Tag Archives: Defense Department

The U.S. Army has awarded a team of InfoReliance and McAfee a potential five-year, $182 million contract to provide managed cybersecurity technology platforms and services for the service branch. The companies will field and operate the Army Endpoint Security System through a managed platform-as-a-service model to provide global situational awareness …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 14, 2017 — A General Atomics business unit will demonstrate configured MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles for the Missile Defense Agency during test activities under a $30.3 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will perform contract work as part of two …

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential $599.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to conduct preliminary design activities to convert a pair of 747-8 aircraft into presidential planes. The modification covers the initial design of the future Air Force One fleet that includes the integration of a mission communication platform, self-defense …

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $676.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build and deliver six Lot 41 F/A-18E and eight F/A-18F Super Hornet jets. The Defense Department said Wednesday Boeing will perform work in Arizona, California, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Texas, Canada and other locations within the U.S. through …

A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) subsidiary has received a $150.8 million contract modification to continue planning yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers and Spruance-class destroyers. HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding business will provide modernization program planning; ship change planning development and installation; program management; type commander support; mobile assist teams; rotatable …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 12, 2017 — Engility (NYSE: EGL) will provide multispectral and multimodal phenomenology modeling tools in support of research and development activities for a U.S. Air Force weapon systems testing program under a $49 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers support for the Kinetic Kill …

DynCorp International has received a one-year, $103.2 million contract modification to continue to provide organizational, intermediate and depot-level maintenance and logistics support for three models of U.S. Navy trainer aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the modification covers support work on 16 T-34 Mentor, 54 T-44 Pegasus and 287 T-6 Texan platforms. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 11, 2017 — EY will provide audit support to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service under a potential $44.2 million labor-hour contract that will run through 2021 if all options are exercised, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers financial statement assessment of the U.S. Air …

The U.S. Army has awarded seven companies spots on a potential $172.7 million contract to help the service branch manage chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense-related materials. The Defense Department said Wednesday contractors will compete for task orders to evaluate, identify, locate, recover and dispose of munitions, explosives, munition constituents, chemical …

Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) has established an advisory group that will offer recommendations as the Kansas City, Missouri-based health information technology provider supports the Department of Veterans Affairs in its Electronic Health Record Modernization initiative. Bob Kerrey, former U.S. senator and Nebraska governor, will lead the company’s VA advisory group, Cerner …