Jeffery Cherry, founder, CEO and managing partner of The Porter Group, has joined the board of directors at McKean Defense Group. Cherry brings more than 34 years of experience in the federal market and at startup and mid-size companies to the McKean board, the company said Monday.

McKean Defense Group has secured a potential five-year, $21M contract for logistics, engineering and technical services for the ships of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division.

McKean Defense Group has secured a five-year, $69.8M contract to deliver engineering services for the U.S. Navy's tactical networks. The company said Wednesday it will address the programmatic and technical requirements across communications, networking, certification, information assurance and computer systems of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services.

McKean Defense Group has won a potential five-year, $69.8M contract to help the U.S. Navy engineer a tactical afloat network for battlespace information sharing and situational awareness. The company will provide programmatic and technical support for the Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a $12.2M base value, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

McKean Defense Group will help the U.S. Navy manage submarine programs under a five-year, $14M contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Philadelphia Division.

Alion Science and Technology will provide the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane in Indiana with engineering, quality assurance and project, configuration and data management services under a potential five-year, $34 million contract. The company said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers services and associated test equipment in support of the Polymer Engineering and Underwater …