CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has closed its acquisition of NES Associates in a push to help government clients accelerate adoption of new information technology platforms for their digital transformation efforts. CSRA President and CEO Larry Prior first announced the deal at the company’s 2017 fiscal-year earnings call held May 24. Prior, an in...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2017 ” Carl De Groote, senior director for Defense Department programs at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), has said a combination of automation technology and a highly skilled workforce will help DoD build on its cybersecurity, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. He wrote in a guest piece published S...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2017 ” L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has secured $63.5 million in contracts from the U.S. Army to supply hardware and provide engineering technical services in support of Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday the co...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) two contract modifications worth approximately $73.9 million combined to provide materials and services to support the low-rate initial production of F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Lockheed will provide long-lead parts and components for additional five lot 12 F-35B fighter jets under a $4...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 3, 2017 ” Lisa Mascolo, managing director for the U.S. federal sector at IBM™s (NYSE: IBM) global business services segment, has said the collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Defense Department in updating the former’s electronic health records system works to transf...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 3, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has added Frank Kendall, former undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the Defense Department, to the company’s board of directors where he will contribute to corporate management, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Chairman and CEO Roger Krone, an inductee ...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has secured a potential $5.2 billion contract to build H-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales customers. The contract has an initial value of $3.8 billion and covers the production of 257 units of the UH-60M utility and HH-60M medical evacuation variants, ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has received two contract modifications worth a combined $437.5 million from the U.S. Navy to support an engineered overhaul of a Los Angeles-class submarine and construction of a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. HII will execute maintenance, repair, routine and test work on the&nb...
United Technologies Corp.˜s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has received a three-year, $339.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide initial spares for the F-35 propulsion system. The Defense Department said Friday Pratt & Whitney will supply initial spare modules, parts and engines in support of th...
The House Armed Services Committee voted down an amendment that would have halted the creation of a U.S. Space Corps and instead moved forward with the provision as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which passed late Wednesday night. The provision creates a separate military branch for space operations. The U.S. Air Force...
