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  • Leonardo DRS Hands Over Columbia-Class Submarine Motor to General Dynamics Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS Hands Over Columbia-Class Submarine Motor to General Dynamics Unit

    Leonardo DRS has shipped the main propulsion motor of the U.S. Navy’s upcoming lead Columbia-class nuclear submarine to General Dynamics‘ electric boat business after completing factory acceptance testing of the prototype motor. The defense product and technology company said Tuesday GD Electric Boat will handle the integration of the first production unit into the vessel. […] More

  • HII Lays Keel of Future USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Lays Keel of Future USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier

    HII laid the keel for Enterprise (CVN 80), an Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier that is set to be the ninth U.S. Navy vessel to take on the USS Enterprise moniker. The Newport News Shipbuilding division of HII is responsible for CVN 80 construction and led the lowering of the 688-ton keel unit into the […] More

  • NDI Secures Navy Contract for Hull, System Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NDI Secures Navy Contract for Hull, System Support Services

    NDI Engineering has received a six-year, $42.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to carry out various support services for the military branch’s hull maintenance and technical submarine communication and electromagnetic systems. The Department of Defense said Friday the company will provide the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Philadelphia Division with prototyping, integrated logistics, shipboard verification […] More

  • Applied Research Associates Wins Navy Contract for Non-Lethal Weapon R&D Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Research Associates Wins Navy Contract for Non-Lethal Weapon R&D Work

    Applied Research Associates will conduct research and development work for the U.S. Navy on non-deadly weapon technologies under a five-year, $48 million contract. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Littleton, Colorado-headquartered company will provide workforce, equipment, materials, oversight and other requirements to perform R&D support services, the Department of Defense said Monday. Work will be conducted […] More

  • Kratos Books Navy IDIQ for Target Drone Software Engineering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Books Navy IDIQ for Target Drone Software Engineering

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured a potential $14.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide software engineering services in support of a sub-sonic aerial target for anti-ship cruise missile threat emulation. The Department of Defense said Thursday that Kratos’ unmanned aerial systems unit will conduct software analysis and modification as well as changes […] More

  • VSE Gets $86M Ceiling Increase on FMS Deal for Naval Technical Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE Gets $86M Ceiling Increase on FMS Deal for Naval Technical Support

    VSE has received an $86 million increase to the ceiling value of an existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Navy for providing technical support to foreign navies. The Alexandria, Virginia-based management consulting services company will use the additional amount for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the Egyptian navy’s four Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, four fast missile […] More

  • Verizon Business Arm to Provide Naval Centers With Communications Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Business Arm to Provide Naval Centers With Communications Support

    The U.S. Navy has tapped the federal business of Verizon to handle message traffic and manage data information for naval support centers in Pennsylvania under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $31.7 million. Verizon Federal will perform integrated voice and data services for the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic to assist the […] More

  • CACI Unit to Provide Fleet Forces Command With Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Unit to Provide Fleet Forces Command With Logistics Support

    An operating subsidiary of CACI International has secured a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $31.3 million to handle naval force logistics services for the U.S. Fleet Forces Command. CACI Technologies will oversee and manage logistics-related processes for the Navy’s service component command to support its naval operations forces. Work includes conducting inspections, automating information […] More

  • V2X Awarded $63M Navy IDIQ for Aerial Refueling Tanker Support in Kuwait - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    V2X Awarded $63M Navy IDIQ for Aerial Refueling Tanker Support in Kuwait

    The U.S. Navy has tapped V2X, the newly-merged entity of Vertex Company and Vectrus, to maintain and oversee three KC-130J aircraft for the Kuwait government under a $62.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Under the five-year contract, V2X will provide aircraft maintenance at an organizational and transitional capacity, logistics support, as well as minimal equipment repair services […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary Receives Navy Contract for F-35 Chase Flight Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary Receives Navy Contract for F-35 Chase Flight Services

    Textron‘s Airborne Tactical Advantage Company subsidiary has secured a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide Mirage F1 aircraft to conduct chase flight services in support of the F-35 program. Three Mirage F1 planes will be used to support F-35 aircraft with flight operations set to begin late this year or early 2023 at the […] More

  • Veraxx Secures Navy Contract to Support Marine Corps Integrated Training Environment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veraxx Secures Navy Contract to Support Marine Corps Integrated Training Environment

    Veraxx Engineering, a flight training-focused company, has received a multiyear, $40.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the Marine Corps’ aviation training systems and devices. The company will complete a baseline version of the Marine Corps Tactical Environment for four USMC aircraft wings and integrate the TEn system into the service branch’s aviation training platforms, […] More

  • Sikorsky Completes Delivery of 7th CH-53K Helicopter to Marine Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Completes Delivery of 7th CH-53K Helicopter to Marine Corps

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has delivered another CH-53K helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps, adding to the six already in operation at the service branch’s air station base in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The defense company said Thursday the dispatch was the first from the Lot 2  contract awarded by the Navy to Sikorsky in 2019, with […] More