Posts from GovConWire for 08/24/2015

USNI News: Lockheed to Secure Combat Mgmt System Contract for Navy’s Future Frigates

The Naval Sea Systems Command has announced plans to award a contract to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to provide a common combat management platform for future frigates, USNI News reported Wednesday. Megan Eckstein writes the service branch’s intention to award the sole-source contract to Lockheed comes after its decision to designate the modified littoral combat ships as frigates and adopt a single class of CMS for the upgraded vessels…

Raytheon Gets Extension for O&M Services at NASA Facilities; Dave Wajsgras Comments

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential four-year, $101.9 million extension to its contract with NASA‘s Johnson Space Center to provide services to the Neutral Buoyancy Lab and Space Vehicle Mockup Facility…

ASMD Gets $100M Navy Design, Engineering Services IDIQ for Defense Policy Review Initiative With Japan

The U.S. Navy has awarded ASMD a potential five-year, $100 million contract to provide engineering and design services for the construction of facilities and other infrastructure under the Defense Policy Review Initiative of the U…

Sen. Charles Schumer to Propose Drone Geofencing Regulation

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is pushing for an amendment to require the adoption of geofencing technology in unmanned aerial vehicles as part of a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill…

Navy Picks ViaSat, Data Link Solutions for MIDS-LVT Support

The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts worth a total of $880.8 million to ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) and Data Link Solutions for the production and maintenance of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Low Volume Terminal…

Chris Wilkinson Joins Infoblox as Federal Account Executive

Chris Wilkinson, formerly the account executive of intelligence community for Microsoft, has joined Infoblox as federal account executive. Wilkinson takes responsibility of Infoblox’s initiatives to create new business opportunities and forge partnerships with the company’s customers in IC…

August 24 Morning Report: GovCon Index to Open at 73.012 after Friday Loss

The GovCon Index opens today at 73.012 after Friday’s loss of 2.783 percent, its fourt straight day of decline amid larger declines in U.S. and global stock markets last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3…