GovConWire's Government Contracting News 6/4/2021

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has agreed to buy Halfaker and Associates for approximately $250 million in cash to expand its portfolio of health information technology offerings. SAIC said Thursday it will use its existing cash on hand and incremental debt to fund the acquisition that is expected to conclude by the end of

Oshkosh’s (NYSE: OSK) defense arm has won a potential six-year, $942.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to build and deploy a medium caliber weapon system for the Stryker armored fighting vehicle. Army Contracting Command received three offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract and expects work to conclude on June 2, 2027, the Department of

GovCon Wire Events, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its AI: Innovation in National Security Forum on Thursday, June 3rd. If you missed the AI: Innovation in National Security Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting the GovCon Wire Events Archive.

The Department of Energy has started its bid solicitation process for a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract for management and operation services at a radioactive waste disposal facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico. DOE said Thursday it will conduct a full and open competition for the cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Waste Isolation Pilot Plant M&O contract with a

The White House on Tuesday issued a memo calling on business leaders to initiate immediate measures to protect their organizations from ransomware attacks, CNBC reported Wednesday. “All organizations must recognize that no company is safe from being targeted by ransomware, regardless of size or location,” Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging

The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy 29 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, built by Boeing (NYSE: BA), along with associated equipment and support services under a potential $3.5 billion foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The transaction also includes 29 Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor systems, manufactured by

Dr. Stephen Homeyer, vice president at BAE Systems, served as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during GovCon Wire Events’ AI: Innovation in National Security Forum on June 3rd, 2021. The following panelists discussed transitioning artificial intelligence (AI) from research and development (R&D) to operations: Jill Crisman of the Department of Defense (DOD), Jane

SentinelOne has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement for the cybersecurity technology vendor’s planned initial public offering. The company said Thursday it intends to list its Class A common stock using the ticker symbol “S” on the New York Stock Exchange and that details about the price range and number of

Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has received a potential $100 million contract from the Defense Health Agency to perform research and engineering work for the Military Health System enterprise. Under the five-year contract, APL will help the agency maintain organizational performance of MHS in the long term and conduct studies about topics of interest

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business has secured a $72.8 million contract with the U.S. Navy to retrofit 10 unmanned underwater vehicles designed to provide countermeasures against mine threats. The company said Thursday it will modify five systems of the Block 0 Knifefish surface mine countermeasure UUV, which would then be modernized to Block