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...
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. has received a potential five-year, $121 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Missile Defense Agency for weapon system-related research, development and engineering efforts. The nonprofit organization at Georgia Institute of Technology will conduct R&D work focused on airborne-base...
The House on Thursday voted 316-113 to pass a $777.9 billion defense policy bill that would increase service members’ salary by 2.7 percent and fund 13 additional combat ships, The Wall Street Journal reported. The proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022 reflects a 5 percent increase, or approximately $37.5 billion, in def...
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected 10 companies to support general construction projects at two U.S. Marine Corps installations in North Carolina under a five-year, $249 million contract. Contractors can compete for task orders to design, build, renovate, modify and repair facilities at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marin...
