NGA Picks 6 Small Businesses for $849M in Lifecycle Acquisition, Financial Mgmt IDIQs The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded six companies a set of potential five-year contracts worth up to $849 million combined under a procurement vehicle for lifecycle acquisition management, strategic financial and business management support services…

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ULA, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Sign Cooperative R&D Agreement for Vulcan Rocket United Launch Alliance has signed a cooperative research-and-development agreement with the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center in support of efforts to certify the company’s future Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle for national security space missions…

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Assured Enterprises Names DoD, GovCon Vet Joe Kelly Federal Sector Operations VP Joe Kelly, a 25-year Defense Department and 15-year government contracting veteran, has joined cybersecurity services company Assured Enterprises as vice president of federal sector operations. Assured said Tuesday Kelly formerly served as acting chief information officer for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board — an independent agency within the executive branch that works to protect privacy and civil liberties in counterterrorism programs…

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AM General to Supply Afghanistan With More Humvees for $109M AM General has received a $108.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to deliver an additional 433 Humvees to Afghanistan under a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Tuesday it expects the company to finish work under the modification by Sept…

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Reuters: Canada Evaluates Info From 5 Potential Fighter Aircraft Contractors Marc Allen, president of Boeing’s international business, has said Canada is evaluating data from five potential contractors that could help replace the country’s fleet of CF-18 aircraft, Reuters reported Monday…

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BrainScope Gets FDA Approval for Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment Tech; Michael Singer Comments BrainScope has received marketing clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a medical device the neurotechnology company designed to help clinicians examine traumatic brain injury cases. Bethesda, Maryland-based BrainScope said Monday it developed the Ahead 300 multi-modal device in collaboration with the Defense Department…

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DynCorp to Extend Counter-Narcotics Aircraft Support for State Dept; Joe Dunaway Comments DynCorp International has received a one-year extension on the company’s contract with the State Department to support the aviation office within the agency’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement…

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Navy Exercises $50M BAE Contract Option for Destroyer Ship Gun Updates The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems has secured a $50 million contract option to incorporate the Mod 4 configuration into an additional four Mk 45 naval gun systems onboard U.S. Navy guided missile destroyers…

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California Power Utility Taps Vencore Labs for Cyber Services Contract The internal research arm of Vencore has been selected to deploy managed cybersecurity offerings to a publicly-owned power utility headquartered in Sacramento, California in order to help secure the organizations metering infrastructure…

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DOJ National Security Division Lead John Carlin to Leave Agency John Carlin will leave the Justice Department on Oct. 15 as chief of the department’s national security division after three years in the role and 15 at DOJ total, he told Reuters in an article posted Tuesday…

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Sevatec Wins Recompete for NOAA Cybersecurity Center Support Sevatec has won a potential two-year, $19 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide support services to NOAA’s Cyber Security Center. The technology services firm said Tuesday the recompeted contract covers support for NCSC’s security operations facility as well as its computer incident response, system administration support and enterprise security solutions teams…

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