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  • Raytheon Secures Lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II Production Funds From Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Secures Lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II Production Funds From Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a contract modification with an obligated value of $62.5 million for the low-rate initial production of 312 lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II munitions. Raytheon’s missile systems business will also provide 24 SDB II weapon load crew and conventional munitions maintenance trainers and 413 single weapon containers to the Air Force, the Defense Department […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Build Additional Piranha 3 Ground Vehicles for Romania's Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit to Build Additional Piranha 3 Ground Vehicles for Romania’s Army

    General Dynamics‘ European Land Systems subsidiary will manufacture a fifth batch of Piranha 3 wheeled armored vehicles for the Romanian army as part of the service branch’s fleet modernization effort. The company said Friday that Romania’s military has used Piranha vehicles in domestic and international missions since 2006. “We are honored by this contract award as it reflects the high […] More

  • Defense Forensic Science Center Taps UltiSat for Ku-Band Network Services to Support Investigations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Forensic Science Center Taps UltiSat for Ku-Band Network Services to Support Investigations

    UltiSat has received a task order from the Defense Forensic Science Center for Ku-band network coverage in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and associated services in support of the U.S. Army‘s Criminal Investigation Laboratory. The company said Wednesday it will provide Network Operations Center, help desk, technical field service and teleport support to help the laboratory conduct […] More

  • ICF to Help Assess California Rail Project's Environmental Impact; Mike Davis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Help Assess California Rail Project’s Environmental Impact; Mike Davis Comments

    ICF has secured six task orders worth $11.1 million combined to provide environmental impact assessment review, technical and documentation services for a statewide passenger rail system development project in California. The company said Thursday it aims to help California’s rail program meet national, state and local environmental policies. Each task order will run for 12 months. “The rail project is critical […] More

  • Leidos to Continue CBRNE Threat Simulation, Modeling Support for DTRA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Continue CBRNE Threat Simulation, Modeling Support for DTRA

    Leidos has been awarded a potential three-year, $17 million task order to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency model and simulate chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. The company said Thursday it will support web-based joint assessment tools that work to facilitate collaboration among subject matter experts and help the Defense Department and other government agencies respond to CBRNE incidents. The order contains […] More

  • ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a five-year, $16 million task order to provide logistics services for the AN/TSC-168 TDC Quad-Band  satellite communications terminal of the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. ACT I said it will also provide technical and operational assistance as well as warehouse operations support to SMC personnel under the task order. Jeffery Earley, executive […] More

  • ConnectSolutions Earns SOC-II Certification for Internal Data Security Controls - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ConnectSolutions Earns SOC-II Certification for Internal Data Security Controls

    ConnectSolutions has achieved Service Organization Control 2 Type II certification for its internal data security controls and practices after a services and systems evaluation by auditing company Armanino. SOC-II works to validate the compliance of the company’s commercial cloud with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Trust Services Principles and Criteria for policies, communications, procedures […] More

  • BAE Unit to Provide Logistics Support, Incidental Materials for Navy C4I Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Provide Logistics Support, Incidental Materials for Navy C4I Projects

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a one-year, $24.4 million contract modification to a business unit of BAE Systems to provide logistics services and incidental materials for the Naval Air Warfare Center‘s aircraft division. BAE’s technology solutions and services unit will perform 568,551 hours of support for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence projects of NAWCAD’s special communications mission solutions division […] More

  • Cherokee Information Services Awarded Defense Stockpile Mgmt System Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cherokee Information Services Awarded Defense Stockpile Mgmt System Support Contract

    Cherokee Information Services has been awarded a four-year, $33.6 million contract to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency‘s defense stockpile management system. The company will perform work at Fort Belvoir in Virginia and at Kirkland Air Force Base in New Mexico through Jan. 25, 2021, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DTRA obligated $1.5 million in fiscal 2017 operations […] More

  • Swiss Rail Operator Adopts Red Hat's Cloud-Based Container Application Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Swiss Rail Operator Adopts Red Hat’s Cloud-Based Container Application Platform

    Red Hat has provided a cloud-based container platform for a Switzerland-based railway operator’s information technology modernization and application development efforts. Swiss Federal Railways implemented the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform to create digital services such as a mobile app designed to help passengers buy train tickets and view arrival and departure times in real time, Red Hat said Tuesday. OpenShift is based on the Enterprise Linux operating system and designed to operate with cloud-native […] More

  • Parsons to Extend Oahu, Hawaii Roadside Assistance Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Extend Oahu, Hawaii Roadside Assistance Services

    The Hawaii Transportation Department has awarded Parsons a potential five-year contract to continue to provide roadside assistance services on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Parsons said Monday offers motorist assistance, traffic incident response support and roadway debris removal services along 29 miles of Oahu freeway through the island’s the Freeway Service Patrol program. Honolulu’s city and county police, fire, emergency, medical service and transportation […] More

  • Orbital ATK Books $50M DoD Non-U.S. Standard Ammo Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Books $50M DoD Non-U.S. Standard Ammo Order

    The U.S. government has awarded Orbital ATK a new $50 million order to produce non-U.S. standard ammunition for the Defense Department and its international allies. Orbital ATK said Monday it has booked more than $200 million in NSA orders during 2016 as part of previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and basic ordering agreement contracts. The company operates the U.S. Army‘s Lake City Ammunition Plant in Independence, […] More