GovConWire's Government Contracting News 4/6/2022

Poland on Tuesday signed a potential $4.75 billion deal to buy 250 U.S.-made Abrams tanks as part of the Central European country’s initiative to reinforce its armed forces and deter potential Russian aggression on its eastern border. The agreement includes the procurement of 26 M88A2 Hercules maintenance vehicles, 17 M1074 joint assault bridges, ammunition and

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has formed an innovation accelerator to pursue the development of new systems intended to help domestic and international defense clients address near-peer threats. The Agile Development Group is composed of 2,500 engineers, technicians, operations professionals and program managers that will focus on developing sensors, unmanned platforms, weapons systems and multimission technologies,

The U.S. military is shoring up its cybersecurity and information security defenses as the evolving geopolitical landscape requires service branches to better protect their intellectual property. Specifically, the Army Futures Command is working to minimize the risk of compromising sensitive information and maintain the United States’ technological advantage through its Tech Protect initiative. “We’re putting

EM Key Solutions has acquired Cortek, a Fredericksburg, Virginia-based federal technical services company, from DecisionPoint through a stock purchase agreement. EMKS CEO Mike Snyder said in a statement published Monday the combination of the company’s information technology, health platforms and consulting capabilities with Cortek’s experience delivering mission support services in the national security and defense

Four small businesses have won two-year, basic ordering agreements worth $100 million combined to provide a range of contingent support services to the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  The minority-owned companies will assign personnel to assist ORNL across information technology, engineering, project management, business, science and technical operations, the research laboratory said Tuesday.

ExecutiveBiz featured Mike Costas, general manager of defense and space business at Bechtel, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He talked about the company’s 125- year history as well as its efforts to help bridge gaps in U.S. infrastructure modernization and latest technology implementation. Costas also shared his goals for Bechtel in

Maurice Thomas, former senior director of corporate governance at Visual Connections, has been promoted to lead the Windsor Mill, Maryland-based information technology services provider as president. Thomas oversaw project portfolios valued at $300 million combined over the course of his government contracting industry career, Visual Connections said Tuesday in a LinkedIn post. His three-decade professional

Michele Miller, senior director for tactical systems engineering at Ball Aerospace, has been promoted to serve as vice president of the company’s security and mission assurance unit. She succeeds Jeff Osterkamp, who retired from the company, Ball said Monday. Miller served as director of the missile defense systems group at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) before

The State Department has approved a request by Taiwan’s economic and cultural representative office to obtain technical assistance and related equipment for the Raytheon Technologies-built (NYSE: RTX) Patriot air defense system through a $95 million foreign military sales transaction with the U.S. government. The Taiwanese government is seeking contractor support to maintain, field and operate

Oceus has secured a potential $84 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to design and build a mobile cellular network for the Department of Defense. The 10-year IDIQ award calls for the provision of a communications system to support DOD’s wireless applications and future network updates, the company said Tuesday. Contract work will also include engineering, installation and