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  • Lockheed to Integrate Cambridge Pixel Software Into UK's Naval Surveillance Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Integrate Cambridge Pixel Software Into UK’s Naval Surveillance Radar System

    Lockheed Martin has selected Cambridge Pixel to build software modules for a navigation radar system that Lockheed will integrate with more than 60 platforms of the U.K. navy under a $57.9 million contract with the country’s defense ministry. Cambridge Pixel said Wednesday its software modules will be integrated into the Lockheed-built Naval Vigilance Radar system to facilitate radar scan conversion, target tracking and radar fusion. […] More

  • Salient CRGT Gets CMMI Level 3 Rating; Brad Antle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salient CRGT Gets CMMI Level 3 Rating; Brad Antle Comments

    Salient CRGT has received a capability maturity model integration for development level 3 appraisal from Carnegie Mellon University’s CMMI Institute. The appraisal indicates the software development company works to continuously improve its business processes and performance, Salient CRGT said Wednesday. Salient CRGT CEO Brad Antle said the company follows CMMI principles in efforts to manage customer service and increase organizational efficiency. A quality team began […] More

  • Jacobs Receives Fifth Year Extension for Chattanooga Program Management Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Receives Fifth Year Extension for Chattanooga Program Management Support Contract

    The City of Chattanooga, Tennessee has awarded a fifth year contract renewal to Jacobs Engineering Group for program management services in support of a $300 million wastewater system upgrade project. Jacobs said Thursday it will provide professional, technical, administrative and personnel support for the Waste Resource Division Wet Weather EPA Consent Decree program that covers work on Chattanooga’s wastewater treatment and collection system facilities. […] More

  • Pelican BioThermal Unveils Temperature-Controlled Care Transport Container for Military Personnel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pelican BioThermal Unveils Temperature-Controlled Care Transport Container for Military Personnel

    Pelican Products‘ Pelican BioThermal division has launched a thermal care transport container that is designed to help military personnel carry whole blood units in the battlefield. The company said Tuesday its Golden Hour Medic container works to help combat medics transport blood and other lifesaving supplies as well as maintain required temperature for 24 hours in harsh environments and up to three days in normal […] More

  • Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects

    The Energy Department plans to invest up to $137 million in two technology development programs that aim to increase energy efficiency of trucks and passenger cars. DoE said Tuesday it will award $20 million in federal funds to Cummins, Daimler Trucks North America, Navistar and Volvo Technology of America as part of the SuperTruck II initiative. The four companies will match DoE’s investment to help develop […] More

  • FirstFuel's Cloud & Remote Audit Tools Made Available to Federal Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FirstFuel’s Cloud & Remote Audit Tools Made Available to Federal Agencies

    IT Federal Sales will offer FirstFuel Software‘s cloud-based platform and remote energy and water audit tools to federal agencies via the General Services Administration IT Schedule 70 contract. Lexington, Massachusetts-based FirstFuel said Tuesday it has been added to the Special Item Number 142 40 cloud computing services schedule to offer remote energy intelligence and monitoring to federal government customers. Jeff Niesz, vice […] More

  • NASA, Mobile Antenna Platform Systems Inc. to Launch UAV Tracking Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Mobile Antenna Platform Systems Inc. to Launch UAV Tracking Platform

    NASA has signed a license agreement with Mobile Antenna Platform Systems Inc. to commercialize a portable antenna platform the company designed to provide users satellite-based tracking functions for unmanned aerial vehicles. The space agency said Friday the platform is built to constantly rotate approximately 60 pounds of antennas, transmitters and receivers and eliminate the need for additional load-balancing hardware. The […] More

  • NASA Moves Forward With Robotic Segment Devt for Asteroid Redirect Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Moves Forward With Robotic Segment Devt for Asteroid Redirect Mission

    NASA has completed a design milestone for the robotic segment of the space agency’s two-part Asteroid Redirect Mission that aims to combine robotic and crewed spacecraft operations in the proving ground of deep space missions. The agency said Tuesday it established scope, cost and schedule commitments for the next phase of activities under the robotic component of ARM to […] More

  • Raytheon Informs Army of Company's Vision for NextGen Air & Missile Defense Radar Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Informs Army of Company’s Vision for NextGen Air & Missile Defense Radar Tech

    Raytheon has presented the company’s ideas for a next-generation missile defense technology to the U.S. Army in an effort to help the military branch establish requirements for a lower tier air and missile defense sensor system. The company said Monday it envisions a future LTAMDS platform that is based on gallium nitride-powered active electronically scanned array technology and could work as a sensor on the service branch’s Integrated Air […] More

  • IRS Extends Software Maintenance Contract With Cyber Armed Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Extends Software Maintenance Contract With Cyber Armed Security

    Cyber Armed Security will continue its software maintenance services to the Internal Revenue Service‘s sign-on system through a six-month performance period. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday states the IRS exercised an option to extend maintenance services for 100,500 licenses of Passlogix-built v-GO Single Sign-On system. v-GO SSO is an enterprise single sign-on platform that works to automate username and password entry […] More

  • Oklahoma State University Receives DoD Grant for Local Business Diversification Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oklahoma State University Receives DoD Grant for Local Business Diversification Effort

    The Oklahoma State University’s Institute of Technology has received a Defense Department grant to continue support for a DoD program that seeks to help Oklahoma-based companies diversify their businesses amid defense spending cuts. OSUIT said Thursday the university will partner with industry providers to administer business diversification and sustainment services for qualified DoD contractors in Oklahoma […] More

  • NanoRacks-ULA-Space Systems Loral Team to Study Rocket Conversion Into Space Habitats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NanoRacks-ULA-Space Systems Loral Team to Study Rocket Conversion Into Space Habitats

    A team comprised of NanoRacks, Space Systems Loral and United Launch Alliance will study the feasibility of converting rocket upper stages into habitats for low-Earth orbit and deep-space missions under a contract awarded by NASA. The Ixion Initiative Team aims to help NASA address risks associated with modules that are built on the ground and launched into orbit through the agency’s Next Space […] More