Latest stories

  • Leidos' Roger Krone Calls on CEOs to Support Fight Against Opioid Abuse - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in , , ,

    Leidos’ Roger Krone Calls on CEOs to Support Fight Against Opioid Abuse

    Leidos CEO Roger Krone has called on other chief executives to help combat opioid addiction during the two-day COMMIT!Forum event for corporate responsibility practitioners that kicked off on Wednesday in Maryland, TriplePundit reported Friday. The science and technology company partnered with the Chris Atwood Foundation and other nonprofit organizations in August to help counter opioid abuse. Leidos also […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary to Provide Army Tactical UAS Block III Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Textron Subsidiary to Provide Army Tactical UAS Block III Kits

    Textron‘s AAI Corp.subsidiary has received a $41.9 million contract modification for the delivery of 36 Block III kits for the U.S. Army‘s Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft systems. The service branch obligated the full modification amount at the time of award from its fiscal 2017 other procurement funds, the Defense Department said Monday. AAI will perform work in Hunt Valley, Maryland, through Dec. […] More

  • Cubic to Demo Training, C4ISR Systems at Air, Space & Cyber Conference; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Cubic to Demo Training, C4ISR Systems at Air, Space & Cyber Conference; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Comment

    Cubic will exhibit a range of virtual and air combat training platforms at the three-day Air, Space & Cyber Conference that will kick off on Sept. 18 in National Harbor, Maryland. The company said Wednesday its mission solutions and global defense businesses will demonstrate several training tools such as Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation training platforms, Social […] More

  • MIL Corp. Unveils New Tysons Corner, VA Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    MIL Corp. Unveils New Tysons Corner, VA Office

    MIL Corp. has opened a new office in McLean, Virginia, to house the government services contractor’s accounting, contracts, business development, human resources and proposals and marketing teams. MIL said Tuesday the 10,000-square-foot office located at 8401 Greensboro Drive in Tysons Corner will accommodate employees who manage corporate operations for cyber, engineering, financial and information technology contracts. […] More

  • Navy Awards Lockheed $51M Contract Modification for Trident II Missile Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Navy Awards Lockheed $51M Contract Modification for Trident II Missile Production

    Lockheed Martin will continue to produce Trident II D5 submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles for the U.S. Navy and provide support for deployed D5 systems under a  $51.1 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Wednesday work will primarily occur in California, Florida, Georgia, Washington, Utah, Virginia, Maryland and Georgia through Sept. 30, 2017. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs […] More

  • KeyW to Develop RF Exploitation Tech for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    KeyW to Develop RF Exploitation Tech for Air Force

    KeyW has won a potential $23.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop radio frequency exploitation technology. The Defense Department said Tuesday KeyW will explore algorithmic approaches to help the military branch boost sensing and exploitation performance as well as detect, track, image and identify targets simultaneously in contested and challenging environments. […] More

  • NOAA Plans Follow-On Contract for HPC System Integration Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    NOAA Plans Follow-On Contract for HPC System Integration Services

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has posted a draft request for proposals on a follow-on contract for systems integration services to NOAA’s Research and Development High Performance Computing and Communications infrastructure. NOAA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it aims to issue a final RFP in October and hold an Industry Day in Silver Spring, Maryland in […] More

  • Leidos to Integrate, Test Army Reconnaissance Aircraft Under Potential $64M Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Leidos to Integrate, Test Army Reconnaissance Aircraft Under Potential $64M Task Order

    Leidos has secured a potential $64 million task order from the U.S. Army to integrate, test and demonstrate three units of the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced aircraft. The company said Monday it will integrate a previously supplied Mission Equipment Payload onto the ARL-E DeHavilland Canada-8 aircraft as well as test and deliver the complete ARL-E platform. Leidos will also […] More

  • Northrop to Maintain E-11A Battlefield Airborne Comms Node for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Northrop to Maintain E-11A Battlefield Airborne Comms Node for Air Force

    Northrop Grumman has won a potential $41.3 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node of the military branch’s Bombardier E-11A aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Northrop will also provide logistics support for four Bombardier E-11A planes as well as subsystems and support equipment for overseas contingency operations. E-11A […] More

  • Lockheed Starts CH-53K Flight Test Program Transition to Naval Air Station in Maryland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Lockheed Starts CH-53K Flight Test Program Transition to Naval Air Station in Maryland

    Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of the first cross-country flight of the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter from a Florida-based facility to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland as part of the flight test program. The CH-53K aircraft took off Friday from Sikorsky’s facility in Maryland and traveled approximately 810 miles for six hours to Patuxent River with […] More

  • InfoZen Expands Maryland HQ to Support Agile Devt, DevOps Services Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    InfoZen Expands Maryland HQ to Support Agile Devt, DevOps Services Delivery

    InfoZen has opened a new 31,000-square-foot facility in Bethesda, Maryland, to support the delivery of DevOps and agile development support services to federal agencies. The $2 million facility is part of the expansion of the company’s corporate headquarters in Bethesda and will house a new training space and at least 250 employees that specialize in […] More

  • Sentar Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Security Engineering, Software Devt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Sentar Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Security Engineering, Software Devt Support

    Sentar has secured a five-year, $9.9 million task order from the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific for security engineering, software development and technical support services. SPAWARSYSCEN PAC awarded the order through the multiple-award Cyberspace Science, Research, Engineering and Technology Integration contract Sentar won a spot on in March, the company said Monday. Sentar will provide […] More