Posts from GovConWire for 05/19/2017

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Former RSA Exec Jacklyn Wynn Joins Mitre in VP, Director Roles

Jacklyn Wynn, former vice president of strategy and market development for global public sector at Dell Technologies‘ (NYSE: DVMT) RSA subsidiary, has joined Mitre as a vice president and director of its Center for Connected Government…
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Ken Deutsch: CSRA to Extend Marines IT Support Under Potential $143M Award

CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has won a potential five-year, $143 million contract to provide information technology support services to the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Technology Services Organization. The company said Thursday it will help the service branch engineer, maintain and operate a range of enterprise business systems…
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Report: Saudi Arabia, Lockheed Seal $6B Deal for Modified Littoral Combat Ships

Saudi Arabia and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) have closed on a $6 billion contract for the Bethesda, Maryland-based defense contractor to deliver four modified versions of Littoral Combat Ships, Bloomberg reported Friday…
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Brad Barker Joins Array as Federal Civilian Client Executive

Brad Barker, co-founder of consulting firm 8m Services, has been appointed client executive for the federal civilian business at Array Information Technology. Array said Wednesday Barker will support the Greenbelt, Maryland-based IT contractor’s proposal, business development and delivery functions in the federal civilian marketplace…
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General Atomics Gets $195M Contract Option to Build, Test Navy Carrier Arresting Gear

General Atomics has received a $195.2 million contract option to manufacture, assemble, test, inspect and checkout advanced arresting gear for the U.S. Navy‘s third Ford-class aircraft carrier. The Defense Department said Thursday that General Atomics will support checkout spares, drawing, installation, repairs and technical data changes of the future USS Enterprise (CVN 80) shipset…
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House OKs Modernizing Government Technology Act

The House on Wednesday passed by a voice vote a bipartisan bill that would authorize federal agencies to create their own working capital funds to update their information technology systems, Nextgov reported Wednesday…
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MDA Increases Lockheed THAAD Field Support IDIQ Ceiling by $112M

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $112.2 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to continue to provide field support services for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system…
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Leidos to Deliver IED Removal Aircraft Under Army Contract Modification

Leidos has received a $21.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to design, build, test and deliver an aircraft designed to help neutralize improvised-explosive devices. The Defense Department said Thursday Leidos will provide one Saturn Arch configured aircraft to support ongoing operations, sustainment and the Integration Quick Reaction Capability program…
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VIDEO: Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

Demo day and test drive of JLTV at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
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May 18 Market Close: Minor Positive Changes With GovCon Index and Market Indices

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index moved downward contrary to major market indices. Decliners outpaced advancers 18 to 12. The major markets showed minor movement upward after recovering from significant drop yesterday…
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