Two General Dynamics subsidiaries are among the interested parties in an upcoming U.S. Coast Guard shipbuilding program potentially worth $8.1 billion for up to 25 ships, Defense News reports. According to Christopher Cavas’ report, the San Diego-based NASSCO subsidiary and Maine-based Bath Iron Works are both interested in the Offshore Patrol Cutter program. However, Cavas […] More

Harris Corp. will operate an enterprise messaging service for the Federal Aviation Administration‘s systems-wide information management program, the company announced Monday. The company announced the potential $63 million award, given through the agency’s Telecommunications Infrastructure contract, at the Air Traffic Control Association Conference and Exposition taking place in Washington this week. The FAA will use […] More

Scott McCoy is the chief legal officer and head of compliance for Siemens Government Technologies. Prior to Siemens, the 15-year legal vet worked as Associate General Counsel at the aerospace firm Thales and was an attorney at Exxon Mobil Corp. before that. Click here to read his executive profile for more on his background. Executivebiz chatted […] More

ARINC Inc. has finalized a contract with Lancaster County, Pa. to provide a new public safety radio system for emergency responders, the company announced Wednesday. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners approved the contract on Wednesday and the company will start work immediately. According to the company, the new multi-vendor system will support APCO Project […] More

The Army wants to use General Services Administration contract vehicles to purchase tactical radios for a combat brigade in Afghanistan, Nextgov reports. Through the vehicle, the Army would purchase 280 of the radios for the brigade, set to deploy next year. Two of the three brigades scheduled for deployment are equipped with Harris Corp.’s AN/PRC-117G […] More

Rodney Willis is a veteran GovCon human resources executive, where his experience includes acquiring and developing talent, succession planning, organizational development and employee relations. He most recently served as HR vice president at Thales USA and previously served as HR senior vice president for Textron Corp.“™s defense systems unit. Willis also has held HR leadership […] More

SafeNet, Inc. has appointed Miguel Braojos vice president of sales in Southern Europe, the Middle Eastern and Africa, the company announced Wednesday. The Belcamp, Md.-based company said he will work with local country teams to grow business investments within the regions. He previously served as sales vice president of the Southern EMEA and South Asia […] More

Northrop Grumman has won a contract to produce a signaling system for the British navy’s next-generation Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. The company’s sperry marine business unit will produce the navigation lights, shapes and sounds system under a contract with the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, an industrial alliance between the UK Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems, […] More

The Naval Research Laboratory will launch its tactical satellite IV today, an experimental spacecraft employing new technologies and satellite communications techniques. TacSat-4, as it is known, provides 10 ultra high frequency channels and allows “troops using existing radios to communicate on-the-move from obscured regions without the need for dangerous antenna positioning and pointing,” NRL said […] More

Iridium Communication“™s (Nasdaq: IRDM) deal with Thales Alenia Space, a leading European aerospace firm, for 81 communication satellites for use in the Iridium NEXT low-orbit constellation has taken flight. The launch of the first satellites is scheduled for the first quarter of 2015. “We are extremely pleased to have closed the Coface financing and to […] More

This week, BAE Systems claimed a $44 million contract modification from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, and PSS announced it has been awarded a three-year contract worth an approximate $3.3 million from NOAA. Lockheed Martin scored a $5 billion SOCOM deal, while Paradigm Holdings won a contract from FAA valued to be in excess […] More

Good news for Northrop Grumman this week: the firm landed a $100 million BPA to go along with a $775 million CANES award from the Navy. SAIC turned heads with a $625 million software deal from the Navy and added a BPA through subsidiary R.W. Beck for good measure. Paul Cofoni chimed in on CACI’s […] More