Posts from GovCon Wire for 01/06/2016

NAVSEA Awards Raytheon $143M Airframe Missile Production, Testing Contract

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a potential two-year $142.8 million contract to build missiles for the U.S. Navy to defend ships from adversarial missiles, aircraft and surface vehicles. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will produce, assemble, test and deliver Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 guided missile round packs to the Navy under the firm-fixed-price contract, which also includes an option for foreign military sales to Japan…

Mitcham Buys L-3’s Sonar Tech Manufacturing Business

Mitcham Industries has bought an L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) business unit that offers side-scan sonar and waterside security systems to the military and commercial sectors. Texas-based Mitcham sells or leases geophysical equipment for energy, academic, environmental, seismic and government use, and the company aims to expand its technology and customer base through the purchase of L-3 Klein Associates, Rob Capps, co-CEO at Mitcham, said Monday…

USAID to Hold Outreach Session With Small Businesses

The U.S. Agency for International Development will hold an outreach session with small businesses on Jan. 22 to discuss the agency’s programming priorities and potential procurement opportunities…

Mark Morgan Appointed FBI Training Division Assistant Director

Mark Morgan, formerly deputy assistant director of the training division at the FBI, has been named assistant director of the training division at the bureau’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Morgan worked for the Customs and Border Protection on a joint duty assignment in 2014 prior to his appointment as the training division’s deputy assistant director, the bureau said Tuesday…

Gina Trombley Named Group VP at Parsons’ Federal Business Unit; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

Gina Trombley, former senior vice president and aviation division manager at Parsons, has been appointed group vice president of the company’s federal business unit. She will oversee the business unit’s strategic initiatives and global sales operations, Parsons said Tuesday…

Eglobaltech Receives Citizenship and Immigration Services Access Mgmt Task Order

Eglobaltech has been selected to provide access management and information security services to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The company will work to engineer the security infrastructure, conduct authorization, handle insider threat and manage identity and credential for the CIS program, Eglobaltech said Monday…

A-P-T Research Wins $30.5M Ballistic Missile Defense System Safety Contract

A-P-T Research Inc. has won a $30,456,367 contract to help the Missile Defense Agency develop and implement safety policies for the ballistic missile defense system. The company will work to identify and manage BMDS risks and assist the agency in system flight and ground tests under the contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday…

January 5 Market Close: GovCon Index Rides Afternoon Surge to 1% Gain in Volatile Trade

The GovCon Index bounced wildly in and out of positive territory Tuesday morning and sharply rose in the afternoon session to close at a gain of 1.259 percent to 76.801. The S&P 500 composite index turned negative in the early afternoon session from a volatile morning period then swung again to a gain of almost 1 percent between 2 p…