Posts from GovConWire for 12/29/2015

Congressional Research Service: US Posted $36B in Foreign Weapons Sales in 2014

A new Congressional Research Service report says the U.S. recorded $36.2 billion in foreign arms sales in 2014, an approximately $10 billion increase from $26.7 billion in 2013, DoD Buzz reported Monday…

Lockheed Awarded $528M THAAD Missile Interceptor Contract Modification

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $528.5 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to build interceptors against short- and medium-range ballistic missile threats. The Defense Department said Monday the company will provide an undisclosed number of production lots 7 and 8 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors, one-shot weapons and related support services to MDA…

Boeing Awarded $358M Navy IDIQ for Precision Laser Guided Sets

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $357.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to produce precision laser guided sets for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and foreign military sales clients…

USACE Invites Bids for Construction of Army Cybercom HQ’s C2 Facility

The U.S. Army has released an invitation for bids on the construction of a command-and-control facility and cyber protection team operations facility at the Army Cyber Command headquarters at Fort Gordon…

Ross Ashley Takes SVP Role at SAP NS2; Mark Testoni Comments

Ross Ashley, formerly assistant administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s grant programs directorate, has joined SAP National Security Services (NYSE: SAP) as senior vice president of business and partner development…

BAE Exec Chris Allam Joins Board at Reaction Engines

Chris Allam, engineering director of the military air and information business at BAE Systems, has joined Reaction Engines‘ board of directors. Allam will be responsible for coordinating joint efforts of BAE and Reaction Engines to develop the SABRE-class aerospace engine technology, Reaction Engines said Monday…

Report: Security Expert Uncovers Open Database of Nearly 200M US Voter Records

Texas-based computer security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered online personal data of approximately 191 million registered U.S. voters that he believes have potentially been exposed by a database misconfiguration, CSO Online reported Monday…

December 28 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Held Down by Extended Energy Decline; CSRA Tops S&P 500 Gainers

The GovCon Index failed to rebound from its Christmas Eve decline with a loss of 0.264 points to 77.554 Monday as U.S. financial markets entered the final week of trading activity for 2015. U.S. markets will be open for full sessions Tuesday and Wednesday with a half-day scheduled for Thursday in observance of New Year’s Eve and will be closed Friday for New Year’s Day…