Universities Space Research Association has secured a two-year, $193 million contract from NASA to provide academic and university-based program and project support for Ames Research Center’s science and engineering teams. The nonprofit research company will aid the center’s efforts to meet mission requirements for research and...
The merger of Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS) with Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) information systems and global solutions business involves “one or two” contracts for systems engineering and technical assistance service work that has largely been spun out of the latter company, Leidos CEO Roger Krone told investors Tuesday. ...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), Herdt Consulting and PSI Pax have been selected to compete for business process and data support orders from the U.S. Navy under a potential five-year, $809.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract incl...
The U.S. Navy has awarded positions to 12 companies on a five-year, $800 million contract to prototype radio frequency components for electronic warfare, communications, radar and information operations. The Defense Department said Monday contractors will vie for task orders to research, design, fabricate, integrate and test open...
Aviation component manufacturer Norsk Titanium has named Carl Johnson as senior vice president of technology, engineering and quality and Rebecca McGrane as vice president and general manager of its technology center. Norsk Titanium said Monday Johnson, a veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) for more than three decades; a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 22, 2016 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has partnered with the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown to provide research opportunities for engineering students at the university, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will also help Pitt-Johnstown develop research concepts,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 22, 2016 ” The U.S. Air Force has flown a General Atomics-built Predator C Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle carrying sensors from United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) in a series of flight demonstrations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Chris Pehrson, strategic development senior director at General Atomics’ a...
Alan Callaghan, a 13-year veteran of Harris (NYSE: HRS), has been named president and managing director of the communications and information technology company’s reorganized defense business in Australia that operates as Harris Defence Australia. He will oversee the Brisbane-based organization’s business development, oper...
Smiths Group has agreed to purchase Safran™s Morpho Detection subsidiary in the U.S. and other detection-related operations for approximately $710 million. The companies said Thursday Newark, California-based Morpho Detection will join Smith Group’s detection segment that makes sensors and generated approximately $320 ...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA April 21, 2016 — Chris Bauer, an executive vice president and general manager at AECOM (NYSE:ACM), has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his contributions in information technology services. The Wash100 is the premier g...
