Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Michael Griffin, chairman and CEO of Schafer Corp., as well as military veterans John Allen and Samuel Locklear as APL senior fellows. APL said Tuesday Allen, Griffin and Locklear bring leadership and expertise to the lab’s senior fellows program that seeks to address the priorities of U.S. military leaders and senior […] More
The U.S. Navy‘s unmanned maritime systems program office and Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division held an industry information day to discuss the service branch’s plan to procure a new class of large-displacement unmanned undersea vehicles. The forum drew 265 representatives from 138 companies and sought to inform interested vendors on the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program, the Navy said Thursday. […] More
Retired military officers Alford McMichael and Charles Clarke have joined First Command Financial Services as members of the company’s military advisory board. McMichael and Clarke will provide independent advice on military trends and the financial needs and products and services that affect military families as part of First Command’s 10-member board, the company said Monday. They will also […] More
Data Systems Analysts has been awarded a position under the U.S. Navy‘s SeaPort-e indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to compete for professional support services task orders. DSA said Monday it will offer support services for the Naval Sea Systems Command’s program executive offices, directorates, warfare centers and field activities that use the NAVSEA SeaPort Enhanced Contract. The SeaPort-e contract also authorizes […] More
Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, has visited a shipyard run by Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Ingalls executives briefed Neller on the four classes of military ships the division is currently building for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, HII said Wednesday. Neller also toured the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) and […] More
General Dynamics subsidiary NASSCO has held a keel-authentication ceremony for the U.S. Navy‘s second Expeditionary Sea Base vessel that will be called USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams. The ship will work as a multimission platform that supports air mine countermeasures, counter-piracy and maritime security operations as well as humanitarian missions, General Dynamics said Wednesday. USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams is designed to hold at […] More
Bedford, Massachusetts-based biometrics software company Aware has supplied its software and services line to the U.S. Marine Corps‘ in support of the service branch’s identity-related operations. Aware said Tuesday the company has provided its Biometric Services Platform to act as a portable biometric identity management platform that can help update, manage and share identity data between devices and databases in […] More
The U.S. Army and Navy have released their respective lists of vendors the services commend for the companies’ performance as defense suppliers across the fiscal years 2013 through 2015. The fiscal year 2016 Superior Supplier Incentive Program list identifies the top-performing business units within defense corporations and provides opportunities for those businesses to discuss prospects with […] More
Joseph Leonard, former chief of staff of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations’ assessment and naval warfare integration segments, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries as its large surface combatant program’s customer affairs corporate director. HII said Friday Leonard will report directly to Dan Holloway, HII’s customer affairs corporate vice president, and will be responsible for the […] More
Jack London, CACI executive chairman and chairman of the board, has received the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Distinguished Service Award for his role in helping veterans access business opportunities. CACI said Wednesday London, a former naval aviator and carrier pilot with the U.S. Navy, has supported veteran transition to civilian life for more than 40 years and regularly […] More
Metalogix has appointed Charlie Hopkins — former account manager at IBM‘s federal software group — as federal civilian sales director and Gary Herman — a senior director of sales and business development at WORX Technologies — as senior partner account manager. The Washington-headquartered cloud management software provider said Tuesday Hopkins and Herman will support Metalogix’ expansion efforts in the public sector […] More
OGSystems will vie for task orders to provide research and development, engineering, prototyping and logistics services to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s SeaPort Enhanced contract. The company said Thursday the SeaPort-e program has an ordering period of three years and designed to support 22 functional service areas at the Navy. Aarish Gokaldas, executive partner and market development lead at OGSystems, said […] More
