Chris Young, a 26-year veteran of Austal, has been elevated to the vice president of production operations role at the Australian shipbuilder’s U.S. subsidiary. He has supported design-build efforts at Austal USA for the construction of Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship and Expeditionary Fast Transport vessels over the course of his ca...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has posted a draft solicitation for a potential $116 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to address information technology requirements of the U.S. European Command and Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic. A presolicitation notice posted Wednesday states that USEUCOM and NIWC Atlantic...
President Joe Biden has extended a national emergency issued by the previous administration in 2019 to secure the U.S. information and communications technology and services supply chain. In a message to Congress, Biden said the unrestricted acquisition and use of ICT technology and services from foreign manufacturers and suppliers continue to threa...
Aaron Tyler, former chief technology officer at the White House Communications Agency, has joined General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business as solutions architect. Garrett Yee, vice president and general manager of GDIT’s Army sector, announced Tyler’s appointment in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Tyler is a ...
The General Services Administration has released a solicitation inviting companies holding spots on the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Energy Savings Performance Contract vehicle to express their interest in competing for task orders under the IDIQ contract as part of the seventh round of the National Deep Energy Retrofit Program in GSA Reg...
Brad Barnard, a 25-year defense market veteran, has been appointed vice president and general manager of the land systems division at Saab‘s U.S. subsidiary. His industry career encompasses work across program management, strategy, business development and operations research functions, Saab Inc. said Tuesday in a LinkedIn post. Barnard most r...
V2X (NYSE: VVX) reported $943.5 million in revenue during the first quarter of 2023, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 12 percent on a pro forma basis. The company said Tuesday it ended the quarter with a total backlog of $11.8 billion, of which $2.6 billion was funded. “Revenue growth in the quarter was generated by...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) have secured other transaction prototype agreement modifications to extend the companies’ technology development services under the Missile Defense Agency’s Glide Phase Interceptor program. The additional funds would allow the contractors to fine-tune GPI concepts, as par...
Jacobs (NYSE: J) will spin off its critical mission solutions business into an independent company focused on providing applied science research, technical consulting, program management, training and intelligent asset management support services for federal government customers. Steve Arnette, executive vice president and president of CMS business ...
The U.K. government has approved the planned merger between Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) and British satellite services provider Inmarsat following the completion of an in-depth review. In November 2021, Viasat agreed to acquire Inmarsat in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion as part of efforts to provide a global hybrid netwo...
