Astra has agreed to acquire Apollo Fusion for approximately $145 million as part of efforts to expand its space launch services to medium-Earth, geosynchronous and lunar orbits. “In addition to increasing Astra’s total addressable market for launch services, the acquisition of Apollo Fusion accelerates Astra’s ability to efficiently deliver an...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) received U.S. antitrust approval to proceed with its proposed acquisition of Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN), a Burlington, Massachusetts-based artificial intelligence and speech recognition company, Reuters reported Friday. The deadline for the U.S. government to oppose the transaction expired on June 1 and the expirat...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $470.7 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide checkpoint screening equipment deployment services. TSA announced the contract award in a notice posted Thursday on the SAM website. The overall scope of work includes surveys, design support, on-site coordinatio...
BigBear.ai has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company GigCapital4 (Nasdaq: GIG) in a deal that will take the Columbia, Maryland-based data analytics company public with an enterprise value of approximately $1.57 billion. Both parties expect to complete the transaction in the third quarter of 2021 and Reggie Brothers, CEO of BigBear...
Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary has unveiled its proposal for the U.S. Army’s competition that seeks a ground-based weapon system to defend against unmanned aircraft and cruise missile threats. Dynetics said Thursday its Enduring Shield offering in the service branch’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 progra...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has agreed to buy Halfaker and Associates for approximately $250 million in cash to expand its portfolio of health information technology offerings. SAIC said Thursday it will use its existing cash on hand and incremental debt to fund the acquisition that is expected to conclude by the end of...
The White House on Tuesday issued a memo calling on business leaders to initiate immediate measures to protect their organizations from ransomware attacks, CNBC reported Wednesday. “All organizations must recognize that no company is safe from being targeted by ransomware, regardless of size or location,” Anne Neuberger, deputy national security...
The Department of Energy has started its bid solicitation process for a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract for management and operation services at a radioactive waste disposal facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico. DOE said Thursday it will conduct a full and open competition for the cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Was...
The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy 29 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, built by Boeing (NYSE: BA), along with associated equipment and support services under a potential $3.5 billion foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The transaction also includes 29 Modernized Target Acquisition Designation S...
Oshkosh’s (NYSE: OSK) defense arm has won a potential six-year, $942.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to build and deploy a medium caliber weapon system for the Stryker armored fighting vehicle. Army Contracting Command received three offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract and expects work to conclude on June 2, 2027, t...
