Kiewit, an Omaha, Nebraska-based engineering and construction company, was awarded a $136.6 million U.S. Army firm-fixed-price contract to work on a Congress-authorized plan to restore the Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida. The Department of Defense said Tuesday Kiewit Infrastructure South will perform work in Fort Pierce, Florida, for the Co...
Seven companies have secured positions on a potential five-year, $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy for construction work primarily within the area of operations of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast. Gilbane Federal, Hensel Phelps Construction, The Korte Co., Mortenson Construction, ...
Kyndryl, an independent managed infrastructure services provider spinning out of IBM (NYSE: IBM), has named CEO Martin Schroeter, Stephen Hester, former CEO of RSA Insurance Group, and eight other business leaders to the board of directors. Schroeter, former senior vice president of global markets at IBM, will serve as board chairman and Hester will...
Jackie Fendrock, a cybersecurity executive at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business, has been appointed to serve as the head of the subsidiary’s office in Huntsville, Alabama, in addition to her current role as the managing director of cybersecurity for the safety and citizen services portfolio. Accenture Federal Services said Fe...
Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has agreed to acquire Avalex Technologies for an undisclosed sum to expand its display offerings and mission processing capabilities and scale its avionics and mission systems business. Andover, Massachusetts-based Mercury said Monday it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of its 2022 fiscal year. Av...
OneWeb has finalized its purchase of TrustComm in a transaction that will make the latter a wholly owned subsidiary focused on delivering managed satellite communications services to government customers. The subsidiary will operate as OneWeb Technologies led by former TrustComm CEO Bob Roe and will provide satellite connectivity to the Five ...
The U.S. Air Force has started its process of soliciting bids for the second iteration of a contract vehicle for support work on the branch’s information network, according to a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov. The Integrated Air Force Network Operations and Services-2 contract has a ceiling value of $329 million and is reserved for...
Elbit Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received a $54 million order to produce binocular night vision devices for the U.S. Army, as part of a potential $442 million “other transaction authority” contract. The military branch procured an undisclosed number of Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular units, spare parts and test equipment from Elbi...
The U.S. Navy reawarded five positions on a $151 million contract for the life cycle support of information technology systems at Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command. AttainX, Chitra Productions, SV Synergies, OSCTech and Stellar Innovations and Solutions now hold spots on the 66-month indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract after ...
An industry team led by Serco Group‘s U.S. subsidiary has completed conceptual design work for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that aims to build and demonstrate an unmanned surface vessel capable of long-duration autonomous operations at sea. DARPA downselected Serco Inc.’s Voyager team to move into the preliminary d...
