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General Dynamics Unit to Support Virginia-Class Sub Design Updates Under $432M Deal

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2017 — A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary will support the U.S. Navy in development research and design activities for Virginia-class submarines under a potential $432 million contract modification, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday General Dynamics Electric Boat will provide engineering and lead yard services to maintain and...

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CHSi Unveils Advisory Board for DoD-Focused Business Development, Pursuits

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 6, 2017 — Comprehensive Health Services Inc. has formed a board of advisers specifically to provide strategic advice on business capture and development activities for work with the Defense Department, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The company said Nov. 29 the DoD advisory board, which will support the CHSi leadership team, held its inaugural meeting on Oct. 31 that was...

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Rick Wagner to Succeed Bill Varner as President of ManTech's Cyber, Intell Business

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 5, 2017 — ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has named Rick Wagner, chief operating officer and executive vice president for the mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group, as the unit's next president effective Jan. 1, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday Wagner will succeed Bill Varner to lead the MCIS group's work with the U.S. intelligence...

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Peraton Creates Advisory Board With Former CIA Official as 1st Member; Stu Shea Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 4, 2017 — Peraton has unveiled a newly formed advisory board and named Jeanne Tisinger, formerly deputy director for support at CIA, as its first member, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday Tisinger and the rest of  the advisory board will work to drive its growth strategy from 2018 onward. "Her strategic guidance will help strengthen Peraton’s ability...

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Northrop's Proposed $9B Buy of Orbital ATK Gets OK From Latter's Stockholders

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2017 — Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) stockholders have voted to clear the company's estimated $9.2 billion acquisition by Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) within the first half of 2018, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. Stockholders comprising more than 99 percent of common Orbital ATK stock approved the merger agreement during a special meeting, the company said Wednesday. About...

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Booz Allen Names New Heads for Defense, Intell & Civil Businesses Effective April

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 30, 2017 — Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has appointed Executive Vice Presidents Karen Dahut, Christopher Ling and Kristine Martin Anderson to new roles effective April 1, 2018, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday Dahut will head the defense business, Ling will oversee the intelligence business and Anderson will lead the civil business as Joseph...

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ManTech Tapped for $816M Contract on State Dept Personnel Security

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 29, 2017 — ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will deliver physical and electronic security services to protect State Department diplomatic personnel under a potential $816 million contract, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the technical countermeasures will work to safeguard both U.S.-based and overseas staff as they support the State Department's...

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Report: Boeing, Raytheon in Line to Receive $7B Munitions Order by Saudi Arabia

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 28, 2017 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) are anticipated to receive orders to supply precision-guided munitions under a potential 10-year, $7 billion purchase by Saudi Arabia, GovCon Wire reported Monday. Reuters reported Thursday the agreement has not yet been confirmed but is part of a $110 billion weapons deal package signed during President Donald Trump's...

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Hitachi Vantara Closes Brocade Federal Contracts & Asset Acquisition; David Turner Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 27, 2017 — The Hitachi Vantara federal business has completed its acquisition of federal service maintenance contracts and other assets from Brocade Communications Systems upon the latter's sale to Broadcom, GovCon Wire reported Nov. 20. The definitive agreement covers the transfer of sensitive data center networking, campus/edge networking and storage-area networking...

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Tony Frazier: Maxar's Radiant Solutions Working to Consolidate Geospatial Services

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 22, 2017 — Radiant Solutions will work to integrate legacy geospatial intelligence services across the agile intelligence, data-to-insight as well as sensor and ground mission areas as part of a business transformation strategy, GovCon Wire reported Nov. 14. The Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) subsidiary said Nov. 13 that its DigitalGlobe Intelligence Solutions,...

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CSRA Subsidiary to Digitize VA Health Records Under $158M Award; Kamal Narang Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 21, 2017 — A CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) subsidiary will convert an estimated seven million military veteran health records at the Department of Veterans Affairs into digital format under a potential $158 million task order, GovCon Wire reported Nov. 14. The company said Nov. 13 SRA International will provide the digitization services at the VA Records Management Center in Missouri...

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Mitre Appoints Lori Scherer as National Security Engineering Center VP; William LaPlante Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 20, 2017 — Mitre has named Lori Scherer, company veteran who most recently served as deputy director of intelligence portfolios, as vice president for intelligence portfolios at the National Security Engineering Center, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. Scherer will be in charge of that federally funded research and development center, which Mitre operates for the Defense...

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