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  • Elbit Systems to Produce Airborne Laser Designators for APAC Clients; Elad Aharonson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems to Produce Airborne Laser Designators for APAC Clients; Elad Aharonson Comments

    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has awarded Elbit Systems two contracts worth nearly $35 million combined to produce airborne laser designators for two Asia-Pacific countries. Elbit said Tuesday it will perform contract work for three years and provide miniaturized laser systems that will work to provide aircrews a precise target designation and closure of the sensor to shooter cycle. Elad […] More

  • Microsoft Receives Air Force Enterprise IT Consulting Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Receives Air Force Enterprise IT Consulting Contract

    Microsoft has secured a $34.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide consulting support services for the U.S. Air Force‘s information technology network. The Defense Department said Friday that Microsoft will help the Air Force mature the company-designed technologies the military branch purchased under the a joint enterprise license agreement. Work will occur at Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex in Alabama through Dec. 31, 2020. […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue Air Force F-22 Sustainment Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Continue Air Force F-22 Sustainment Support

    Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $61 million contract modification to continue to help the U.S. Air Force sustain the military branch’s F-22 air vehicles. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed’s aeronautics business will provide depot throughput, assess analytical conditions, repair inlet coating and support radar cross section Marietta turntable under the modification. Work will take […] More

  • Sonoran Technology to Provide Air Force E-3 Mission Crew Training Supplies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sonoran Technology to Provide Air Force E-3 Mission Crew Training Supplies

    Sonoran Technology and Professional Services has secured a $7.2 million contract option to provide equipment, tools and materials to U.S. Air Force personnel in support of the E-3 Mission Crew Training program. The Defense Department said Friday the exercised option also includes support for courseware development, academic instruction, aircrew training device instruction, simulator operator support, scenario development, mission […] More

  • Leidos to Update Army Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Update Army Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems

    Leidos has won a potential five-year, $98.1 million contract to provide updated field artillery tactical data systems to support mission requirements of the Army’s program executive office for command, control, communication-tactical. The contract, awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency, contains a three-year base term valued at $58.1 million and one two-year option, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work is […] More

  • Saab to Maintain UAE Airborne Surveillance System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Maintain UAE Airborne Surveillance System

    Saab has received an estimated $17.6 million contract to support and maintain the United Arab Emirates’ airborne surveillance system through 2018. UAE’s Saab 340 Erieye AEW&C surveillance system comprises 340 aircraft equipped with the Erieye radar system and associated ground equipment, Saab said Thursday. Jonas Hjelm, head of Saab’s support and services business area, said […] More

  • Kongsberg Gets Remote Weapon Station Order From US Army; Espen Henriksen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg Gets Remote Weapon Station Order From US Army; Espen Henriksen Comments

    The U.S. Army has awarded Kongsberg a $14.4 million contract to supply remote weapon station systems for the military branch’s fleet of M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks. Kongsberg said Friday it will provide a low-profile configuration of the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station to the Army in an effort to help increase visibility for the tank commander on the M1A2 […] More

  • CH2M to Manage Gallup, NM Wastewater Treatment Plant; Peter Nicol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M to Manage Gallup, NM Wastewater Treatment Plant; Peter Nicol Comments

    The Gallup, New Mexico, City Council has approved an eight-year contract for CH2M to operate and maintain the city’s wastewater treatment plant. CH2M said Tuesday it will also upgrade the facility to help control wastewater odor problems in the community and dispose of biosolids from the plant that has the capacity to treat approximately five million gallons per day. […] More

  • Kratos Lands Command, Control & Comms Contract With US Security Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Lands Command, Control & Comms Contract With US Security Agency

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has been awarded a $17.5 million contract to provide command, control and communications services to an unnamed federal security agency. Kratos said Thursday its technology and training solutions division will carry out work at secure Kratos and customer facilities. TTS provides satellite and space system C3, signal processing, radio frequency interference […] More

  • Mercury Systems Gets $10.8M Navy Order for Digital RF Memory Jammers; Brian Perry Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Gets $10.8M Navy Order for Digital RF Memory Jammers; Brian Perry Comments

    Mercury Systems Inc. will supply advanced digital radio frequency memory jammers to the U.S. Navy under a $10.8 million follow-on order to the company’s five-year sole source basic ordering agreement. The company booked the order in its fiscal 2017 second quarter and will deliver the items over the next several quarters, Mercury Systems said Thursday. […] More

  • BAE Lands $68M Contract to Supply Vehicle Mounted Mortar Systems for Swedish Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Lands $68M Contract to Supply Vehicle Mounted Mortar Systems for Swedish Army

    BAE Systems has secured a $68 million contract from Sweden’s defense materiel administration to install vehicle-mounted mortar systems on the Swedish army’s CV90 infantry fighting vehicles. The company said Friday it will deliver Mjolner mortar systems for 40 CV90 IFVs of the Swedish army beginning the first quarter of 2019. Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, managing director of BAE’s Hagglunds business, said Mjolner will work to boost […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Maintain F-22 Training System for US Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Maintain F-22 Training System for US Air Force

    Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business has received a $14.9 million contract modification to maintain the training system for the U.S. Air Force’s for F-22 aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed will modify system hardware and manage distributed mission operations as part of the F-22 sustainment trainer requirements. Lockheed will perform work at Langley Air […] More