Posts from GovConWire for 11/13/2015

USAF Awards ULA $373M Contract Modification for Rocket Production Services

United Launch Alliance has been awarded a $373.3 million contract modification by the U.S. Air Force to provide launch vehicle production services for two National Reconnaissance Office rockets. The Defense Department said Thursday that ULA will support the configurations of a Delta IV Heavy and an Atlas V 421 for the agency…

Northrop Receives $151M Japan Hawkeye Aircraft Contract Modification

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $151.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build one E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft for Japan under a foreign military sale agreement. The company will perform work in Florida, New York, California, Indiana, Illinois and other U…

Boeing Lands $102M Contract Modification for Poseidon Site Activation, Logistics

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential three-year, $101.6 million contract modification to provide site activation and logistics support for the full-rate production of P-8A Poseidon Lots 6 and 7 for the U…

Lockheed Taps Multicut A/S For Pending F-35 Lightning II Parts Production Contract

Lockheed Martin has downselected Denmark-based machine parts manufacturer Multicut A/S to produce brackets, fittings and other aluminum components for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jets under a pending contract award…

Deborah Ricci Joins Centerra Group as CFO; Paul Donahue Comments

Deborah Ricci, formerly chief financial officer of A-T Solutions, has joined Centerra Group as CFO. She was most recently responsible for A-T Solutions’ financial affairs, government contract pricing and compliance and information technology, Centerra said Thursday…

Clinton Faison to Get Promotion as Vice Adm., Navy Surgeon General

Rear Adm. Clinton Faison, deputy surgeon general of the U.S. Navy, has been nominated by President Barack Obama as surgeon general for the service branch and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery…

Seagate Creates Govt Data Management Unit, Names Deb Oliver President

Seagate Technology has formed a new business unit that will work to help government customers manage and secure big data with company-built technology. Deb Oliver, a public sector veteran with more than 30 years of experience, will serve as president of Seagate Government Solutions and Paul Kaminski as chairman of the subsidiary’s board of directors, Seagate said Thursday…

November 12 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Plunge on Earnings & Continued Fed Watch

The GovCon Index mirrored the larger selloff and economic growth concerns in U.S. stock markets Thursday with a decline of 1.988 percent to 75.961. Shares in BAE Systems — the Index’s only gainer — climbed 3…