GovConWire's Government Contracting News 6/28/2021

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a $2.5 billion follow-on contract to provide information technology and communications network services to all facilities and centers run by NASA. The 10-year Advanced Enterprise Global Information Technology Solutions contract, slated to take effect Sept. 1, covers support for agencywide cloud computing, data center and telecommunication assets, NASA said Saturday.

Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, believes in the patriotism of her role as head of the Reston, Virginia-based aerospace and defense company that supports U.S. policy and the mission of the Department of Defense, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. “It is our moral

Amazon’s (NYSE: AMZN) cloud computing business has purchased Wickr, a developer of end-to-end encrypted communications technology platform, for an undisclosed sum to help meet the needs of government agencies and enterprises for secure communications as they adopt a hybrid work model amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephen Schmidt, vice president and chief information security officer of

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary a $735.9 million contract modification to increase the scope for low-rate initial production of lot 5 CH-53K helicopters. Sikorsky will produce nine CH-53Ks and perform logistical, programmatic and aircraft support work for the service branch, the Department of Defense said Friday. The helicopter manufacturer

Federal civilian and defense agencies collectively increased annual contract spending by $70 billion to $665 billion during fiscal year 2020, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. GAO found that agencies spent $35 billion to buy medical supplies and pharmaceutical products in FY 2020 as part of COVID-19 response efforts. The Department of

Blake Nelson, who led defense and civilian programs at service management company Pragmatics, has joined Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) as vice president responsible for the management of cloud platforms and services in support of the company’s digital transformation business, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday. As SAIC’s VP of platforms and cloud solutions, Nelson will

Advanced Technology International will help the U.S. Navy establish and run a new multi-sector consortium aimed at fostering the development and maturation of naval technologies for defending against future threats in maritime environments. The Maritime Sustainment Technology and Innovation Consortium will support studies to augment the Navy in the areas of data transformation, cyber, technology

The State Department has approved the Philippines’ request to buy 14 Boeing-made (NYSE: BA) Harpoon Block II missiles from the U.S. under a potential $120 million foreign military sales agreement. The Philippines asked to procure 12 AGM-84L-1 air-launched missiles, two ATM-84L-1 exercise missiles, containers, parts and training equipment as the country’s air force aims to

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Comcast’s (Nasdaq: CMCSA) government services business a potential 10-year, $71.6 million contract to replace legacy multiplexing-based circuits and connect mission partners to the Department of Defense Information Network as part of work in Region 5 of the Commercial Ethernet Gateway program. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization launched

Twelve companies have won spots on a potential seven-year, $68 million contract to help the U.S. Navy engineer networks and systems that support net-centric military operations. Contractors will compete for task orders to perform engineering and technical work on the service branch’s afloat, ashore and airborne networks through the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense