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Dynetics has landed a potential $470 million sole-source contract to manufacture GBU-69/B Small Glide Munitions for the U.S. Special Operations Command. USSOCOM will obligate $10.4 million in fiscal 2016 procurement funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will perform majority of work in Huntsville, Ala., over five ordering periods and could extend …

AAI, a subsidiary of Textron (NYSE: TXT) subsidiary, has received a potential $120 million contract to continue providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for the  U.S. Special Operations Command‘s mid-endurance unmanned aircraft systems. SOCOM awarded the sole-source contract for AAI to provide worldwide support until all of the command’s operational sites complete transition to …

Jeff Smith, a retired U.S. Army major general with more than 30 years of leadership experience, has been named vice president of business development at Harris (NYSE: HRS). Harris said Thursday Smith will oversee the company’s strategic relationships with the Army, Special Operations Command and industry partners in his new position. He previously …

Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Insitu subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $195 million contract extension to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for the U.S. Special Operations Command‘s unmanned aircraft systems. Insitu will continue its ISR support for the Mid-Endurance UAS 1.5-B platform to help address a gap for services required for the MEUAS III transition …

Robert Miller III, a former capture manager at KEYW Corp. (Nasdaq: KEYW), has been named director of business development for the security and intelligence division at Parsons‘ federal group. Parsons said Monday that Miller brings more than 16 years of capture and program management, signals intelligence, software development, collection systems, advanced targeting and business development experience …

A joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Bell Helicopter has received a $267.25 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide additional logistics support for the V-22 Ospreys of the Marine Corps,  Air Force and Special Operations Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday the Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office will perform work through November …

Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has agreed to purchase Chantilly, Virginia-based geospatial information services contractor The Radiant Group for $140 million in an effort to diversify revenue and add new offerings and staff to support the U.S. intelligence and special operations community. DigitalGlobe said Tuesday it expects to close the transaction subject to …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential $149.7 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy for hardware, production test stations and technical services in support of the installation of large aircraft infrared countermeasures. The Defense Department said Friday Northrop will help integrate LAIRCM into the combat aircraft of the U.S. Army, …

Intelligent Decisions has sold the company’s U.S. Army communications and transmission systems business assets to Bethesda, Maryland-based government services contractor Tribalco after the Army Contracting Command approved the transaction. Tribalco said Friday the deal includes ID’s position as one of 12 awardees on a potential $4.1 billion U.S. Army contract vehicle awarded in September 2013 for …

July 11 – July 15 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson    One of the world’s two largest airplane manufacturers is mulling acquisitions in the defense services arena that would continue a trend among prime contractors toward capability-based deals. Leanne Caret, …