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  • KBR Awarded $63M Navy Contract Modification for Continued Base Support in Diego Garcia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Awarded $63M Navy Contract Modification for Continued Base Support in Diego Garcia

    KBR has secured a $62.9 million contract modification to continue supporting base operations at U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. The modification exercises the fourth option period of an existing contract, which now has an active cumulative value of $325.4 million, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Work under the contract will continue through November […] More

  • Marvin Griffin to Oversee Federal Practice at Dewberry's Huntsville Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marvin Griffin to Oversee Federal Practice at Dewberry’s Huntsville Office

    Marvin Griffin, a former U.S. Army engineer with nearly three decades of experience, has been appointed to serve as federal lead and business manager of Dewberry‘s office in Huntsville, Alabama. He will help Dewberry handle business development and federal customer engagements within the southeast region, the company said Monday. At the Army Corps of Engineers, […] More

  • Parsons to Support Army's Environmental Remediation Efforts Under New Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Support Army’s Environmental Remediation Efforts Under New Contract

    Parsons has secured a spot on a five-year, $49 million multiple-award contract to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers investigate and address contamination at military facilities. The company said Monday it will offer geophysical classification services, expertise and tools to assist USACE Sacramento District in remediating Military Munitions Response Program and Hazardous, Toxic and […] More

  • Dynetics, DARPA Demo Airborne Recovery With Gremlins Unmanned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics, DARPA Demo Airborne Recovery With Gremlins Unmanned Aircraft

    Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have demonstrated the airborne recovery capability of an unmanned aerial vehicle under development. A pair of X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicles exhibited autonomous formations and safety features before a C-130 aircraft recovered one GAV unit, DARPA said Friday. “This recovery was the culmination of years of […] More

  • Space Force to Impose NIST Framework-Based Cybersecurity Rules for Commercial Satcom Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force to Impose NIST Framework-Based Cybersecurity Rules for Commercial Satcom Procurement

    The U.S. Space Force could begin to implement rules next year for commercial satellite communications service providers to comply with the same cybersecurity standards being followed by federal civilian agencies, Air Force Magazine reported Friday. Jared Reece, manager of the U.S. Space Force’s Infrastructure Asset Pre-Assessment Program, said that the branch’s new policy will be […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Coras Decision Management Platform to Federal Agencies; Moe Jafari Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Coras Decision Management Platform to Federal Agencies; Moe Jafari Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute Coras’ enterprise decision management platform across the federal government using its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-Software 2 contract with the U.S. Army and NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement. Coras said Thursday its platform is designed to provide decision makers with an overview of several option scenarios and help them combine separate […] More

  • Collins Aerospace, Partners Showcase Open Systems Architecture for Multi-Domain Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collins Aerospace, Partners Showcase Open Systems Architecture for Multi-Domain Operations

    Collins Aerospace, part of Raytheon Technologies, worked with General Atomics, Palantir Technologies, Parry Labs and Tektonux to jointly demonstrate multiple technologies in an integrated, multi-domain operation scenario. Collins said Thursday it led the integration of various MDO-applicable technologies for the Open Group FACE and SOSA Consortia Technical Interchange Meeting, which showcased open-systems architecture. The integration […] More

  • AeroVironment to Equip USSOCOM With Switchblade Tactical Missile Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment to Equip USSOCOM With Switchblade Tactical Missile Systems

    AeroVironment has secured a $20.3 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver tactical missile systems to the U.S. Special Operations Command. The company said Thursday it will provide the man-portable Switchblade 600 TMS, which uses electro-optical and infrared sensors to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition in support of tactical operations. Brett Hush, vice president and product […] More

  • General Dynamics Finishes Testing of Ku-Band Satcom Antenna for Unmanned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Finishes Testing of Ku-Band Satcom Antenna for Unmanned Aircraft

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has concluded testing needed to qualify a Ku-band satellite communications antenna for use with unmanned aircraft systems made by General Atomics. The Ku-band Model 17-27A antenna is designed to provide Satcom-on-the-move for the SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian UAS, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The company produced and tested the antennas in Scottsdale, […] More

  • DOD Adds Fortinet Firewalls to Approved Product List; Steve Hoffman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD Adds Fortinet Firewalls to Approved Product List; Steve Hoffman Quoted

    Twenty-six more Fortinet Security Fabric products were added to the Department of Defense Information Network Approved Products List as they passed a Defense Information Systems Agency evaluation. The DoDIN APL certification allows FortiGate firewall products to be used across DOD agencies and reflects the offerings’ compliance with DISA’s Security Technical Implementation Guide, Fortinet said Wednesday. […] More

  • FCC OKs Boeing's Plan for Satellite Constellation in Non-Geostationary Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCC OKs Boeing’s Plan for Satellite Constellation in Non-Geostationary Orbit

    The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to build and deploy a satellite constellation in non-geostationary orbit to offer communications and broadband services. The company’s future constellation will globally provide connectivity for government, commercial, professional, institutional and residential applications, FCC said Wednesday. The fixed-satellite service system will operate with frequencies and inter-satellite links in parts […] More