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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Army Picks 7 Companies for $150M Mission Training Complex Support Contract
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 17, 2017 — The U.S. Army has selected Applied Training Solutions, Capstone, Cubic (NYSE: CUB), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Trideum and Yorktown Systems Group for a potential $150 million training system support contract, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday the hybrid contract administered by the Army...
Altamira Named a 2017 Top Contractor in Greater Washington; Ted Davies Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 16, 2017 — Altamira Technologies has received recognition from the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council as a "Contractor of the Year" in the greater Washington region for the company's financial and operational performance in 2017, GovCon Wire reported Nov. 7. The company said Nov. 6 it secured the top contractor designation in the...
SAIC Lands Potential $980M Army Battlefield Systems Support Task Order; Jim Scanlon Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2017 — Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will provide technology engineering, integration and fielding support to the U.S. Army under a potential $980 million task order from the General Services Administration, GovCon Wire reported Nov. 6. The company said Nov. 6 GSA awarded the battlefield systems task order through the One Acquisition Solution...