Posts from GovConWire for 01/05/2016

Boeing Wins $855M Contract for USAF T-38C Avionics Integration, Logistics Support

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a potential 10-year, $855 million contract to integrate avionic systems and provide logistics support for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of T-38C Talon trainer jets…

BAE, Northrop to Develop RF Countermeasure Platforms for Air Force C-130J Fleet

The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) separate contracts worth a combined $52.8 million to develop radio frequency countermeasure platforms for integration with the U…

Josh Walden: Intel Eyes Drone Tech Market With AscTec Purchase

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has agreed to buy German unmanned aerial vehicle developer Ascending Technologies for an undisclosed sum as the companies seek to accelerate adoption of computing tools in the drone market…

Bill Ballhaus Joins Blackboard as Chairman, President & CEO

Bill Ballhaus, former president and CEO of SRA International, has joined educational technology firm Blackboard as its chairman, president and chief executive. He replaces Jay Bhatt, who will remain with the company as a special adviser to the chairman, Blackboard said Monday…

Mike Gazarik, Jeff Osterkamp Appointed to VP Roles at Ball Aerospace

Ball Aerospace & Technologies (has appointed new vice presidents to lead its engineering and mission assurance businesses. The company said Monday it appointed Mike Gazarik as VP of engineering and Jeff Osterkamp as VP of mission assurance…

CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Mgmt Support for Air Force Ground Weapon System

SRA, a subsidiary of technology services contractor CSRA, has won a potential three-year, $35 million contract to manage and maintain the weapon system architecture of the processing, exploitation and dissemination facility of the U…

DoD Gives Extension for Vendors to Implement NIST Cloud Security Requirements

The Defense Department has issued an interim rule that amends a provision in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to enable contractors to implement National Institute of Standards and Technology security requirements through Dec…

January 4 Market Close: GovCon Index Plunges as China Losses Trigger US Stock Selloff

The GovCon Index started 2016 with a steep decline of 1.712 percent to 75.764 Monday as U.S. stocks mirrored large losses in global financial markets over growth concerns. Armored truck maker Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) held against market forces with a gain of 8…