Four companies will compete for task orders under a U.S. Navy contract to provide research and development support for nonlethal weapons systems across a range of capability functional and technology areas. The Naval Surface Warfare Center™s Indian Head explosive ordnance disposal technology division in Maryland received 11 offers for the cost-...
Caryn Nightengale, formerly director of corporate development at Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security segment, has joined Sunnyvale, California-based unmanned maritime systems maker Liquid Robotics as chief financial officer. She will report to Gary Gysin, Liquid Robotics™ president and CEO, and oversee financial management...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 26, 2017 ” ASRC Federal‘s mission solutions unit has completed an appraisal at Maturity Level 5 under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration framework, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the CMMI Level 5 appraisal works to verify the maturity of its engi...
Over the past decade, the U.S. Army has spent over $20 billion each year to develop and acquire weapon systems, but it canceled many of those due to the realization that requirements would not be met — and a government watchdog report indicates this problem is likely to continue if the Army does not address its...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 23, 2017 ” Comprehensive Health Services has received the International Stability Operations Association™s Tier 3 ISOA Vanguard Award during a ceremony held June 1 at the National Press Club in Washington, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Doug Magee, senior vice president of business devel...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a potential $1.17 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to engineer sonar technology under the Technical Insertion 18-20 Acoustic Rapid Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Insertion program. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract with an initial value of $130.8 million covers engineering development suppor...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has received a $203.1 million contract modification to increase design support for the U.S. Navy‘s Columbia-class nuclear submarines. The service branch awarded the modification as part of the Navy and the U.K.’s joint Common Missile Compartment program, the Defense De...
Ken Newcomer, former vice president of business development at ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI), has joined program management services contractor MCR Federal as senior VP for business development. MCR said Wednesday Newcomer will be responsible for helping grow the company’s contract opportunities with the Defense Department and federal civi...
Antonio Neri, executive vice president and general manager of enterprise group at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), has been promoted to president at the Palo Alto, California-based technology company. Neri will oversee HPE™s four primary business lines and the company™s HPE Next efforts that aim to streamline operations, seek new gr...
Engineering Research and Consulting has won a potential five-year, $498.4 million contract to provide engineering and support services at the U.S. Army post in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Three bids were submitted to the Army Contracting Command for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract via the internet and work is scheduled to be completed June 20, ...
