Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has agreed to purchase Torrance, California-based defense systems integrator Physical Optics Corp. for approximately $310M in cash to expand the former's global avionics and missions systems portfolio. Mark Aslett, president and CEO of Mercury, said the deal would expand platform and mission management content on ...
Cobham Mission Systems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to equip new F/A-18 combat jets with GGU-12 oxygen concentrators and CRU-99 oxygen monitors. “Cobham appreciates this continued show of confidence in the performance of our oxygen life support equipment,” said Jason Apelquist, senior vice presiden...
Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Atomics' aeronautical systems business and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) have received separate two-year contracts worth $77.8M combined to develop prototype unmanned air vehicles for the U.S. Air Force's manned-unmanned teaming experimentation initiative. All three companies will aim to ...
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, to serve as secretary of the Department of Defense, Politico reported Monday. Austin would be the first African American to lead DoD if confirmed by the Senate and sources said his selection for the top civilian post at the Pentagon could be announced as soon as T...
Five companies will compete for automated litigation support orders under a follow-on Department of Justice contract vehicle worth potentially $1.5B over six and a half years. DOJ selected CACI International (NYSE: CACI), Deloitte, Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and PAE (Nasdaq: PAE) as initial awardees on the Mega 5 ALS contract in late August and the latest ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 7, 2020 — Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), pointed to threat-based cybersecurity as a key driving force of expanded cloud technology adoption in the government, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 7, 2020 — LMI will help the Department of Homeland Security's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office manage chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense efforts under a potential $77.6M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 7, 2020 — HP Federal Chief Technology Officer Tommy Gardner said government and industry leaders have a role to play in securing supply chains amid the ongoing pandemic and for potential future disruptions, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday....
The U.S. Air Force has released a draft solicitation for a program to develop, test, demonstrate, integrate and deliver prototypes in the areas of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance using Agile procurement methods. A beta SAM notice posted Thursday says the Air Force Research Laboratory plans t...
An Akima subsidiary will provide sustainment support for emergency management systems at U.S. Army installations located within and outside the continental U.S. under a potential $99.4M contract, according to a SAM notice posted Thursday....
