PAE, long known for maintaining facilities overseas for the State Department, has significantly expanded its reach, adding business process outsourcing and national security work, among other areas, to become a $2.5 billion contractor.
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August 29, 2018 |
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August 24, 2018 |
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The Defense Department today moved to eliminate text in defense acquisition regulations that required major contractors to engage in "technical interchanges" with Pentagon employees to ensure independent research and development costs were considered allowable.
August 21, 2018 |
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The coordinator of an influential Pentagon advisory panel says contractors who file bid protests against Defense Department acquisitions are slowing down efforts to modernize DOD's IT infrastructure.
August 17, 2018 |
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SAPA Transmission, the U.S. subsidiary of a Spanish defense contractor, is moving forward with support from the state of Michigan to establish a bona fide industrial operation there, advancing plans for a domestic manufacturing beachhead to challenge the Pentagon's two long-standing combat vehicle transmission suppliers.
August 16, 2018 |
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When Huntington Ingalls Industries bought Camber in late 2016, it paired the government services company with six other businesses -- from an oil and gas company to its unmanned systems group -- to create a new division called technical solutions.
August 15, 2018 |
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Industry groups are pushing Congress to compel the government to take steps to drastically reduce the backlog of background investigations as the Pentagon readies to take over the investigative process.
August 08, 2018 |
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Trump administration officials said today the government has embarked on a new era in foreign military sales to boost the U.S. defense industry and maintain global influence amid the rise of China and resurgence of Russia.
August 02, 2018 |
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L3 Technologies said today it is consolidating two business units to “maximize growth and improve its integration and collaboration.”
August 01, 2018 |
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Lynn Dugle, Engility's chief executive, said during a call with analysts today the contractor is seeing a much higher percentage of its existing programs being extended -- and often expanded -- rather than being recompeted.
July 30, 2018 |
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The latest defense policy bill agreed to by congressional authorizers doesn't alter the Pentagon's ability to award other transaction agreements, despite controversy surrounding a nearly $1 billion OTA made earlier this year.
July 27, 2018 |
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The defense industrial base report, which is at the White House, focuses on the defense supply chain down to "the granular level," according to the Pentagon acquisition chief.
July 26, 2018 |
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Some of the largest defense contractors today reported sales boosts in their most recent quarters.
July 25, 2018 |
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General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman, with new acquisitions under their belts, today reported sales increases during their most recent quarters.
July 25, 2018 |
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Boeing has taken another hit on the KC-46 tanker development program, announcing $334 million in after-tax cost growth during its second-quarter earnings report today.
July 25, 2018 |
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The new defense policy bill authored by House and Senate lawmakers directs the Pentagon to study contract award bid protests that have been filed with both the Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
July 24, 2018 |
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Lockheed Martin today reported sales in its most recent quarter reached $13.4 billion, up from $12.6 billion in the same three-month period a year earlier.
July 21, 2018 |
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Perspecta, the new company formally created last month by combining Vencore with DXC Technology's U.S. public sector business and KeyPoint Government Solutions, will be able to pursue $10 billion to $15 billion more in work through its combined capabilities and increased scale, the contractor's chief executive said last week.
July 20, 2018 |
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The Army is reviewing how it uses other transaction agreements to accelerate the acquisition process, while lawmakers worried about transparency attempt to tighten oversight of the process.
July 17, 2018 |
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Marine Corps Maj. Gen. John Jansen said today he's set to soon debrief Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Pat Shanahan, the deputy defense secretary, about a June industrial base examination held at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.
July 16, 2018 |
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The Pentagon plans to develop a strategy to hasten its lengthy contract award timelines, according to Director of Defense Pricing Shay Assad.