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  • Johnson Controls to Help US Army Base Implement Energy Conservation Measures - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johnson Controls to Help US Army Base Implement Energy Conservation Measures

    Johnson Controls‘ federal systems business has signed a $40 million energy savings performance contract with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center to help implement energy conservation measures at a military base located in the Marshall Islands. The company said Thursday it will design, implement and manage an islandwide solar photovoltaic, lithium-ion battery storage and microgrid control […] More

  • Corps Solutions to Support Marine Range Control Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Corps Solutions to Support Marine Range Control Facilities

    Corps Solutions has received a $44.4 million contract from to provide support services to U.S. Marine Corps range control facilities. The Defense Department said Thursday that USMC will obligate $6.8 million in fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance funds for the first delivery order under the  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company will conduct base work at locations in Arizona, Virginia, California, Georgia, Hawaii, […] More

  • Air Force Orders Boeing Ordnance Penetrators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders Boeing Ordnance Penetrators

    Boeing has received a potential $20.9 million contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrators designed to target concrete bunkers and tunnels. The service branch will obligate the full contract amount from its fiscal 2016 production funds at the time of award and the company will perform work through July 31, 2020, […] More

  • Patrick Shanahan: DoD Could Introduce New Cyber Hygiene Standards for Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patrick Shanahan: DoD Could Introduce New Cyber Hygiene Standards for Companies

    Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has said the Defense Department could initiate new measures that may require companies and their suppliers to carry out cyber hygiene practices to better protect the agency’s critical data assets from threat actors, National Defense reported Tuesday. “We want the bar to be set so high, it will become the […] More

  • BAE to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Pearl Harbor Dock Landing Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Pearl Harbor Dock Landing Ship

    BAE Systems‘ ship repair business in San Diego has received a potential $36.3 million  contract to help the U.S. Navy implement USS Pearl Harbor‘s selected restricted availability for fiscal year 2018. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract has a $34.1 initial value and covers work to maintain, modernize and repair the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship. Work is scheduled to […] More

  • LogRhythm Gets DHS Certification to Offer Cybersecurity Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LogRhythm Gets DHS Certification to Offer Cybersecurity Platforms

    LogRhythm has obtained approval from the Department of Homeland Security to offer two of its cybersecurity tools to government customers. The company said Tuesday its NextGen Security Information and Event Management and User and Entity Behavior Analytics platforms are now available to the Defense Department and civilian agencies through DHS’ Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Daniel Wilbricht, senior […] More

  • SRC to Help Air Force Install C-130H Radar Warning Receiver Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRC to Help Air Force Install C-130H Radar Warning Receiver Tech

    Atlanta-based Scientific Research Center has won a $10.9 million contract to support the integration and installation of AN/ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver technology on the U.S. Air Force‘s C-130H aircraft. Five offers were submitted to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the firm-fixed-price contract via a competitive acquisition process, the Defense Department said Wednesday. SRC will perform work at […] More

  • Raytheon Gets Navy Weapons Tech Insertion, Integration Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets Navy Weapons Tech Insertion, Integration Order

    Raytheon has received a $44.6 million delivery order to provide advanced technology insertion and integration services for multiple U.S. Navy weapons systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon will conduct one lot of research and development design, development studies and technology demonstration efforts under the sole-source order. Work will occur in Tucson, Arizona, through December 2022. […] More

  • Valiant Subsidiary Gets Army Contract to Support Multiple Military Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Valiant Subsidiary Gets Army Contract to Support Multiple Military Facilities

    A Valiant Integrated Services subsidiary has won a one-year, $13.1 million contract to help operate and maintain the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Under the contract, Valiant Government Services will also help manage the National Museum of Health and Medicine as well as the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Service, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Corps of Engineers received […] More

  • DoD Seeks Warfighter Exoskeleton Concept Papers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Seeks Warfighter Exoskeleton Concept Papers

    The Defense Department has asked industry to submit concept papers on exoskeleton-based approaches to increase warfighters’ performance when they perform missions. DoD is interested in multiple exoskeleton types such as infantry or high mobility, logistics/sustainment/mission support and specialized capability platform, the U.S. Army said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Jan. 29. Light support, medium lift and heavy […] More

  • CSRA to Unveil milCloud 2.0 Provisioning Portal at AFCEA West Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Unveil milCloud 2.0 Provisioning Portal at AFCEA West Event

    CSRA will introduce its cloud provisional portal and other service offerings intended for Defense Department customers during a three-day event hosted by Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association in San Diego. The Falls Church, Virginia-based information technology services contractor is also a platinum sponsor for this year’s AFCEA West conference and exposition that kicked off Tuesday, CSRA said Monday. CSRA […] More

  • Hortonworks' Shaun Bierweiler: Military Health Records System, Commercial Tech Integration 'Not Impossible' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler: Military Health Records System, Commercial Tech Integration ‘Not Impossible’

    Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of Hortonworks‘ U.S. public sector business, has said it would require a “significant effort” to integrate commercial technology with health records from the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal Times reported Friday. Bierweiler told Federal Times in an interview that such effort is “not impossible.” He added that companies should be […] More