GovConWire's Government Contracting News 11/10/2022

CNSI, a portfolio company of Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG), and health care management services provider Kepro have agreed to combine operations under a merger transaction with an undisclosed sum. Private equity firm Apax Partners will let go of its ownership stake in Kepro through the deal and CNSI said Wednesday the parties expect to complete the

Kyle Fox, formerly lead software engineer at the U.S. Air Force, has joined SOS International as chief technology officer. He will oversee the development and implementation of SOSi’s corporate tech strategy in support of its business portfolio within the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies, the company said Wednesday. Fox will also

The U.S. government has arrived at a seemingly widespread acceptance of the importance of maintaining and evolving its cybersecurity protections, particularly within the Intelligence Community. Without these measures, classified information could be at risk from both state-based and independent bad actors from across the globe looking to exploit vulnerabilities through a number of tactics, including

Ernie Rhyne, formerly a managing director at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has been appointed vice president of the U.S. public sector business at information security company CyberArk, according to a LinkedIn post published Friday. Rhyne spent more than 13 years at Microsoft, where he previously oversaw modern work and security offerings under the company’s federal division

Lithuania has requested to buy Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) multiple launch rocket systems and associated equipment from the U.S. government under a $495 million foreign military sales agreement approved by the State Department. The proposed FMS deal includes eight M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers, missile and rocket pods, battle management system vehicle integration

The Space Development Agency has posted a draft solicitation for an other transaction authority that would cover the development and integration of battle management command, control and communication software for the national security space posture. SDA said in a SAM.gov notice that it aims to set up BMC3 Application Factory and Integrator, an environment where

HII’s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division will conduct technical research and analysis for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a $70 million task order. The award includes IT services such as data analytics, modeling and simulation and system engineering to support AFRL’s information technology modernization efforts involving artificial intelligence, machine learning and cybersecurity, the company

The State Department has approved Oman’s request to buy from the U.S. government up to 48 AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapon systems, related equipment and support services under a potential $385 million foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business will serve as the principal contractor in the proposed deal, the Defense

Oceanetics has won a $100 million contract with a five-year base period for ocean infrastructure support services to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center. The Annapolis, Maryland-based company will perform work for the EXWC Oceans Technical Department located in Port Hueneme, California, under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) will provide operations and maintenance support to the U.S. Army’s Puma long endurance and RQ-20B all environment unmanned aircraft systems under an $86.4 million contract.  The Arlington, Virginia-based UAS builder is scheduled to complete work under the firm-fixed-price contract by the end of September next year, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.