Fairbanks Morse has purchased naval motor and control technology provider Ward Leonard Operating for an undisclosed sum to grow power generation equipment and aftermarket service offerings in the military sector. George Whittier, CEO of Fairbanks Morse, said he expects the deal to help build the company's status as a power systems integrator for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
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John Felker, former assistant director for integrated operations at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has joined the federal strategic advisory board of Parsons (NYSE: PSN).
Read More »Carahsoft President Craig Abod Receives Sixth Wash100 Award
Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology Corp., has received his 2020 Wash100 Award for driving expansion and revenue through major contract award wins as well as his efforts to improve IT modernization within the government contracting (GovCon) sector. This marks the sixth win for Abod in the seven year history of the Wash100 Award.
Read More »Collins Aerospace Awarded $317M to Build More Radios for US, Int’l Clients
Collins Aerospace will supply AN/ARC-210(v) radio communications systems to domestic and foreign military sales customers under a three-year, $316.7M contract modification from the U.S. Navy.
Read More »Coast Guard Issues Solicitation for Over-The-Horizon Cutter Boats
The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for potential sources of cutter boats in an effort to expand its primary cutter fleet for surface prosecution activities over the next 10 years.
Read More »Gov’t Service Vet Christopher Maynard Named CISO of LexisNexis’ Reed Tech Subsidiary
Christopher Maynard, a former director and branch chief at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined LexisNexis subsidiary Reed Tech as chief information security officer, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. Horsham, Pa.-based Reed Tech aims to help government customers manage data programs with the use of technology.
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Leidos Secures $7.7B Contract From Naval Information Warfare Systems Command; Gerry Fasano Quoted The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command awarded Leidos a potential eight-year, $7.7 billion contract to modernize and maintain shore-based networks being used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps across the globe, Leidos announced on Feb. 12th. …
Read More »BAE to Support Navy C5ISR, Comms Systems Under Two Contracts Worth Up to $317M; Mark Keeler Quoted
The U.S. Navy has selected BAE Systems for a pair of contracts worth potentially $316.7M combined to provide technical support for radio systems and command, control, communications, computers, combat, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms.
Read More »Former DoD, DHS Official Claire Grady Appointed Gryphon EVP
Claire Grady, former acting deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined Gryphon Technologies as an executive vice president.
Read More »BAE Secures Potential $105M Navy Radio, C5ISR Systems Support IDIQ
BAE Systems has won a potential $104.8M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide technical and engineering support for various systems installed at shore facilities and aboard surface combatants of the U.S. Navy.
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