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  • Orbital ATK Completes Initial Design Review for 3 NOAA Weather Satellites; Steve Krein Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes Initial Design Review for 3 NOAA Weather Satellites; Steve Krein Comments

    Orbital ATK has completed the spacecraft preliminary design review for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s three Joint Polar Satellite Systems. The company collaborated with representatives from NOAA and NASA to subject JPSS-2, JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 to the four-day PDR that kicked off Aug. 29 at Orbital ATK’s Gilbert, Arizona-based facility, Orbital ATK said Monday. The […] More

  • CGI to Continue Maine ERP Platform Support; Daniel Keene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Continue Maine ERP Platform Support; Daniel Keene Comments

    CGI has secured a $39 million contract that extends the company’s enterprise resource planning system support services for Maine’s Office of the State Controller through 2026. The company said Tuesday it will continue to provide managed services and platforms designed to secure cloud computing systems, update financial management tools and simplify case workflow for 139 agencies across the state. […] More

  • Mike Leff: GSA Extends AT&T's Network Support Services for Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Leff: GSA Extends AT&T’s Network Support Services for Federal Sector

    AT&T will continue to provide integrated communications platforms to federal customers after the company received a pair of contract extensions under the General Services Administration‘s network services procurement vehicle. GSA extended the company’s Networx Universal contract through March 2020 and its Networx Enterprise contract through May 2020, AT&T said Tuesday. The government aims to launch the new Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions GWAC vehicle as […] More

  • Next Century Consolidates Maryland Operations in Annapolis Junction Location - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Next Century Consolidates Maryland Operations in Annapolis Junction Location

    Next Century has moved its Maryland-based operations to 2701 Technology Drive, Suite 100, Annapolis Junction, Maryland. The software company has 134 employees who develop software for the Defense Department, Next Century said Monday. John McBeth, Next Century president, CEO and co-founder, said the new offices give Maryland employees room for expansion as well as collaboration spaces. The company secured a […] More

  • First Line Technology to Manufacture Navy-Patented Decontamination Tech Under License Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    First Line Technology to Manufacture Navy-Patented Decontamination Tech Under License Agreement

    The U.S. Navy and Virginia-based small business First Line Technology have signed an exclusive license agreement that authorizes the company to manufacture a Navy-patented decontamination technology for warfighters and first responders. The Navy said Friday researchers from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division developed and patented the Dahlgren Decon decontamination technology in efforts to protect warfighters against chemical, biological and radiological threats. […] More

  • OPM Taps 4 Companies to Support Federal Background Investigations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Taps 4 Companies to Support Federal Background Investigations

    The Office of Personnel Management has chosen four companies to support employee background investigations of OPM’s current Federal Investigative Services organization and new National Background Investigations Bureau, which is scheduled to be operational in the first week of October. CACI‘s Premier Technology subsidiary, CSRA, Key Point Government Solutions and Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services submitted bids and won separate five-year […] More

  • MSi Secures Third Financing for Expansion and Patent-Pending Control Systems Protection Platform Dev't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MSi Secures Third Financing for Expansion and Patent-Pending Control Systems Protection Platform Dev’t

    Mission Secure Inc. has closed a third round of financing that will be used to help the company’s expansion plans and support the development of a patent-pending platform. MSi said Thursday the funds will help the development of the Secure Sentinel Platform, designed to protect control systems and monitored processes from cyber attacks. “As security issues around defense and […] More

  • Technavio Lists Top Five Vendors in Portable Comms Market through 2020; Moutushi Saha Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Lists Top Five Vendors in Portable Comms Market through 2020; Moutushi Saha Comments

    A new Technavio report has cited General Dynamics, Harris, L-3 Communications, Rockwell Collins and Thales as the tier-one vendors in the global man-portable communication systems market through 2020. Technavio said Monday that in-house manufacturing, fresh technologies, global footprint network, product offerings, research and development investments and robust customer base are the key factors necessary to compete […] More

  • Air Force Solicits Design & Modification Proposal from Boeing for Future Presidential Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Solicits Design & Modification Proposal from Boeing for Future Presidential Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force has asked Boeing to submit a proposal on the engineering and manufacturing development phase for the service branch’s Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program. The military branch said Monday it issued the request for proposal for the PAR program’s EMD phase after it received authorization from Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology […] More

  • General Dynamics, Epsilon to Support DoD Hyperbaric Systems Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Epsilon to Support DoD Hyperbaric Systems Under IDIQ Contract

    A General Dynamics subsidiary and Epsilon Systems Solutions have won positions on a potential five-year, $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide hyperbaric systems support services at Defense Department-run facilities worldwide. DoD said Monday that Epsilon and General Dynamics’ information technology business can vie for task orders to design, build, inspect, maintain, repair, overhaul and install recompression chamber, diver training, escape trainer, surface […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls to Help Navy Modernize USS Ramage Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls to Help Navy Modernize USS Ramage Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a potential $21.4 contract from the U.S. Navy to perform modernization, repair and maintenance work on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ramage. The Defense Department said Monday the contract has an initial value of $14.1 million and covers the ship’s fiscal 2017 extended selected restricted availability. Work will occur at Huntington Ingalls’ facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi […] More

  • Navy Taps ICF to Assess Potential Infrastructure Risks at US Military Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps ICF to Assess Potential Infrastructure Risks at US Military Facilities

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a potential five-year, $34 million contract to ICF International to help the Defense Department identify strategies to increase the resiliency of DoD assets as well as examine potential risks to infrastructure at various U.S. military installations worldwide. ICF said Tuesday it will perform risk assessments on physical and cyber systems at DoD facilities globally, conduct studies on the resilience […] More