Brenda Marie Rivers

A shipbuilding arm of Huntington Ingalls Industries has begun to fabricate an America-class amphibious assault ship as part of U.S. Navy‘s LHA Replacement Program. The company said Tuesday fabrication of the Bougainville marks the shipyard’s readiness to start construction work on HII’s 16th large-deck vessel. LHA 8 is designed to have aviation-related features and a well deck for the U.S. Marine Corps […] More

Vectrus has won a potential $59.7M task order to support operations at a U.S. Navy  facility located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The company will help the military service maintain grounds and manage utilities, electrical, wastewater, water and base support vehicles and equipment of the naval station, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work will also include family […] More

Engility has secured $27M in contracts to provide global training services and logistics management support to federal customers. The company said Tuesday it will also provide individual skills and collective training, procurement and advisory and assistance services through the contracts. Scott Whatmough, senior vice president of Engility’s defense and security group, said the company has […] More

OSI Systems’ security division has received a potential two-year, $67M contract to provide vehicle and cargo inspection systems to the Customs and Border Protection. The company said Monday it will supply the agency with Z Portal screening systems for deployment across border locations as part of homeland security efforts. The first delivery order under OSI’s indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is […] More

General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has won a one-year, $39.7M contract to support the U.S. Navy‘s Next Generation Submarine Science and Technology Research effort. Electric Boat secured the contract via the Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology and will perform work in Groton, Conn., the Defense Department said Monday. […] More

Crystal Jones, currently the assistant general counsel and director at ICF, has been named data protection officer for the company’s Global Data Protection and ePrivacy program. Jones will lead a data protection team that supports mandatory data privacy training for all employees and operates under ICF’s Office of General Counsel, the company said Friday. Jones […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced that 13 of its Ingalls and Newport News Shipbuilding employees received recognition during the 23rd Women of Color STEM Conference. HII said Friday that it co-sponsored the event, which was held this week in Detroit, Mich. Three HII employees received a Technology All-Star award, which honors WOC in the middle or […] More

Walden Security has received a potential $122.1M contract to provide protective security services to the Social Security Administration. Work will take place at the SSA headquarters’ main complex, National Computer Center and Security West Building in Maryland, according to a notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps. Walden Security has provided armed and unarmed security services to […] More

U.S. Special Operations Command is planning to hold an industry event on Nov. 14 and 15 to discuss efforts for the light tactical all-terrain vehicle. The event will take place at NexTech Solutions’ facility in Tampa, Fla. and will feature informational briefings, question-and-answer sessions and one-on-one meetings for companies are interested in becoming a prime […] More