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  • Dynetics Enters Phase 3 of DARPA's UAV Aerial Launch & Recovery Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Enters Phase 3 of DARPA’s UAV Aerial Launch & Recovery Program

    Dynetics has won a $32.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to continue developing a system to deploy and recover multiple small unmanned air vehicles from large aircraft. The company will aim to produce and demonstrate an aerial launch-and-recovery system under the third phase of DARPA’s Gremlins program, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Phase 3 of […] More

  • Numerica to Provide Criminal Investigation System to Government Agencies Under GSA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Numerica to Provide Criminal Investigation System to Government Agencies Under GSA Contract

    Numerica has received a contract from the General Services Administration for a platform to support government agencies’ criminal investigations. The Information Technology Schedule 70 contract from GSA will provide federal, state and local government agencies access to Numerica’s Lumen platform suite through the GSA Advantage electronic online ordering system, the company said Monday. The Lumen suite […] More

  • NASA Plans Supersonic Research Flight Series in Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Plans Supersonic Research Flight Series in Texas

    NASA plans to launch a flight campaign in Galveston, Texas, to explore approaches for the agency to gather community response data as part of its Commercial Supersonic Technology Project. The agency said Thursday it will kick off a series of research flights in November from the Ellington airport and use an F/A-18 aircraft to test supersonic dive […] More

  • NIH Renews AMRI's Neurotherapeutic Drug Discovery Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Renews AMRI’s Neurotherapeutic Drug Discovery Support Contract

    Albany Molecular Research Inc. has secured a potential 10-year, $39.5 million contract renewal to support a National Institutes of Health program that aims to develop medicines for nervous system disorders. AMRI said Tuesday it will continue to provide medicinal chemistry, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion services to the Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network managed by NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and […] More

  • ACT I Approved for Virginia's Global Defense Program; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Approved for Virginia’s Global Defense Program; Michael Niggel Comments

    The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has accepted Advanced Concepts and Technologies International into a one-year program that seeks to help aerospace and defense companies identify international market opportunities. ACT I said Tuesday it received Global Defense Program status after the company met VEDP’s quantitative and qualitative selection criteria. “Acceptance into this program allows us to leverage and further cultivate our existing Allied […] More

  • iDirectGov Releases New Satcom Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    iDirectGov Releases New Satcom Software

    Herndon, Virginia-based iDirect Government has released an updated version of its software platform designed to power 9-Series satellite routers, tactical hub and line cards. Version 4.2 of Evolution works to help government and military clients manage intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance content, voice calls and other high bandwidth applications intended for maritime, ground or aerial missions, iDirectGov said Tuesday. […] More

  • Tyonek subsidiary to help SRC install Air Force C-130H radar warning systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tyonek subsidiary to help SRC install Air Force C-130H radar warning systems

    Tyonek Native Corporation‘s Stennis subsidiary will provide manufacturing and modification services for a C-130H model aircraft in support of Scientific Research Corporation‘s efforts to enhance the aircraft with an updated, all-digital radar warning receiver. Tyonek said Thursday it will perform manufacturing services for A-Kits and Trail/Verification Aircraft Installations under a contract that includes options for […] More

  • Lockheed gets $69M Navy contract modification for guided missile destroyer enhancement support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed gets $69M Navy contract modification for guided missile destroyer enhancement support

    Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business will help enhance the U.S. Navy‘s guided missile destroyers under a potential three-year, $68.5 million contract modification that runs through June 2021. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will support the restoration of the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and supply five upgraded AN/SPY-1D(V) phased arrays for in-service […] More

  • U.S. Navy to hold christening ceremony for Lockheed Martin-built future USS Indianapolis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    U.S. Navy to hold christening ceremony for Lockheed Martin-built future USS Indianapolis

    The U.S. Navy will christen at a ceremony on Saturday a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship Lockheed Martin has built. The service branch said Thursday it will christen the future USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) at a ceremony that will feature former Senator Richard Lugar, R-Ind., as principal speaker and ship sponsor Jill Donnelly, the wife of Senator […] More

  • Leidos taps Parsons for construction support for National Science Foundation Antarctic operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos taps Parsons for construction support for National Science Foundation Antarctic operations

    Parsons will serve as general contractor for construction support services to help Leidos provide aid in the Antarctic operations of the National Science Foundation. Leidos selected Parsons through a competitive process to provide design, engineering and construction management services for the McMurdo Station refresh efforts, Parsons said Thursday. The more than 60-year old McMurdo Station serves as […] More

  • Derco adds repair services to expanded exclusive partnership with Arkwin Industries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Derco adds repair services to expanded exclusive partnership with Arkwin Industries

    Lockheed Martin‘s Derco subsidiary will serve as an exclusive repair services provider for C-130 and F-16 aircraft components that Arkwin Industries produces. The contract supplements Derco’s exclusive distribution agreement and extends its partnership with Arkwin that commenced in 2017, Lockheed said Thursday. Derco’s 80,000 square-foot repair center will provide expanded in-house services and support for […] More

  • Bell to supply Navy helicopter gearbox assemblies under DLA delivery order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell to supply Navy helicopter gearbox assemblies under DLA delivery order

    Textron‘s Bell subsidiary has received a three-year, five-month delivery order worth up to $37.4 million from the Defense Logistics Agency for the supply of a helicopter gearbox. The company will provide main rotor gearbox assemblies for the U.S. Navy under the delivery order against a five-year basic ordering agreement, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More