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  • SAIC to Extend Army Computer, Systems Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Extend Army Computer, Systems Support

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a one-year, $25.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide systems and computer resources support for the software engineering directorate of the service branch’s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center. The Defense Department said Wednesday it expects SAIC to complete work under the modification by Sept. 11, […] More

  • Draper Lab Helps Update Army's Guided Airdrop Cargo Delivery System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draper Lab Helps Update Army’s Guided Airdrop Cargo Delivery System

    The U.S. Army and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have collaborated to update and test an autonomous military platform designed to deliver supplies and equipment to U.S. troops who operate in remote or dangerous areas. Draper said Jan. 12 it helped the Army’s Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center demonstrate laboratory-built navigation software for the Joint Precision Airdrop System. The lab designed the software to employ […] More

  • Vencore, Army Demo Tactical LTE Radio Service; Steve Omick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore, Army Demo Tactical LTE Radio Service; Steve Omick Comments

    The U.S. Army‘s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center has partnered with Vencore to develop and demonstrate a commercial technology for warfighters to access 4G, Wi-Fi or tactical radio networks, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Adam Stone writes that soldiers were able to transmit emergency medical data using a radio and an LTE communications platform […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright Secures $75M Army Hatch Actuation Control Supply Contract for Air Defense Launcher - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright Secures $75M Army Hatch Actuation Control Supply Contract for Air Defense Launcher

    Curtiss-Wright has been awarded a potential $75 million contract to provide engineering services and hatch control actuators for installation on the U.S. Army’s Multi-Mission Launcher under the Indirect Fire Protection Capability initiative. The service branch’s MML program is an open system architecture-based aerial defense launcher designed to deploy various interceptors against cruise missile and unmanned […] More

  • CACI Awarded $38M Rapid Prototyping, Technology Insertion Work for CERDEC; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Awarded $38M Rapid Prototyping, Technology Insertion Work for CERDEC; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has been awarded a contract to provide rapid prototyping and technology insertion support to the U.S. Army’s applied research facility for $38.5 million. The new task order from the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center falls under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract previously awarded to CACI in October 2012 and includes one year base period of […] More

  • MCR Federal to Help Army Review Apache Plans, Testing Data; Neil Albert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MCR Federal to Help Army Review Apache Plans, Testing Data; Neil Albert Comments

    MCR Federal will help the U.S. Army manage data and review testing work for the Apache Helicopter program through engineering and support services under a potential six-year, $14.1 million contract. The program management services contractor will work with the branch’s Aviation and Missile, Development and Engineering Center in Huntsville, Ala. on reviewing airworthiness documentation, qualification test plans […] More

  • Leidos Builds Military Camp Shelter System; Sam Gordy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Builds Military Camp Shelter System; Sam Gordy Comments

    Leidos has engineered a shelter system for military personnel who are fielded in expeditionary missions. The Self-sustaining Living Module is built with features for solar energy and microgrid power management, rainwater collection, water purification systems and onsite setup and teardown systems, Leidos said Monday. Sam Gordy, a Leidos group president, said SLiM is built to help […] More