Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 03/22/2016

NIH to Add Small Biz Spots on $20B IT GWAC Program

The National Institutes of Health plans to add more vendors to a potential $20 billion small business set-aside contract vehicle that covers information technology support services for NIH and other federal agencies…

KKR to Purchase Airbus’ Defense Electronics Business for $1.24B

New York City-based private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (NYSE: KKR) has agreed to acquire the defense electronics business of global aerospace and defense contractor Airbus Group for approximately $1…

Joseph Battaglia to Retire as Telephonics President, Kevin McSweeney Named Successor

Joseph Battaglia, president of military communications and sensor systems maker Telephonics, plans to retire on Sept. 30 after 21 years of leadership at the surveillance and communication systems provider…

Report: Lockheed in Talks to House Some F-16 Production in India

Lockheed Martin is in talks with the U.S. and Indian governments to transfer at least some production of F-16 aircraft to India in a bid to address the latter country’s recapitalization requirements for fighter jets, The Hindu newspaper reported Monday…

Cubic’s TeraLogics to Provide Video Dissemination Services to AFRICOM Under DISA Contract

Cubic subsidiary TeraLogics has been awarded a $1.4 million Defense Information Systems Agency contract to build on the business unit’s video dissemination services to support U.S. Africa Command‘s airborne, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements…

HHS Unveils Healthcare System Cybersecurity Task Force

The Department of Health & Human Services has introduced the 21 members of a task force that will work to identify ways and methods to form a secure electronic healthcare system. Technology and healthcare leaders from public and private organizations will serve on the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force, HHS Acting Deputy Secretary Mary Wakefield wrote in a blog post published March 16…

Baker-Tetra Tech JV Lands $50M Navy Contract for Design, Engineering Services

The Baker-Tetra Tech joint venture has landed a potential $50 million contract from the U.S. Navy for design and engineering services for the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Defense Department and other federal agencies…

CH2M-Led Consortium Gets $500M UK Railway Engineering, Construction Contract; James Rowntree Comments

A CH2M-led consortium has won a potential 10-year, $500 million contract to provide engineering and construction support for the first phase of the High Speed 2 railway project in the U.K. CH2M will work with SENER and Atkins to provide program and construction management support, engineering services and assistance for the acquisition of the civils contracts for the HS2 project’s London-Birmingham route, CH2M said Monday…