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  • Peraton Gets Navy Unexploded Ordnance Removal Support Contract; Gus Bontzos Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Gets Navy Unexploded Ordnance Removal Support Contract; Gus Bontzos Comments

    Peraton has received a potential five-year, $40.97 million contract to help the Department of the Navy identify, locate and remove unexploded underwater and ground ordnance. The contract has a one-year base term and four one-year options and covers support for the Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal program management office, Peraton said Wednesday. “Detecting, locating, removing or […] More

  • Lockheed Conducts Fifth TACMS Flight Test to Validate Missile Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Conducts Fifth TACMS Flight Test to Validate Missile Functions

    Lockheed Martin has conducted a fifth flight test of its modernized tactical missile system to verify the system’s functions and compliance with performance requirements under an engineering and manufacturing development contract with the U.S. Army. Lockheed said Thursday it equipped the missile with new guidance electronics and a capacity to engage area targets as part of the Army’s TACMS Service Life Extension Program. TACMS […] More

  • Janus Selected for Unexploded Ordnance Cleanup Project in Yavoriv, Ukraine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus Selected for Unexploded Ordnance Cleanup Project in Yavoriv, Ukraine

    U.S. Army Europe‘s Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine has selected Janus Global Operations to carry out an $8.4 million unexploded ordnance clearance project  in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Janus said Friday it aims to dispose of explosives, munitions and other hazardous materials within a nearly seven-square-mile area at the Yavoriv International Peacekeeping and Security Center training range. U.S. military personnel conduct various training […] More

  • Janus Cleared 440K+ Unexploded Ordnance Items Worldwide During 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus Cleared 440K+ Unexploded Ordnance Items Worldwide During 2016

    Janus Global Operations has destroyed or recovered more than 440,000 landmines and unexploded ordnance items the company found throughout conducted projects in multiple countries and conflict areas in 2016. JGO said Friday that it has swept approximately 36 square miles of landmine and unexploded ordnance last year on behalf of the U.S. government, foreign allies and the firm’s commercial […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils 1st Alternative Guided Rocket Warhead for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils 1st Alternative Guided Rocket Warhead for Army

    Lockheed Martin has produced its first alternative warhead for the U.S. Army‘s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System under a contract originally awarded in June 2015. The alternative GMLRS warhead rolled off the assembly line at Lockheed’s facility in Camden, Arkansas and works to engage a target while avoiding the risk of unexploded ordnance, the company said Monday. The warhead is designed to comply […] More

  • Sterling Global Helps Clear Afghan Province of Unexploded Mines; Alan Weakley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sterling Global Helps Clear Afghan Province of Unexploded Mines; Alan Weakley Comments

    Stability operations contractor Sterling Global Operations (SGO) recently executed the site work of a two-year project funded by the United Arab Emirates that helped locate and destroy more than 11,000 unexploded bombs left over from wars in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The United Nations Mine Action Service administered the project in Kandahar, which borders Pakistan for […] More