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Cobham Wins Potential $302M Training Program Extension; Bob Murphy Comments 24 May 2013 | 06:53 pm
Cobham has won a potential $302 million contract extension to continue providing operational readiness training services to U.K. Defence Ministry personnel. The five-year base period is worth $249 mil...
Iron Bow Wins $108M Coast Guard IT, Hardware IDIQ 24 May 2013 | 05:58 pm
Iron Bow Technologies has won a potential five-year, $108 million contract to supply the U.S. Coast Guard workstations and associated information technology equipment. The Coast Guard Standard Worksta...
Exelis Wins $125M for Navy Jammer Systems 24 May 2013 | 05:29 pm
ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has won a $125,724,964 contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change order:...
Bill Bratton Elected to SST Board of Directors; Pascal Levensohn Comments 24 May 2013 | 05:05 pm
Bill Bratton, a two-decade international law enforcement veteran and former chief of police for three of the U.S.’ largest cities, has been elected to the board of directors at consulting firm SST Inc...
BAE ‘Friend or Foe’ Transponder Receives DoD Approval; Sal Costa Comments 24 May 2013 | 04:20 pm
BAE Systems has obtained Defense Department approval for a transponder intended to help the military identify both allies and enemies during combat operations. The AN/DPX-7 Identification Friend or Fo...
Tom Nixon Promoted to Lead SRA Health Group, Paul Nedzbala Appointed Civil Lead 23 May 2013 | 08:26 pm
Tom Nixon, vice president of business development of SRA International‘s health group, has been promoted to senior VP of the group in a move that takes effect June 1. On that date, current health grou...
GSA, Telecom Firms Sign Govt-Wide Mobile Service BPA; Kay Kapoor Comments 23 May 2013 | 07:47 pm
AT&T (NYSE: T) Sprint (NYSE: S), T-Mobile and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) have signed a blanket purchase agreement with the General Services Administration to centralize service plans for agencies under one go...
Exelis Wins $435M to Run NASA Intl Comm Net; Pamela Drew Comments 23 May 2013 | 07:09 pm
ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has won a potential $435 million subcontract to help operate and engineer an international communications network NASA uses for interplanetary robotic spacecraft missions. NASA’...
Navy Picks 30 for Potential $854M Marine Corps Logistics IDIQs 23 May 2013 | 06:34 pm
The U.S. Navy has selected 30 companies to compete for task orders to provide logistics support services to the Marine Corps under contracts potentially worth $854,625,075 combined. Task orders for th...
David Keffner Named SRA Corporate Controller 23 May 2013 | 05:54 pm
David Keffner, a former business group chief financial officer at SRA International, has been promoted to corporate controller at the Fairfax, Va.-based technology services contractor. Keffner will be...