Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 10/05/2015

Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon Buys Foreground Security to Grow Cyber Services Portfolio

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has bought Foreground Security for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand Raytheon’s footprint in the U.S. and international managed cybersecurity services markets. The Herndon, Virginia-based network defense company has been renamed Raytheon Foreground Security and trained about 85 percent of its 165 employees on cybersecurity, Raytheon said Monday…

ICF Lands $250M CDC Digital Media Support Contract

ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) has won a potential five-year, $250 million contract to provide digital media platforms and related support services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and CDC partners…

Tory Bruno: RD-180 Ban Keeps ULA From Air Force GPS III Launch Bid

United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno has said the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture cannot submit a bid for the GPS III satellite launch contract due to a ban on the Russia-made RD-180 engine, Reuters reported Friday…

Northrop Awarded $203M Air Force Global Hawk Maintenance Contract

Northrop Grumman has received a one-year, $203,559,738 contract modification to maintain the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. The company will perform planning, operations and maintenance services under the option from a previously-awarded contract, the Defense Department saidFriday…

Kim Rice: DISA to Recompete Mobile Device Mgmt Services Contract

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency plans to issue a recompete contract to acquire mobile device management services for the U.S. Defense Department, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. “We’re finalizing the requirements package and the acquisition strategy, not only for the MDM recompete but really for the program at large to try to leverage lessons learned out of the current MDM contract,” Kim Rice, mobility portfolio manager at DISA, told the publication…

Report: GSA to Issue EIS Vehicle RFP Oct. 16

The General Services Administration plans to issue a request for proposals on the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle on Oct. 16, FedScoop reportedFriday. Billy Mitchell writes that the EIS contract vehicle will replace the Networx vehicle and expand its offerings with cloud, voice, video and other products and services…