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  • General Atomics to Supply USAF MQ-9 UAS Block 5 Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Supply USAF MQ-9 UAS Block 5 Kits

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $14.2 million contract modification to a business unit of General Atomics for the supply of Block 5 MQ-9 unmanned aerial system kits. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will provide MQ-9 extended-range and beyond-line-of-sight kits as well as Barrett Asymmetrical Digital Datalink Computer Routers under the modification, the Defense Department said Wednesday. GA-ASI […] More

  • Parsons Selected for Indiana Bridge Project; Mike Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Selected for Indiana Bridge Project; Mike Johnson Comments

    The Indiana Department of Transportation has selected Parsons to provide design services for the SR 249 bridge replacement project that will cross over U.S. 12 and two railroads in Portage, Indiana. Parsons said Tuesday it will also design a roadway and a traffic maintenance system as well as conduct National Environmental Policy Act studies, topographic survey and geotechnical investigations under the […] More

  • Cubic to Develop Mobile App for LA County's Contactless Fare Payment System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Develop Mobile App for LA County’s Contactless Fare Payment System

    A business unit of Cubic has received a contract of an undisclosed value to develop an integrated mobile application for commuters who use the the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s contactless fare payment system. Cubic Transportation Systems will build the application to help TAP card users manage their account balances, load value or passes and […] More

  • Kratos Reports New Unmanned Aerial Drone Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Reports New Unmanned Aerial Drone Orders

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received multiple orders for unmanned aerial vehicles and related systems worth a combined $3.2 million. Kratos said Wednesday its modular systems division will produce drones and other system products at multiple production facilities for undisclosed customers. Thomas Mills, president of Kratos MSD, said that the business aims to support the security […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers First C-130J Airlifter to French Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers First C-130J Airlifter to French Military

    France’s military received an initial C-130J Super Hercules airlifter from Lockheed Martin in December. The C-130J-30 aircraft that arrived at Orleans Air Base in France is the first of four Lockheed-built planes ordered by the French directorate general of armament through a contract with the U.S. government, the French ministry of the armed forces said Dec. 22. The ministry expects the […] More

  • CBP Adopts Graph Platform From Deloitte-DataStax Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Adopts Graph Platform From Deloitte-DataStax Alliance

    The Customs and Border Protection has implemented a graph technology from the Deloitte–DataStax partnership to support the agency’s data analytics and visualization activities, GCN reported. Matt Rollender, vice president for global business development and channels at DataStax, told the publication that CBP uses the MissionGraph tool in efforts to detect threat actors by analyzing relationships between […] More

  • Georgia Tech Applied Research to Help Develop Info Systems for DoD's Special Access Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Georgia Tech Applied Research to Help Develop Info Systems for DoD’s Special Access Program

    Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. has received a $7.2 million contract from Washington Headquarters Services to help develop and engineer information systems for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. GTRC will provide research, development, operations and engineering services for information systems that support OSD’s Special Access Program community, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Pentagon […] More

  • KPMG to Provide Army Financial Audit Services for Fiscal 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG to Provide Army Financial Audit Services for Fiscal 2018

    KPMG has received a $39.8 million contract modification from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to help audit the U.S. Army‘s general and working capital fund financial statements. The modification exercises the first option year of a previously awarded labor-hour contract for financial audit services and increases the contract’s potential value to $66.5 million, the Defense Department […] More

  • Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027

    Reportlinker has unveiled a new report that predicts the global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems will reach more than $177 billion in cumulative value by 2027 at a 2.4 percent compound annual growth rate. An increasing demand for battle-space awareness and network centric warfare modernization efforts will help drive C4ISR market growth […] More

  • Boeing Gets Contract Option for Air Force KC-135 Engineering Sustainment Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets Contract Option for Air Force KC-135 Engineering Sustainment Services

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $17.5 million contract modification for  engineering sustainment work on the service branch’s KC-135 tanker aircraft weapon system. The Defense Department said Friday the modification will establish negotiated prices under the second option of a previously awarded contract for the company to sustain KC-135 airframe along with mechanical and electrical systems, subsystems and […] More

  • Kratos to Produce, Sustain Air Force Satcom C2 System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Produce, Sustain Air Force Satcom C2 System

    A division of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a $13.9 million contract modification to help the U.S. Air Force produce and sustain a command and control system military satellite communications satellites. The Defense Department said Friday the service branch exercised an option under a previously awarded contract for Kratos’ technology and training solutions business to […] More

  • DynCorp to Support US Army, Dutch Military Aircraft Maintenance Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp to Support US Army, Dutch Military Aircraft Maintenance Operations

    DynCorp has received a $17.4 million contract modification to provide aviation field maintenance services to the U.S. Army and Netherlands through a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Friday that DynCorp will support operations of the Army Aviation and Missile Command’s aviation field maintenance division outside the continental U.S. The company will perform […] More