Top 10 Stories, Oct.15-19
Weekly Contract Awards: This week's top GovCon contract awards.
Eight Firms Win Spots on $25.5B Logistics Support Contract: The U.S. Army has awarded eight companies positions on a potential 10-year, $25.5B contract to support the military service’s logistics operations worldwide. Army Contracting Command received 10 bids for the shared contract via the internet, the Defense Department said Tuesday.
Harris, L3 to Merge in All-Stock Transaction; Christopher Kubasik, William Brown Quoted: L3 Technologies and Harris have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that will establish the country’s sixth largest defense technology company serving government and industry clients across more than 100 countries.
Julia White: Microsoft to Launch New Azure Cloud Regions for Secret-Level Data in 2019: Julia White, corporate vice president for Microsoft Azure, has said Microsoft will launch new Azure Government cloud regions by the end of the first quarter of 2019 to allow the Defense Department and intelligence agencies to manage Secret-level classified data.
Ellen Lord: DoD to Audit Supply Chains of Defense, Aerospace Companies: The Defense Department will conduct an audit of the U.S. aerospace and defense sector’s supply chains after DoD released a White House-commissioned study of the defense industrial base, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Army Picks 12 Firms for $249M Chemical, Biological Defense Support Contract: Twelve companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $249M contract from the U.S. Army to support the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense.
DynCorp Wins $152M Navy TH-57 Helicopter Logistics Support IDIQ: DynCorp International has won a potential three-year, $152.2M contract to provide logistics services to the U.S. Navy’s fleet of TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters.
OPM to Launch Two Direct Hiring Authorities for Agencies; Margaret Weichert Quoted: The Office of Personnel Management has announced plans to introduce two direct hiring authorities as part of its civil service reform efforts, Federal Times reported Thursday.