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  • Lockheed Unveils New Civil Freighter Variant of C-130J Tactical Airlifter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils New Civil Freighter Variant of C-130J Tactical Airlifter

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a multipurpose commercial freighter offering the company derived from its C-130J Super Hercules aircraft platform for military transport operations. The LM-100J  is a modernized version of the L-100 Hercules platform and designed to support oversized cargo transport, oil and gas exploration, mining logistics, aerial firefighting, medical evacuation/air ambulance and search-and-rescue operations, Lockheed said Thursday. The […] More

  • TWD and Associates to Extend Navy Mission Command System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TWD and Associates to Extend Navy Mission Command System Support

    The U.S. Navy has awarded TWD and Associates a potential $24.3 million contract to extend the company’s operations, maintenance and life cycle support to software and applications for mission command networks, systems and operations. TWD and Associates will perform the information technology services at the Naval Sea Systems Command’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., the Defense Department said Friday. The cost-plus-fixed-fee […] More

  • STS Systems Integration to Provide Supply Chain Labor Support Services to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    STS Systems Integration to Provide Supply Chain Labor Support Services to Air Force

    STS Systems Integration has secured an $8.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide supply chain labor support services at a U.S. Air Force base in Texas. The 8(a) Alaska Native Tribal Indian sole-source contract covers receiving and processing, inventory, packing, packaging, transportation, repair cycle, cargo movement and planning, communications security and account management services, the Defense Department said Friday. Work […] More

  • Fulcrum Launches 2 New Defense Customer Support Offices in Virginia, North Carolina - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fulcrum Launches 2 New Defense Customer Support Offices in Virginia, North Carolina

    Fulcrum has established two offices in northern Virginia and North Carolina to offer support services such as training and logistics to defense agencies and other local customers. The company said Feb. 1 its new Fayetteville, N.C., facility will accommodate the U.S. Special Operations Command and clients within Fort Bragg. Fulcrum’s northern Virginia branch will serve the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization. Both offices have conference rooms, communication […] More

  • MRIGlobal to Evaluate Tech, Specimen Processes for NIH Tuberculosis Research Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MRIGlobal to Evaluate Tech, Specimen Processes for NIH Tuberculosis Research Initiatives

    A National Institutes of Health division has awarded MRIGlobal a potential $ 13.7 million contract to provide evaluation services in support of research initiatives on Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The company said Feb. 1 it will work to analyze Mtb tools and specimen processes for National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases clinical investigations under the Mtb Quality Assessment requirement. […] More

  • Advanced Optical Technologies May Use AFRL Instrumentation Under CRADA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Advanced Optical Technologies May Use AFRL Instrumentation Under CRADA

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s directed energy directorate and Advanced Optical Technologies have signed a five-year agreement that will allow the latter to use AFRL instrumentation at its Sandia Science & Technology Park facility. AFRL said Sunday the cooperative research and development agreement will help transition and introduce AOT’s laser sensors and metrology products to the aerospace, […] More

  • Army Mission Command Taps Systematic for C4I Software; Rafael Torres Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Mission Command Taps Systematic for C4I Software; Rafael Torres Comments

    The U.S. Army Mission Command has awarded Systematic a multimillion-dollar contract for the deployment of the company’s commercial off-the-shelf command, control, computing and communications software. Systematic said Feb. 3 its SitaWare platform will work to bolster situational awareness and cooperation of warfighters across the military branches. Rafael Torres, Systematic president, said SitaWare is designed to address the U.S. […] More

  • CH2M to Help Design New York City Coastal Protection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M to Help Design New York City Coastal Protection System

    CH2M has been selected by New York city’s department of design and construction to develop preliminary and final designs for a coastal protection system that will work to mitigate floods and facilitate access to the waterfront. The East Side Coast Resiliency project is designed to encompass Lower Manhattan in an effort to bolster resilience against flood […] More

  • Arista Gets JTIC Info Assurance Interoperability Certification for Cloud Networking Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Arista Gets JTIC Info Assurance Interoperability Certification for Cloud Networking Platforms

    The Joint Interoperability Command has granted Arista Networks information assurance interoperability certification for the company’s technology platforms that work to help government customers modernize and manage cloud networks. Arista said Wednesday the certification recognizes the compliance of its 7150, 7050, 7250, 7300 and 7500 Series programmable platforms with the Defense Department‘s security functional requirements and practices. Ashwin Kohli, vice president of Arista’s […] More

  • CBP Selects Qbase-Geocent-Newberry Group JV for Tech Service Desk Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Selects Qbase-Geocent-Newberry Group JV for Tech Service Desk Support Contract

    A joint venture of Qbase, Geocent and the Newberry Group has secured a contract for technology service desk support to Customs and Border Protection employees, contractors, trade partners and participating government agencies that access CBP software applications. The contract was awarded to 360 IT Integrated Solutions through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading-Edge Solutions II vehicle, Qbase said Monday. Steve […] More

  • French Defense Procurement Agency Taps Airbus DS-ENGIE Ineo Team for Air Operations Comms Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    French Defense Procurement Agency Taps Airbus DS-ENGIE Ineo Team for Air Operations Comms Network

    The French defense procurement agency has awarded a team consisting of ENGIE Ineo and Airbus‘ defense and space business an eight-year contract for a communications network that will help manage the air operations of the country’s defense ministry. Airbus said Monday the consortium will support the design, deployment and compliance of the DESCARTES STCA operational telephone and security systems based on air traffic […] More

  • General Dynamics Delivers Future USS Rafael Peralta Destroyer to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Delivers Future USS Rafael Peralta Destroyer to Navy

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has delivered its first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s restarted development program for this ship class. The military branch said Monday the future USS Rafael Peralta underwent a series of at-sea and pier-side trials to check its operational readiness prior to delivery. “As the 65th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer […] More