Posts from GovConWire for 04/08/2016

Boeing to Deliver 117 Apache Helicopters Under $923M Army Contract Modification

Boeing (NYSE:BA) has received a $922.6 million U.S. Army contract modification to deliver 117 AH-64E Apache combat helicopters. The Defense Department said Thursday work for the modification will occur in Mesa, Arizona, through May 31, 2018…

DOE Exercises $750M Option to Extend Fluor-Led Team’s Portsmouth Plant Decommissioning Work

The Energy Department has exercised a contract option valued at $750 million to extend decontamination and decommissioning work at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio to be performed by a Fluor-led (NYSE: FLR) team…

FAS: James Clapper Asks Intell Agency Leaders to Help Review Data Classification Practices

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper urged the heads of U.S. intelligence agencies to review guidelines for data classification and identify obsolete secrecy policies that should be removed, the Federation of American Scientists reported Wednesday…

Engility Lands $248M DTRA R&D Advisory Contract

Engility (NYSE: EGL) has secured a $247.9 million contract to advise and assist in the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s research and development mission. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will execute the contract at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and Eglin Air Force Base in Florida through April 2021 if DTRA exercises all options…

CBP Requests Info on Vehicle-Mounted, Body-Worn Cameras; Gil Kerlikowske Comments

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a request for information on body-worn cameras and vehicle-mounted cameras in an effort to expand the use of such devices in its operations. The RFI comes after the completion of a feasibility study on body worn cameras conducted by a working group that CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske commissioned in 2015, CBP said Thursday…

BAE Systems Inc. Gets AAV Production Contract From Japan

Japan’s defense ministry has awarded the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc for the production of Assault Amphibious Vehicles to support ongoing development of amphibious operations in the country’s ground self-defense force…

Army Seeks Industry Info on Telemedicine IT Platforms, Services

The U.S. Army has released a request for information on potential industry sources of information technology platforms and services in support of the service branch’s telehealth program for patients at home and other remote locations…

Carl Ghattas Named Assistant Director for Counterterrorism at FBI HQ

Carl Ghattas has been appointed as FBI‘s new assistant director for the counterterrorism division and will be based at the bureau headquarters in Washington. FBI Director James Comey has tasked the former special agent to oversee the headquarters’ investigations in counterterrorism, the bureau said Thursday…

April 7 Market Close: GovCon Index Sinks 1% as Investors Worry Over Central Bank Policy

The GovCon Index suffered its largest percentage drop in two months Thursday at 0.987 percent — or -0.738 points — to 74.031 with satellite services provider Intelsat (NYSE: I) and rocket maker Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) the only GCI stocks to close in positive at 3…