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  • KeyW Secures Navy Acoustic Sonar R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KeyW Secures Navy Acoustic Sonar R&D Contract

    The Department of the Navy has awarded KeyW a potential five-year, $43.7 million contract to help the Naval Research Laboratory’s Physical Acoustics Branch develop sea acoustic techniques. DON announced the contract award in a notice posted Wednesday on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Work covers the development of modeling algorithms and computational tools to support the creation of structural acoustics […] More

  • ECS Lands Spot on $204M DARPA Tactical Technology Office Support IDIQ; Tim Wilde Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Lands Spot on $204M DARPA Tactical Technology Office Support IDIQ; Tim Wilde Comments

    ASGN‘s ECS division has secured a position on a potential five-year, $204 million contract to provide  technical engineering, financial and programmatic services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactical Technology Office. ECS said Tuesday it aims to help DARPA TTO implement enterprise technology platform, as well as conceptualize and execute programs across the ground, air, space and maritimes domains. “We are […] More

  • VA Solicits Industry Information on Enterprise Security Migration to FedRAMP Cloud Environment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Solicits Industry Information on Enterprise Security Migration to FedRAMP Cloud Environment

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information to support plans to transfer its enterprise endpoint security system to a cloud environment certified by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The migration of the Enterprise Anti-Virus Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System will include operations and maintenance support for the current environment and […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Gets Army Contract to Commence Development of Small Artillery Interceptor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Gets Army Contract to Commence Development of Small Artillery Interceptor

    Lockheed Martin will proceed with the development of an artillery, mortar and rocket threat interceptor under a $2.6 million contract from the U.S. Army. The company said Wednesday it has completed the science and technology phase of the Extended Mission Area Missile Program by the Army Cruise Missile Defense Systems Project Office. Work for the next phase […] More

  • Pratt & Whitney Introduces F-35 Engine Power, Thermal Management Upgrade; Matthew Bromberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pratt & Whitney Introduces F-35 Engine Power, Thermal Management Upgrade; Matthew Bromberg Comments

    A division of United Technologies Corp. has launched an engine update meant to enhance aircraft power and thermal management system capacity. Pratt & Whitney announced Tuesday that its Growth Option 2.0 upgrade for the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II‘s F135 engine is geared to address PTMS functions for future block updates to the aircraft. Matthew Bromberg, president of Pratt & […] More

  • Joseph Wells Promoted to Dewberry Intell Community Market Leader - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joseph Wells Promoted to Dewberry Intell Community Market Leader

    Joseph Wells, a nearly 40-year architectural and engineering industry veteran, has been promoted as intelligence community market leader at Dewberry‘s office in Fairfax, Va. He will coordinate with federal clients on life cycle cost management, cybersecurity, general architecture, asset management, engineering, resilience efforts, Dewberry said Tuesday. Wells previously served as principal-in-charge of the company’s architectural practice in Fairfax […] More

  • Pratt & Whitney Forms Military Engine Tech Prototyping Arm; Matthew Bromberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pratt & Whitney Forms Military Engine Tech Prototyping Arm; Matthew Bromberg Comments

    United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney division has created a business unit that aims to help military customers develop engine technology prototypes. GatorWorks comprises cross-functional teams, a vertical integration system and multiple suppliers and partners, Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday. Matthew Bromberg, president of military engines at Pratt & Whitney, said the newly formed unit […] More

  • AM General Displays Next Generation Light Tactical Vehicle, Howitzer Kit at Eurosatory - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AM General Displays Next Generation Light Tactical Vehicle, Howitzer Kit at Eurosatory

    AM General will introduce its next-generation light tactical vehicle, along with a new weapon system, at the 2018 Eurosatory Defense and Security International Exhibition running Monday through Thursday in Paris, France. On Monday, the South Bend, Ind., company announced it will display its NXT 360 vehicle and Hawkeye 105 millimeter Howitzer Kit, both derived from the High Mobility […] More

  • PAE Gets Vanguard Award for Stability Operations Support to US Government; John Heller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE Gets Vanguard Award for Stability Operations Support to US Government; John Heller Comments

    The International Stability Operations Association has given Arlington, Va.-based contractor PAE a Vanguard Award in the tier 1 large company category. PAE said Monday it won the recognition during the ISOA 2018 Achievement Award Ceremony for the company’s work to provide capacity building and humanitarian operations support, as well as maintain transparency, ethics and accountability when supporting customer missions. John Heller, CEO of […] More

  • BAE to Help DARPA Develop Conflict Modeling, Evaluation Software for Military Planners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help DARPA Develop Conflict Modeling, Evaluation Software for Military Planners

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected BAE Systems to develop a software platform for U.S. military planners to understand and address the causes of a conflict in various missions. BAE said Monday it will create the Causal Modeling for Knowledge Transfer, Exploration and Temporal Simulation platform through a $4.2 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the first phase […] More

  • Lockheed to Supply Targeting Pods for Qatar Fighter Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Supply Targeting Pods for Qatar Fighter Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has secured a contract of an undisclosed value to provide a targeting system for installation on Qatar’s Rafale fighter aircraft fleet. The company said Monday it will begin to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods , spares and fielding support to the Qatar Emiri Air Force starting next year. ATP is designed to identify and track small tactical targets […] More