West Coast, a Coos Bay, Oregon-based joint venture, has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $95 million to maintain, repair and build facilities at three U.S. Air Force sites in Nevada. The five-year contract under the Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements program provides for a range...
Kevin Mostek, formerly chief financial officer of Cognosante, has been named corporate development officer of the Falls Church, Virginia-based health information technology company. He will directly report to Cognosante CEO Michele Kang and oversee the company’s mergers and acquisitions strategy in this newly created position, the company said Thu...
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) plans to spin off its 81 percent ownership of VMware (NYSE: VMW) as part of efforts to simplify capital structures, strengthen its position in technology infrastructure and client markets and expand into hybrid cloud, 5G, edge and other growth areas. Dell Technologies said Wednesday it expects the spinoff to be complet...
The service chiefs of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy emphasized the role technology and data would play in joint efforts to transform warfighting across multiple domains at their meeting last week about the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept, Army News Service reported Tuesday. Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville...
Ian Walsh, president and CEO of Kaman, has succeeded Neal Keating as chairman of the board of directors at the Bloomfield, Connecticut-based aerospace company. Walsh has held the dual role since September 2020 and assumed board leadership responsibilities when Keating retired after more than 13 years of service, Kaman said Wednesday. Keating led the...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is looking for small businesses that can potentially provide development, testing and deployment support for counter-small unmanned aircraft system prototypes. AFRL said in a notice posted Wednesday that it plans to issue a potential six-year, $490.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with ta...
Dallas-based telecommunication company COMSovereign Holding (Nasdaq: COMS) has agreed to acquire signal processing technology developer Innovation Digital through an $8 million transaction both parties expect to close within a 10-day period. COMSovereign said Wednesday the deal would add signal processing tools and intellectual property to the vendo...
The White House is looking to proceed with an estimated $23 billion foreign military sale of F-35 aircraft and drones to the United Arab Emirates. “We can confirm that that the administration intends to move forward with these proposed defense sales to the UAE, even as we continue reviewing details and consulting with Emirati officials...
Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to launch an independent commercial company from its space business area to capitalize on potential opportunities presented by the opening of low Earth orbit to commercial space efforts, CNBC reported Wednesday. Sierra Space will be an SNC subsidiary and will focus on developing commercial space station and reusable vehicle...
Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential five-year, $71 million contract to provide data analysis assistance for the U.S. Space Force’s forecasting system for space weather phenomena. Perspecta said Wednesday it will provide updated technology to support the Space Weather Analysis and Forecast System’s analysis of sensor data on spac...
