Posts from GovCon Wire for 11/11/2015

Military.com: Obama, Netanyahu Negotiate $2B Increase in US Military Aid to Israel

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have begun talks about a possible increase in U.S. military assistance to Israel from $3 billion annually to up to $5 billion under a 10-year agreement, Military…

Lockheed Lands $969M Contract Modification to Produce Air Force C130-J Aircraft

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential five-year, $968.7 million contract modification to build 17 C-130J transport planes for the U.S. Air Force. The award covers the production of six C-130J-30 Super Hercules, nine MC-130J Commando II, one KC-130J tanker and one HC-130J Combat King II aircraft, the Defense Department said Tuesday…

USAF Pushes Boeing Small Diameter Bomb FMS Contract Ceiling to $228M

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a $130.1 million contract modification for the production of Small Diameter Bombs Increment 1 for foreign military sales customers of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification would increase the ceiling value of a previously awarded SDB I production contract from $98 million to $228…

CACI Receives Army Intell Collection Testing Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has been selected to test the U.S. Army’s intelligence collection and dissemination system under a contract with the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center…

HP Enterprise Gets $91M Task Order to Maintain DHA Global Service Center

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has received a $91.5 million task order to operate and maintain the global service center of the Defense Health Agency’s health information technology directorate…

BAE Systems Picks Spartan for Light Armored Vehicle Integration, Assembly

BAE Systems has selected Spartan Motors to perform integration and assembly services for the International Light Armored Vehicles that BAE will build for Iraq through a foreign military sales agreement…

SRI Int’l Unveils Subsidiary for Training, T&E Services; John Prausa Comments

SRI International has created a new subsidiary that seeks to deliver training, performance assessment, test and evaluation as well as policy analysis services to commercial, government and military organizations…

Obama to Nominate Beth Cobert as Full-Time OPM Director

The White House has announced plans to appoint Beth Cobert, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management since July 2015, to the OPM leadership role on a full-time basis. “Beth has effectively pursued strategies to strengthen cybersecurity and improve the way the government serves citizens, businesses, and the federal workforce both past and present,” President Barack Obama said in a statement released Tuesday…