GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/8/2022

Shareholders at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) approved Wednesday a proposed agreement to sell the company to global investment firm Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG) and both parties expect the transaction to be finalized during the week of Sept. 12, pending satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. ManTech said Wednesday more than 99 percent of the votes cast

The rise of electronic warfare, or EW, has fueled an increase in demand for electromagnetic spectrum operations and capabilities across the GovCon landscape. This heightened demand is manifesting in increased interest and investments in 5G-enabled technologies, smart facilities, Internet of Things and more as spectrum sharing becomes more prevalent in defense and civilian applications. To

A Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) subsidiary has been awarded a potential $681.5 million contract from NASA to provide ground systems and operations services to Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Teledyne Brown Engineering will support a variety of payload and mission operations, including NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Near-Earth Asteroid Scout CubeSat mission and

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as the principal contractor on a State Department-authorized $450 million foreign military sale of F-16 sustainment services and related equipment to Pakistan. The proposed transaction calls for the consolidation of previous aircraft sustainment and support cases associated with the Pakistan air force’s F-16 fleet, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Axiom Space has won a $228.5 million task order from NASA to produce next generation spacesuits for astronauts taking part in the space agency’s Artemis III human lunar spaceflight mission. In addition to Axiom developing Artemis spacesuit and supporting systems, NASA said Thursday the company is tasked to hold a demonstration of the technology on

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has booked a $200 million task order for intelligence warfighting function training and readiness services to the U.S. Army Forces Command. SAIC said Wednesday it will offer recommendations for the FORSCOM G-2 Intelligence unit to deliver accurate and timely data to military personnel as part of the single-award task

ExecutiveBiz featured Chris Bishop, chief growth officer of HII Mission Technologies, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about the division’s focus on emerging tech development and maturation and how those technologies could be integrated into the mission operational environment. The Q&A also discussed HII Mission Technologies’ recent growth initiatives and contract

Charlie Pelham, who joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in early 2021, has been named director of business development operations at the company’s Dynetics group. In a LinkedIn post, Pelham shared he took on the new role after serving as senior director of business development and strategy at the Leidos Innovation Center, which researches and develops next-generation

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received approval from the U.S. Army to begin the delivery of the initial order of 5,000 HoloLens-based combat goggles, Bloomberg reported Friday. Spokesman Jamal Beck said Douglas Bush, assistant secretary for acquisition at the Army, gave the service the clearance to start accepting 5,000 sets of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System.