Sixteen companies will continue to compete for individual orders to deliver information technology products and related incidental services to defense and federal civilian agencies under a U.S. Army firm-fixed-price contract worth $2.5 billion over two and half years. All 16 awardees hold prime positions on the Army’s Information Technology En...
Semiconductor company Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has received final clearance from the U.K. government to acquire multicloud services provider VMware (NYSE: VMW) and expects to close the transaction by the end of October. Broadcom said Monday it is in the advanced phases of the process of securing the remaining regulatory approvals before Oct. 30. In M...
Dewey Jones, former vice president and federal market business line leader at AECOM (NYSE: ACM), has joined Michael Baker International as national market lead of federal civilian programs. He brings three decades of industry experience to Michael Baker International and will oversee client relationships in the federal civilian sector, the engi...
The State Department has approved Australia’s request to procure up to 22 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers and related equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $975 million foreign military sale agreement. The proposed FMS transaction includes unitary and alternative warhead missile pods for the Guided Multiple ...
BAE Systems has agreed to acquire Ball’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business for approximately $5.55 billion as part of efforts to accelerate the British defense contractor’s space market strategy and expand its technology offerings for the U.S. government. “This marquee acquisition would advance our company’s position in some of the fastest...
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of Management and Budget have issued a memorandum outlining the current administration’s research and development priorities to guide federal agencies as they formulate their budget submissions for fiscal year 2025. One of the multiagency R&D priorities is advancing trustwo...
Melissa Logsdon, former chief people officer at IronNet Cybersecurity, has been appointed chief human resources officer at MAG Aerospace. The company said Wednesday that it is banking on Logsdon’s more than 20-year experience in HR to drive recruitment and talent development of its employees. She held an eight-year tenure at IronNet and was pr...
Dan Abernathy, a two-decade government market veteran, has been named vice president and general manager of federal civilian at technology services provider Zolon Tech. The Herndon, Virginia-based company announced Abernathy’s appointment Wednesday on LinkedIn and said he brings to the role leadership, sales, marketing and business development...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will provide F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program management, nonrecurring requirements and training support for the government of Germany under a potential $622.4 million contract with the U.S. Navy. Work on the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will occur in Texas, Florida and South Carolina through December 2027, the Departmen...
Andrew Campbell was elevated to the role of vice president of business development at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) Australian business arm, where he recently served as director of capture operations. He will be responsible for driving in-country business pursuits through oversight of capture and business development professionals, Leidos Australia sai...
