Leidos Awarded TSA Checkpoint Security Tech Deployment Contract
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 27, 2015 — The Transportation Security Administration has selected Leidos to deploy checkpoint technologies for the Office of Security Capabilities in the East Region for a period of five years, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The work includes replacement of old equipment used for passenger and baggage screening and the installation of new ones where they are needed or...
Charlie Bengston Named ASRC Federal Group President for Engineering and Aerospace
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 26, 2015 — ASRC Federal has announced Charlie Bengston’s promotion to president of the engineering and aerospace solutions operating group, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Bengston, an aerospace engineering graduate from the University of Maryland who joined the company in 1998, comes into the new role from his appointment as a senior VP for operations. “Charlie has been...
Dave Wajsgras: NASA Extends Raytheon Space Mission Support Contract
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 25, 2015 — NASA has awarded Raytheon a contract worth a potential $102 million to continue to provide operations, maintenance and engineering work in support of the agency’s human spaceflight mission, GovCon Wire reported Monday. The new four-year contract will be performed at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab and Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, Raytheon said. “The extension...
22 Win Spots on $490M Air Force Agile Acquisition IDIQ
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 24, 2015 — Twenty-two companies, including nine small businesses, have been awarded spots under the U.S. Air Force’s $490 million Agile Acquisition indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, GovCon Wire reported Friday. The work will be in support of system technology development, engineering and manufacturing, and production, and will occur at Eglin Air Force...
CGI Continues Program Mgmt Support for TRADOC G2 Mission
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 21, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Thursday on CGI being awarded a $124 million contract to provide program management and technical support for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Intelligence Directorate. The recompete contract has a base period of one year and four option years, and includes assisting TRADOC G2 work in the areas of planning, training and...
Peter Smith: EM Business Holdings Fits American Systems Culture, Strategic Plan
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 20, 2015 — American Systems has wrapped up its purchase of Arlington-based EM Business Holdings, which it intends to absorb into the company’s human capital and managed services group, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. Peter Smith, American Systems president and CEO, described the acquisition as a cultural and strategic fit for the government IT services provider....
Eric Wieman Named EVP, COO at A-TEK
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 19, 2015 — Eric Wieman has assumed the role of executive vice president and chief operating officer at A-TEK, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. He brings 34 years of experience in military and civilian management, specializing in strategy and business development, and corporate operations, client relations and people management, A-TEK said Monday. About Executive Mosaic:...
General Dynamics IT to Support US BICES-X for $881M
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 18, 2015 — General Dynamics’ information technology business unit has won a potential eight-year, $881 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide IT services for the Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation Systems-Extended program, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The single-award contract includes support for command and control on information sharing...
NASA Selects SAIC IT Support Services for Langley Research Center
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 17, 2015 — NASA has selected Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) to provide information technology services for the Langley Research Center in Virginia, GovCon Wire reported Friday. The space agency said work under the $200 million contract, which will run through October 2020, also covers support for other NASA centers and partners in industry and...
Mac Curtis: AMSAA Follow-on Renews Vencore SDC Work
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 14, 2015 — The U.S. Army has selected Vencore to collect logistics data and maintenance information under a program designed to maintain the military service’s fleet of heavy equipment, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The three-year, $86 million contract will encompass the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity’s inventory of aviation and ground combat systems, ground...
25 Companies Win Spots on Air Force TSA III IDIQ
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 13, 2015 — Twenty-five companies have been awarded spots on a $20.9 billion contract to provide training systems support for the U.S. Air Force, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said the ordering period for design, development, production, installation, analysis, integration, test and sustainment services under the Training Systems Acquisition III...
Booz Allen to Perform CMS HIX Systems Integration Work
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 12, 2015 — Booz Allen Hamilton will provide system integration services for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services health insurance exchange program under a $202 million contract, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Booz Allen said Monday the work entails coordinating with stakeholders on marketplace implementation as well as checking that compliances are in place....