Posts from GovConWire for 12/28/2015

December 28 Morning Report: GovCon Index Gain Streak Ends in Half-Day Christmas Eve Session

The GovCon Index‘s three-day streak of consecutive gains endedThursday with a decline of 0.171 points to 76.636 in a half-day Christmas Eve session for U.S. financial markets, which closed at 1 p…

Airbus Wins $600M Inmarsat Satellite Production Contract; Rupert Pearce Comments

Airbus’ defense and space business has won a potential $600 million contract from Inmarsat to construct the first two communications satellites for integration with Inmarsat-6 satellite constellation…

DISA Awards $4B Telecom Network IDIQ to Eight GovCon Firms

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded eight companies spots on a $4.3 billion contract to develop telecommunications network services for defense information system transmission requirements…

Kevin Nally Joins US Secret Service as CIO

Kevin Nally, a retired brigadier general and former chief information officer of the U.S. Marine Corps, has joined the U.S. Secret Service as CIO, FCW reported Wednesday. Sean Lyngaas writes Nally will oversee the Secret Service’s efforts to further the use of mobile devices, advanced surveillance and threat mitigation systems…

Air Force Picks 3 Firms for $500M Architect-Engineering Services Contract

The U.S. Air Force has selected three companies to provide architect-engineering services for environmental projects under a potential eight-year, $500 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract…

Lockheed Lands $227M Navy Contracts for MH-60R Mission Avionics Production, Engineering

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) two contracts worth $227 million combined to produce mission avionics platforms and provide engineering support for Sikorsky-built MH-60R helicopters through the U…

Army Issues RFP for $206M Ground Intelligence System Modernization Contract

The U.S. Army has started to accept bids on a potential $206 million contract for the Distributed Common Ground System-Army‘s second increment. The Army said Wednesday the full-and-open competition is part of its efforts to modernize the DCGS-A platform that works to help soldiers analyze, visualize and exchange ISR data when they conduct missions in the battlefield…

Northrop Awarded $93M to Help DARPA Build Ship-Based Reconnaissance UAS

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has closed a two-year, $93.1 million other transaction agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to prototype and develop an unmanned aircraft system to launch and recover from small carrier ships…