The Aerospace Corp. has secured a one-year, $1.15 billion contract modification from the U.S. Space Force to engineer and integrate systems that support the national space enterprise. The modification exercises the third option year of a previously awarded contract and covers services for fiscal year 2022, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. D...
Criterion Systems has purchased Protas Solutions for an undisclosed sum to further expand its portfolio of information technology services for intelligence community clients. Reston, Virginia-based Protas is a government contractor focused on providing software engineering, data science and management consulting support services to IC customers, Cri...
An Amentum-led industry team will create a synthetic training environment prototype for the U.S. Army under an other transaction agreement from the service branch’s program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation. Amentum said Tuesday it teamed up with FN America, Cole Engineering Systems, Cornet Technologies and SoarTech...
Shareholders at U.K.-based aerospace company Meggitt voted to approve the acquisition offer from Parker Hannifin (NYSE: PH), a Cleveland-based provider of motion and control technologies for the aerospace and industrial markets. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of calendar year 2022, subject to regulatory clearances, ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has secured a $600 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to develop an engine system for spacecraft to be used in NASA’s lunar exploration program. The company will help NASA integrate the Orion Main Engine into the primary power and propulsion module of the exploratory vehicle to replace a re...
David Wray and Kevin Hansen of Micro Focus Government Solutions said government agencies looking to migrate legacy and modern applications to a multicloud environment should conduct a comprehensive analysis and take into consideration the adoption of standard approaches and enterprise services. Hansen and Wray noted that agencies should pr...
John “J.R.” Riordan, a business development leader, has joined Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) as chief revenue officer. He will bring his experience in GEOINT and space markets to BlackSky as he oversees strategic partnerships, sales activities and revenue operations, the company said Mo...
Several leaders from the government and GovCon community will participate in GovCon Wire’s virtual event Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern time to discuss cybersecurity issues in the national security mission. Puesh Kumar, acting principal deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergen...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit this past Thursday to bring the members of the government contracting (GovCon) community together with executives and personnel from across the federal government, military branches and intelligence community to explore the impact 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit to bring together some of the most influential executives from the federal government and industry to explore the impact that 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well as future programs, plans and priorities as the nation aligns with emerging technology. Jay...
