Posts from GovConWire for 06/27/2016

Lockheed Secures Potential $421M Navy Contract For AEGIS Engineering, Maintenance Services

Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) mission systems and sensors business has received a potential $421 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of services in support of the Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System…

DISA Awards $320M Contract to IBM for Commissary POS Hardware Replacement

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has been awarded a potential 10-year, $319.6 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to update the current point-of-sale system at U.S. military commissaries worldwide…

Arlington Capital Partners Buys Analytics, Cloud Platforms Provider EOIR Technologies; Michael Lustbader Comments

Washington-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has purchased Fredericksburg, Virginia-based big data analytics and cloud platforms provider EOIR Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Peter Cannito, formerly head of strategic initiatives and corporate development office, will lead EOIR as CEO as part of the acquisition, Arlington said Friday…

Parsons-PAE JV Lands $86M Navy Base Operations Support Contract

DZSP 21, a joint venture of Parsons and PAE, has received a potential $85.9 million contract to support the operations of the U.S. Navy’s base at Joint Region Marianas in Guam. The Defense Department said Friday DZSP will assist in the base’s management and port operations and perform ordnance, material and facility management, electrical, wastewater, steam, water and environmental services…

NASA, Partners Launch Airspace Tech Demonstration Lab; Charles Bolden Comments

NASA and its partners have opened a new airspace technology demonstration laboratory at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in an effort to help centralize the arrival and departure of aircraft…

Boeing’s Insitu Unit to Provide UAS ISR Services for SOCOM Under IDIQ Contract

Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has landed a one-year, $40.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to provide Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services…

CBP Unveils 29 New Partnerships for Reimbursable Ports-of-Entry Services Program

The Customs and Border Protection has brokered 29 partnership agreements that will allow multiple private companies and state and local government organizations to reimburse CBP for various cross-border trade and travel services at U…

US Forces Japan Commander John Dolan Nominated as Joint Staff Operations Director

President Barack Obama has nominated U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dolan, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Pacific Air Forces’ Fifth Air Force, as operations director (J-3) for the Joint Staff…

Navy Launches Lockheed-Built MUOS-5 to Complete Communications Satellite Constellation; Mark Woempner Comments

The U.S. Navy’s ground control facility established communications with a Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellite after the satellite launched Friday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida…

June 27 Morning Report: Raytheon Lone Gainer as GovCon Index Drops After Brexit Vote

The GovCon Index closed Friday with its worst one-day percentage decline in 2016 at 2.805 percent to 77.327 on the heels of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The referendum vote impacted financial markets worldwide, with the Index capping the week at a 1…