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  • Excet to Support Navy's Corrosion Mitigation, Environmental Research Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Excet to Support Navy’s Corrosion Mitigation, Environmental Research Programs

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Excet a $48.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide research and development services for various Naval Research Laboratory projects in support of the service branch’s corrosion mitigation, coatings, environmental and prevention programs. The Defense Department said Friday that Excet will perform scientific, engineering and technical R&D in Virginia, Florida and Washington D.C. through July 28, 2021, […] More

  • Lockheed Secures $71M Air Force C-130J Aircraft Sustainment Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures $71M Air Force C-130J Aircraft Sustainment Contract

    Lockheed Martin has secured a one-year, $71.4 million contract to perform sustainment work on the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft. The company will also provide inventory control point management, consumable spares replenishment, repair, sustaining engineering support, technical data and depot activation services for the aircraft’s weapon system, the Defense Department said Friday. Work under […] More

  • Raytheon to Help Maintain Switzerland's Airborne Radar Warning Receiver Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Maintain Switzerland’s Airborne Radar Warning Receiver Tech

    Raytheon has entered into a five-year deal with RUAG Switzerland to service an airborne digital radar warning receiver built for the Swiss government. Raytheon said Friday it will maintain Switzerland’s ALR-67(V)3 receivers that work to alert F-18 pilots of potential hostile threats under the commercial performance-based logistics contract. “Our two key metrics for this PBL are availability and reliability,” said Michael Baladjanian, director of Raytheon’s space and […] More

  • ICF to Support CDC Communications Campaign for Opioid Abuse Risk Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Support CDC Communications Campaign for Opioid Abuse Risk Awareness

    ICF International has received a two-year, $4.8 million task order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in support of the agency’s communications campaign for opioid abuse risk awareness. The company said Thursday it will manage the development and placement of the campaign’s digital and social media advertisements, create social media […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright Releases New Video Mgmt Tech for Air, Ground Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright Releases New Video Mgmt Tech for Air, Ground Vehicles

    Curtiss-Wright has released a new compact switch technology the company’s defense solutions unit designed to transmit video camera data to multiple displays. The RVG-SDI Crossbar Video Switch consists of eight external miniBNC connectors and works to route 3G, high-definition and standard definition serial digital interface video sources, Curtiss-Wright said June 13. “A growing challenge for system integrators is how to get the most effective use out […] More

  • FDH Velocitel to Use Proprietary Nondestructive Test Method Across Army Engineers-Managed Dams - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDH Velocitel to Use Proprietary Nondestructive Test Method Across Army Engineers-Managed Dams

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected FDH Velocitel to carry out architectural and engineering services in support of tension tests on the Tainter gate trunnion girder anchor rods within dams managed by the service branch. FDH Velocitel said Tuesday it will apply its proprietary nondestructive test method to help USACE manage an inventory of post-tensioned anchor rods, which make up part […] More

  • GTRI, Absio Forge Digital Info Security Alliance; Rob Kilgore, Greg Byles Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GTRI, Absio Forge Digital Info Security Alliance; Rob Kilgore, Greg Byles Comment

    Global Technology Resources Inc. and Absio have agreed to combine their information technology consulting expertise and cybersecurity experience as the two companies aim to help clients protect and manage digital information. Absio also added GTRI to its partner program in a push to grow the former company’s presence in the government and enterprise markets, GTRI said Wednesday. GTRI seeks to […] More

  • UTC to Refurbish F-100 Engine Components Under Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Refurbish F-100 Engine Components Under Air Force Contract

    United Technologies Corp. has received a two-year, $41.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to remanufacture F-100-PW-220/229 rear compressor stators and F100-PW-229 compressor stators, duct segments and variable vanes. The Defense Department said Wednesday the sole-source contract includes foreign military sales and work will occur in Oklahoma through July 27, 2018. DoD noted the Air Force has not obligated […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers 30th Merlin Mk2 Helicopter to UK Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers 30th Merlin Mk2 Helicopter to UK Military

    Lockheed Martin has delivered a 30th updated Merlin Mk2 helicopter to the U.K.’s military during a ceremony at a Leonardo facility in Yeovil, England. The delivery was part of a $985.2 million contract that required 30 Mk1 helicopters to be upgraded in support of the British navy, the company said Thursday. Each helicopter contains new radars, sonar systems, infrared cameras and large flat, […] More

  • General Atomics Installs Radiation Monitoring Systems in New US Nuclear Power Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Installs Radiation Monitoring Systems in New US Nuclear Power Plant

    A business unit of General Atomics has equipped the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear power plant with full plant radiation monitoring systems after the company’s selection by the Tennessee Valley Authority. General Atomics electromagnetic systems’ radiation monitoring systems are now in operation at Watts Bar Unit 2, which is the first new U.S. nuclear power plant since 1996, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • Q.E.D Systems to Provide Touch Labor Services for Non-Nuclear Production Trades on Navy Submarines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Q.E.D Systems to Provide Touch Labor Services for Non-Nuclear Production Trades on Navy Submarines

    Q.E.D. Systems has received a potential $30.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide non-nuclear production trade touch labor services onboard the Virginia-class and Los Angeles-class submarines. The company will supply non-nuclear welders, pipefitters, firewatchers, shipwrights, shipfitters, painters, electricians, weight handlers and outside machinists under the contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a […] More

  • Accutype Services Certified to Offer Medical Transcription Services Under GSA Schedule 36 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accutype Services Certified to Offer Medical Transcription Services Under GSA Schedule 36

    Accutype Services has received certification to deliver medical transcription services to the federal government under the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 36 contract. The woman-owned company said Tuesday its medical transcription offering is registered on the GSA Advantage electronic ordering system. Deborah Walton, Accutype Services operations manager, said the contract works to open new markets for the company and expand its services beyond the […] More