THIS WEEK'S TOP NEW STORIES
Perspecta, Now Part of Peraton, Secures $474M DCSA IT App Development OTA
Perspecta, which now operates as part of Peraton, has received a potential five-year, $473.8 million other transaction agreement from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency for enterprise information technology application development support services.
The agreement was awarded following the completion of a data analytics and security enterprise architecture prototype as part of an OTA that Perspecta secured from DCSA in May 2019, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Teledyne Closes FLIR Systems Acquisition; Robert Mehrabian Quoted
Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) closed its purchase of FLIR Systems, an imaging sensors developer, a day after stockholders of both companies voted in favor of the transaction during their respective meetings.
FLIR will change its name to Teledyne FLIR and will operate under Teledyne’s digital imaging segment led by Edwin Roks, a Teledyne vice president who elevated to the role of executive VP, Teledyne said Friday.
CFIUS Proposes National Security Requirements for Momentus; Fred Kennedy Quoted
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has proposed a set of requirements to address the panel’s national security concerns over the ownership of Mometus as part of a review process for the proposed merger between the space infrastructure services provider and space infrastructure services provider and Stable Road Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SRAC).
Santa Clara, California-based Momentus said Friday the draft national security agreement from CFIUS signals progress toward overcoming a hurdle to the pending combination.
Air Force, Navy Put Raytheon’s New AMRAAM Variant Through Free-Flight Tests
A joint U.S. Air Force-Navy program office tested new guidance hardware of Raytheon Technologies' Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile at a live fire demonstration that took place Wednesday at Point Mugu Sea Test Range in California.
Preliminary data from Raytheon, the AMRAAM prime contractor, showed the AIM-120D-3D variant met separation autopilot and free-flight navigation objectives during the missile shot test with an F/A-18F Super Hornet jet, Naval Air Systems Command said Thursday.
SOCOM Pushes Maximum Order Amount for L3Harris Countermeasure Tech IDIQ to $493M
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $438 million contract modification that increases the ceiling value of U.S. Special Operations Command orders for radio frequency countermeasures technology.
The award raises the maximum ordering amount in SOCOM’s Suite of Integrated RF Countermeasures program to $493 million, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
CAE USA Secures $135M USSOCOM Contract; Ray Duquette Quoted
CAE announced on Monday CAE USA has been awarded a potential $135 million contract with options by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to lead integration efforts for the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Global Situational Awareness initiative. USSOCOM has exercised the first option of the contract, which is valued at over $19 million.
Army Chief Scientist Philip Perconti to Step Down From Government Service
Philip Perconti, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for research and technology, will step down and retire from government service, effective May 28.
Perconti, who also serves as the U.S. Army's chief scientist, helped the service establish a science and technology strategy involving Army Futures Command. He also helped the Army prepare for future technologies, determine priorities and shape basic research programs.
Security Tech Industry Vet Nico Popp Named Tenable Chief Product Officer
Nico Popp, former chief product officer of cybersecurity software provider Forcepoint, has been appointed to the same position at Columbia, Maryland-based vulnerability management company Tenable.
He will oversee global engineering and product management functions that support Tenable’s framework to help customers understand and address potential cyber risks across an attack surface, the company said Tuesday.
Guidehouse Adds Aimee Sziklai to Health Segment Team; Alicia Harkness Quoted
Guidehouse announced on Wednesday that it named Aimee Sziklai as new partner and the commercial payer leader of its health segment. The former health plan executive brings to the company extensive knowledge and experience in global payer operations. Sziklai will focus on embedding forward-leaning digital transformation, cloud-based, and automation solutions and capabilities into health plan models.
SOCOM Selects Five Vendors for Manned Aircraft Prototype Development OTAs
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded other transaction agreements worth $19.2 million combined to five companies to develop manned aircraft system prototypes as part of the Armed Overwatch Program.
Leidos, MAG Aerospace, Textron Aviation Defense, L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Nevada Corp. will perform work at their respective locations and at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida through March 2022, according to an award notice posted Friday on the beta SAM website.