Posts from GovCon Wire for 12/21/2015

Reuters: CACI the Lead Candidate for Potential $4B Bid on Lockheed’s Govt IT Business

CACI International (NYSE: CACI), Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Engility (NYSE: EGL) have been named as interested bidders for the government information technology business of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Reuters reported Friday…

Raytheon Awarded $2B Contract Modification for SM-3 Block IB Missiles

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a potential six-year, $2.3 billion contract modification to produce Standard Missile-3 IB weapons for the Missile Defense Agency. MDA increased its order for SM-3 Block IB missiles from 44 to 52 units under the sole-source modification, which also includes all-up-round and recertification support, the Defense Department said Friday…

General Atomics Lands $338M Air Force UAS Logistics, Maintenance Contract

General Atomics has received a one-year, $338.2 million contract to perform maintenance, logistics and flight operations support for the MQ1 Predator and MQ9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles of the U.S…

Ron Thompson Joins VA as Information and Technology Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

Ron Thompson, Department of Health and Human Services’ executive director of information technology infrastructure and operations, will join the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Office of Information and Technology’s principal deputy assistant secretary, FedScoop reported Thursday…

Magazine Recognizes Day & Zimmermann-Supported Nuclear Plant Crane Installation Project

Day & Zimmermann has won an award from Power Engineering and Nuclear Power International Magazine in recognition of a company-supported overhead crane system installation project at an AEP-run nuclear power facility…

FCW: Congress Includes Cyber Info Sharing Bill in Omnibus Package

Congress introduced an omnibus appropriations package that includes the proposed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, FCW reported Wednesday. “The agreement in the omnibus maintains Senate language on use of a Department of Homeland Security portal to share information,” said Sen…

GSA Eyes Combined Prospectuses for Secondary NIH Campus in Maryland

The General Services Administration could open a second Maryland campus for the National Institutes of Health that combines two Congress-approved lease prospectuses from 2014, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday…

December 21 Morning Report: GovCon Index Down Amid Crude Oil Decline

The GovCon Index closed Friday at a 30-day low of 75.362 on crude oil declines and concerns over a potential slowdown in global growth. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with two-month lows…