Posts from GovConWire for 03/10/2016

GSA Picks 31 for Zone 1 Building O&M Services Under $30B GWAC Program

The General Services Administration has awarded 31 companies spots on two potential 10-year contracts worth up to $30 billion combined to provide building maintenance and operations support at the federal government’s Zone 1 sites…

Andy Ozment, Gregory Touhill: DHS Issues Alert on Ukraine’s Power Grid Cyber Attack

The Department of Homeland Security has notified U.S. critical infrastructure operators and owners of an alert on the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team website about a cyber attack against Ukraine’s power companies in December 2015…

Lockheed Lands Potential $131M Contract for Navy Aviation Tires Mgmt

Lockheed Martin has landed a potential four-year, $131 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manage naval aviation tires with partner company Michelin North America. The performance-based logistics contract has a base value of $52 million and base period of three years as well as options for two six-month extensions and for F-35 tires support, Lockheed said Wednesday…

BAE to Provide Missile Warning, ‘Friend or Foe’ Systems for Sikorsky Combat Rescue Helicopter

BAE Systems has been selected to provide missile warning and friend-or-foe identification systems in support of the U.S Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter contract that was awarded to Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky Aircraft…

Shannon Wagner Promoted to Dynamic Aviation COO; Michael Stoltzfus Comments

Shannon Wagner, formerly senior vice president of operations at Bridgewater,Virginia-based Dynamic Aviation, has been promoted to chief operating officer at the company. The 25-year commercial aviation veteran started in his current role in February and oversees the company’s daily operations, Dynamic Aviation said Monday…

General Dynamics Awarded $75M CMS Medical Equipment Software Contract; Marcus Collier Comments

General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business unit has been awarded a potential five-year, $75 million contract to supply and maintain software for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ medical equipment…

Army Issues RFI on Small Airborne Unmanned Sensor Tech

The U.S. Army is requesting information on small unmanned aircraft systems that individual soldiers can deploy and operate to gather actionable information in real time during battlefield missions. In a FedBizOpps notice posted March 1, the military service urged companies, research laboratories and universities to submit responses to the branch’s Soldier Borne Sensors RFI by March 18…

March 9 Market Close: GovCon Index Bounces Back From AM Dip, Crude Rises as Traders Await Euro Bank Decision

The GovCon Index recovered from a brief morning dip into a decline Tuesday and closed at a gain of 0.443 points to 73.042 as U.S. stocks rose in tandem with crude oil prices in New York and investors awaited a decision from Europe’s central bank on additional stimulus…