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  • Raytheon Completes Indianapolis Hub Renovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Completes Indianapolis Hub Renovation

    Raytheon held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to mark the completion of a multimillion dollar renovation project at the company’s systems modernization and sustainment facility in Indianapolis, 13 WTHR reported Thursday. Bruce Kopp writes the building underwent a facelift and internal updates during the renovation process that commenced in early 2015. Raytheon develops soldier-worn computers as well as performs weapons system […] More

  • Jim Williams: Govt Should Understand Citizens’ Journey to Facilitate Service Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Williams: Govt Should Understand Citizens’ Journey to Facilitate Service Delivery

    Jim Williams, former acting administrator at the General Services Administration, has said he believes there would be a “renewed focus on customer service” in the next U.S. administration. Williams said in a video interview posted Wednesday on Maximus‘ website that he thinks the government should work to know and understand the citizens’ journey as well as […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary to Modernize Navy Expeditionary Mobile Base Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary to Modernize Navy Expeditionary Mobile Base Vessel

    General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary will perform post-delivery repair and modernization work on the USNS Lewis B. Puller expeditionary mobile base under a potential $38.3 million contract awarded by the U.S. Navy. The military branch received two offers for the contract through an online solicitation and obligated $34.5 million in funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD […] More

  • DRS Wins Army Fluid Distribution System Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Wins Army Fluid Distribution System Contract

    DRS Technologies has won a potential four-year, $37.7 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with up to 12 early-entry fluid distribution systems. Four bids were submitted to the Army Contracting Command for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet, the Defense Department said Thursday. The project is comprised of engineering, manufacturing and development as well as production and […] More

  • Florida Agency Pledges Funds to SpaceX Installation Project at Kennedy Space Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Florida Agency Pledges Funds to SpaceX Installation Project at Kennedy Space Center

    Space Florida, the state’s aerospace economic development agency, has pledged $5 million to support SpaceX‘s project to build an access arm at the 39A launch pad of NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center, Florida Today reported Wednesday. James Dean writes SpaceX will build the access arm at the center in an effort to help astronauts board the company’s Dragon capsule that will travel to the International Space […] More

  • CSG to Assess New Mexico's Medicaid Info System Replacement Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSG to Assess New Mexico’s Medicaid Info System Replacement Project

    The New Mexico Human Services Department has chosen CSG Government Solutions to provide independent verification and validation services for the state’s Medicaid Management Information System replacement project. CSG said Thursday it will conduct proactive IV&V assessments of HSD’s MMIS planning, procurement development, vendor integration, risks, technology design, development and implementation quality throughout the project life cycle. “The State’s MMIS replacement […] More

  • Allied Telesis Managed Switches Awarded DoD JITC Unified Capabilities Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allied Telesis Managed Switches Awarded DoD JITC Unified Capabilities Certification

    Four Allied Telesis-developed X-series managed switches have passed the Defense Department‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command Unified Capabilities certification and have been certified to connect to the Defense Switched Network. Allied Telesis said Tuesday the certified AT-x930, AT-x510, AT-x310 and AT-DC2552 switches feature the AlliedWare Plus Layer 3 operating system designed to support ease of management and robustness. Philip Yim, […] More

  • NCI to Engineer US Army C4I, IT Systems in South Korea Under $63M Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI to Engineer US Army C4I, IT Systems in South Korea Under $63M Task Order

    NCI has received a potential five-year, $63 million task order for engineering and integration support services at the U.S. Army Garrison–Humphreys in South Korea. The task order was awarded by the Army’s Information Systems Engineering Command through the Total Engineering and Information Systems III contract vehicle and contains one base year plus up to four option years, NCI said Wednesday. […] More

  • Joint Munitions Command Grants Full Materiel Release of Orbital ATK-Produced Mortar Cartridge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joint Munitions Command Grants Full Materiel Release of Orbital ATK-Produced Mortar Cartridge

    An Orbital ATK-produced 60-millimeter mortar cartridge has obtained full materiel release approval from the U.S. Joint Munitions Command that designates the munition as safe and operationally suitable for use. Orbital ATK said Thursday it has manufactured more than 12,000 M1061 mortar cartridges for the U.S. Army and other customers and 1,000 were deployed ahead of the FMR. M1061 was […] More

  • Army Engineers Visit DPI UAV Systems & Piasecki Aircraft Corp; Eye Small Business Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Engineers Visit DPI UAV Systems & Piasecki Aircraft Corp; Eye Small Business Partnerships

    Engineers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have visited two aviation companies in Philadelphia to explore opportunities for potential small business partnerships. ARL engineers toured DPI UAV Systems and Piasecki Aircraft Corp. respectively run by Michael Piasecki and his brother John, the U.S. Army said Oct. 19. Rajneesh Singh, a team lead at ARL’s vehicle technology […] More

  • Parsons to Update Southern California Transport Data Exchange System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Update Southern California Transport Data Exchange System

    Parsons ha received a contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to modernize a system that works to facilitate transportation data exchange between approximately 125 agencies across Southern California. The company said Wednesday it will provide technologies with big data analytics and reporting features for the Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation System project. “Southern California has the most congested traffic […] More

  • Deloitte Opens Research & Collaboration Center to Address Government Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Opens Research & Collaboration Center to Address Government Challenges

    Deloitte has opened a center that aims to produce research and foster collaboration to address problems facing the government. The company said Tuesday its new Center for Government Insights will engage with public sector leaders through publications, forums and workshops in efforts to provide insights on local, state and federal government issues. William Eggers, managing director for services at Deloitte, […] More