GovConWire's Government Contracting News 11/7/2022

Executive Mosaic, the premier media and events organization in the government contracting industry, has named 10 distinguished professionals to its list of top GovCon recruiters for 2022. GovCon organizations have faced a myriad of challenges in recent years. As the GovCon landscape continues to adapt to the rise of remote work, lingering COVID challenges, the

Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has agreed to acquire two U.S. marine subsidiaries of ST Engineering North America as part of efforts to expand its ship construction and repair capabilities in support of defense and commercial clients. The acquisition of VT Halter Marine and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore is expected to close before the end

Broadcom‘s (Nasdaq: AVGO) bid to purchase VMware (NYSE: VMW) via an approximately $61 billion cash-and-stock transaction has secured the approval of stockholders at the cloud and virtualization technology vendor. VMware’s shareholders voted in favor of the acquisition at a special meeting held Friday, the company said. The vote occurred five months after VMware’s board of

Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) expects the first two of its six WorldView Legion satellites to arrive at their launch site in December and deploy to space the following month, Maxar President and CEO Dan Jablonsky said in the company’s third quarter earnings call. “The first two are essentially hardware ready, ready to ship downrange, waiting

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will help military customers activate F-35 sites and conduct initial aircraft sustainment efforts under a two-year, $765.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command. The award covers the provision of pilot flight equipment, post-ejection survival training material and other related systems and services in support of the

Bulgaria is looking to acquire eight additional F-16 Block 70 fighter jets from the U.S. to expand on its initial eight-aircraft order and avail ammunition and training support services, Bulgarian News Agency reported Thursday. An investment expenditure draft previously adopted by the Balkan nation’s budget and finance committee details a plan for the second batch

Excella has secured a position on a potential 10-year, $112 million blanket purchase agreement to offer services for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to modernize the agency’s information environment and improve its ability to use external and internal data assets. The company said Thursday the first two call orders under the Data Support Services BPA

Bionetics, a Yorktown, Virginia-based engineering and manufacturing services company, has secured a 10-year, $185.8 million contract to manage the U.S. Air Force’s metrology and calibration laboratory in Heath, Ohio. The company will conduct work in support of the Air Force Primary Standards Laboratory through Nov. 30, 2032, the Department of Defense said Friday. The AF Life

The U.S. Navy has issued a request for proposals for a potential three-year, $230 million contract to provide maintenance, repair, overhaul and logistics services for the military branch’s Fleet Readiness Center Aviation Support Equipment. The service’s Commander Fleet Readiness Center plans to compete the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for MROL support services as a set-aside program for

The Space Development Agency is seeking information on industry sources that could provide a position, navigation and timing service payload for the second tranche of the National Defense Space Architecture’s transport layer. SDA intends to proliferate a low cost L-band PNT service payload on the Tranche 2 Transport Layer, according to a request for information