Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has agreed to acquire Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC) enterprise security assets for approximately $10.7B in cash. The transaction includes the acquisition of the Symantec name and is expected to conclude before the end of calendar year 2019, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, Symantec sai...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 9, 2019 — Bob Fortna, president of the federal business at Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), has said government agencies can utilize software-defined wide-area network capabilities in order to support high-bandwidth applications and prevent cyber attacks in line with modernization efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported July 31....
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has teamed up with Polaris’ government and defense division to compete for a U.S. Army program that aims to build an infantry squad vehicle platform. The industry team intends to offer Polaris' DAGOR combat vehicle designed to accommodate as many as nine warfighters along with their ca...
HydroGeoLogic has won a potential $95M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manage hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste materials as part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. USACE received two bids for the project, which covers waste remediation services at FUSRAP St. Louis sites, the Departm...
Eleven companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $950M contract to supply commercial aircrew and environmetal protection equipment to the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received 12 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will obligate $11K at the time of award, the Deparmrent of Defen...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems a $369M contract modification to continue supporting parts and subsystems used in radar, telemetry and optical instrumentation tracking platforms....
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) veterans Damon Saetre and Brian Fields have been promoted to new leadership roles at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division as part of business transformation efforts. Saetre will serve as VP of integrated planning and production control, while Fields be chief transformation officer and V...
U.S. Transportation Command has awarded a pair of contract modifications worth $374.2M combined to Columbia Helicopters and CHI Aviation to support rotary-wing airlift missions within U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility....
Kathryn Sullivan, a retired NASA astronaut and former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has joined the board of managers at Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal arm. “We welcome her experience and insight as we continue to evolve our company and help our clients stay ahead of their changing mission needs," said John...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has acquired analysis services provider H2M Group for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand work with the geospatial and intelligence communities. H2M will operate under the mission, cyber and intelligence solutions business led by Rick Wagner, a 2019 Wash100 Award recipient....
