Posts from GovConWire for 01/08/2016

Gary Slack Joins XLA as President, CEO

Gary Slack, former president and COO of QinetiQ North America, has been appointed president and chief executive at Tysons, Virginia-based government services contractor XLA. The more than 30-year GovCon veteran will be responsible for implementing the company’s growth strategies and succeeds founder and former CEO Lloyd Mustin, who will transition to a new role as chairman of the board of directors, XLA said Thursday…

Proposed $800M Sale of Lockheed-Built Missiles to Iraq Gets State Dept OK

The State Department has cleared Iraq’s request to purchase major defense equipment such as Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Hellfire missiles and Captive Air Training Missiles under a potential $800 million foreign military sale contract…

Army Taps 10 Small Businesses for $846M ERP Services Contract

Ten small businesses have won spots on a potential five-year, $846 million contract to support business processing systems across the U.S. Army organization. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract will run through Jan…

BAE Systems Taps PAR Technology for Naval Comms Facilities Operation; Matt Cicchinelli Comments

BAE Systems has awarded a PAR Technology subsidiary a 31-month, $12.9 million contract to aid in the operation and maintenance of various U.S. Navy communications facilities. PAR said Thursday Rome Research Corp…

Navy Taps Seaward Marine Services for $258M SUPSALV Support IDIQ

Seaward Marine Services will provide support services for the U.S. Navy’s office of the director of ocean engineering, supervisor of salvage and diving under a potential one-year, $257.9 million contract…

Jacobs Lands $355M NASA Aerospace Facilities Operations IDIQ

A Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $355 million contract to operate and maintain NASA‘s ground-based aerospace facilities at Ames Research Center. Jacobs Technology will provide testing and support services to the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels and the Arc Jet Complex under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, NASA saidThursday…

SAIC Lands $485M NASA Enterprise Applications Service Tech 2 Support Contract

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured a potential eight-year, $485 million contract to continue to provide operational support services for NASA’s Enterprise Applications Competency Center…

January 7 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Fall 2% as China Fears Grow

The GovCon Index continued to mirror deep losses in U.S. and global financial markets Thursday with a decline of 2.293 percent to 74.525 as investor fears over China’s economy and falling oil prices grew…