Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Aurora Flight Sciences have won positions on a potential eight-year, $499 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research, develop and demonstrate aerospace vehicle systems designed to deliver weapons, cargo and other payloads to warfighters. The Air Force Research Laboratory received six proposals for the indef...
Weekly Roundup August 07 – August 11 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson At the tail-end of May the Department of Defense released its FY 2018 budget request, while the Comptroller of the Department of Defense published the Defense Budget Overview, a succi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 10, 2017 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. will lead an open-house event on Aug. 24 for the company-operated Center for Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in efforts to provide opportunities for collaboration with suppliers in the nuclear power generation sector, ExecutiveBiz reported...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 10, 2017 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) CEO Ken Asbury has said the company aims to help advance innovation in national security strategies by highlighting the concept of asymmetric threats in discussions between industry, government and academia, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Aug. 3 it is a co-sponso...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has utilized an artificial intelligence service designed to help recognize objects, scenes and faces in images in a demonstration of its potential applications for Defense Department programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Amazon Rekognition&...
Criterion Systems has secured an $85 million task order under the General Services Administration‘s Alliant Small Business contract vehicle to provide information technology support staff to the Agriculture Department‘s National Information Technology Center. The company said Tuesday it will supply 75 full-time person...
Adnet Systems has received a potential five-year, $242 million contract to provide Earth and space science research-and-development services at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The company will also provide scientific computer systems, engineer data analysis systems, develop and implement software applications, create scientific instruments...
Jim Chirico, chief operating officer and global sales leader at Avaya, has been named CEO and a board member of the Santa Clara, California-based communications technology firm in a move that takes effect Oct. 1. He will succeed the retiring Kevin Kennedy, who will remain with the company as an adviser, Avaya said Monday. œI’m confid...
Editor™s Note 8/9/17: The Defense Department said Booz Allen Hamilton was inadvertently omitted on the shared contract announced Aug. 4. The number of awardees has been updated. The U.S. Army has selected 10 companies to compete for technical development, technical support and operational integration task orders under a potential five-year...
The U.S. Air Force has selected Boeing (NYSE: BA) as the latest awardee under a potential $409 million contract to help the military branch develop thermal, power and controls systems for air platforms. The Defense Department said Thursday Boeing will participate in the Next Generation Thermal, Power, and Controls program that c...
