Posts from GovConWire for 05/09/2016

Harris to Provide Morocco Ground, Airborne Radios Under $405M Foreign Sales Deal

Harris (NYSE: HRS) has landed a $405 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Army to produce and deliver single-channel ground and airborne radio systems to Morocco. The company will provide the combat net radios along with ancillary items, spare parts, installation kits, training and fielding support services under the firm-fixed-price contract that runs through April 21, 2021, the Defense Department said Friday…

General Dynamics Gets $329M Modification on Army Stryker Vehicle Modernization Contract

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a $329 million contract modification to help the U.S. Army update the service branch’s fleet of Stryker infantry carrier vehicles. The company will produce, test and deliver Stryker 30mm lethality systems under the contract awarded by the Warren, Michigan-based Army Contracting Command, the Defense Department said Friday…

Army Selects 4 Firms for $250M Persistent ISR Analytics IDIQ

The U.S. Army has awarded four companies spots on a potential $249.8 million contract for analytic software research and development services related to persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…

Masimo Wins 5-Year DLA Pulse Oximeter Supply Contract

Masimo has won a five-year, $35.6 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide pulse oximeters to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The DLA Troop Support received 85 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acquisition process, the Defense Department said Friday Work will take place in Irvine, California through May 5, 2021, with no option periods…

Michael Flynn Joins Drone Aviation as Board of Directors Vice Chairman; Jay Nussbaum Comments

Michael Flynn, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has been named vice chairman of the board of directors at Drone Aviation. Flynn will work to leverage the communications, surveillance and data collection functions of Drone Aviation’s unmanned aerial systems and tactical aerostat platforms through collaboration with defense, government and commercial clients, the company said Wednesday…

Riverside Research Institute Awarded AF Contract for R&D Services

The U.S Air Force has awarded a $7.6 million contract to Riverside Research Institute for various research and development services to be conducted at a facility in New York. Riverside Research will provide multi-model analog sensing with adaptability features that work to support signals analysis activities, the Defense Department said Thursday…

LG Achieves NIAP Security Certification for G5 & V10 Smartphones

LG Electronics‘ G5 and V10 smartphones have received the U.S. National Information Assurance Partnership certification for conformance with international security standards. The smartphones were assessed through NIAP’s Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme to gauge compliance with the Common Criteria international standard, LG said Thursday…

Kent Optronics Secures Navy Night-Vision Tech Ordering Agreement

Kent Optronics has received a potential five-year, $47.6 million basic ordering agreement to produce wide field-of-view night vision technology for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also provide night vision systems and associated retrofit and data services to the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command as well as to the U…

DOE Plans $90M Investment to Support Biorefinery Construction Projects; Lynn Orr Comments

The Energy Department plans to award up to $90 million in funds to support the construction of biorefineries as part of the White House’s carbon emission reduction efforts. DOE said Friday it will make the award under the Project Development for Pilot and Demonstration Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower program…

Cambridge International Systems Lands IT Security Support Contract With NASA

Cambridge International Systems has received a five-year contract from NASA to provide information technology management and other technical services in support of the Johnson Space Center’s Base Information Technology Security Program…

May 9 Morning Report: GovCon Index Posts Gain on US Buying Activity, Earnings Reports

The GovCon Index closed Friday with a 0.634-point increase to 7.206 amid buying activity in U.S. financial markets. The GCI also posted a weekly gain of 0.845 points as earnings reports from contractors over the past week — including Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL), ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) — exceeded analyst expectations…