Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a one-year, $93.5 million contract modification to complete the development and fielding of the Aegis Weapon System and integrated Aegis Combat System on three of the U.S. Navy‘s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers follow-on support services f...
Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration, gives a keynote address during the Naval Future Force Science and Technology (S&T) Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The Expo is the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) premier bienni...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” Lynne Chamberlain, vice president for business development at Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) public sector unit, has said open source software will present continued market opportunities for the company in the cloud and DevOps space while cybersecurity is another area for growth. “As the government tra...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has noted that collaboration between industry and the Defense Department will drive the analysis of alternatives for the wideband satellite communications program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Cowen-Hi...
Weekly Roundup July 17 – July 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Several executive moves this summer look to make a significant splash across the GovCon community. Last Friday, Battelle’s Board of Directors announced that Lewis “LouÃ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” Battelle will help train National Guard Bureau personnel on response operations for weapons of mass destruction and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats under a $13.8 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The nonprofit company said Wednesday the De...
Three companies have won spots on a potential eight-year, $300 million contract for product development and sustainment services to the U.S. Navy‘s program executive office for enterprise information systems. The Navy received 20 offers for the small business set-aside contract via an online solicitation and provided $10,000 to each of the thr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has placed a $1.1 million investment to help advance the development of an artificial intelligence tool that Canada-based contextere intends to support aerospace and defense maintenance personnel, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The intelligent personal agent wi...
CGI (NYSE: GIB) has received multiple contracts worth $92.5 million combined to provide support services for four initiatives of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. The company said Wednesday it will provide software development and acquisition process services for the Multiple Launch Rocket System Precision Guided Munitions program in suppo...
Ronnie Chronister, formerly director of Army, cyber and missile defense programs at Dynetics, has been named vice president of contracts at the Huntsville, Alabama-based engineering, applied science and information technology contractor. He will succeed Sallie Patterson, who will retire from Dynetics after a 19-year career t...
