore sa...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded VetTech a potential $347.7 million contract for financial management and strategic planning, accounting and cost estimating and analysis support services. The Department of Defense said Tuesday MDA competed the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an online solicitation and received two offers for the procureme...
