News

Latest stories

  • General Atomics' Electromagnetic Systems Business to Expand in Mississippi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems Business to Expand in Mississippi

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business unit will expand its existing facilities in Shannon, Mississippi under a $20 million project. The Mississippi Development Authority said Wednesday the expansion will create 48 jobs; address demands for airborne, maritime and ground-based military lasers; and meet increased fabrication needs. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will add 128,000 square feet of space to an […] More

  • KBR to Build, Maintain UK Combat Water Supply System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    KBR to Build, Maintain UK Combat Water Supply System

    KBR has received a potential seven-year, $42 million contract from the U.K. ministry of defense to build a potable water supply system for the British military’s combat missions. The company said Wednesday it will design, manufacture, test and deliver the Combat Water Supply System and CWSS variants to the ministry. Work will also include maintenance, repair and operations […] More

  • Northrop to Engineer, Sustain Navy LCS Mission Modules - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Northrop to Engineer, Sustain Navy LCS Mission Modules

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a one-year, $46.8 million contract modification to support mission modules of the service branch’s Littoral Combat Ships. Northrop will engineer, sustain and provide technical services for LCS mission modules through March 2019, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the modification exercises options under a previously awarded contract. The Naval […] More

  • Boeing-Sikorsky Team Tests SB-1 Defiant Helicopter in Preparation for Maiden Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Boeing-Sikorsky Team Tests SB-1 Defiant Helicopter in Preparation for Maiden Flight

    Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary have begun testing the SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter in preparation for its initial flight as part of the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role program, Defense News reported Wednesday. The service has started to evaluate two flight demonstrator aircraft – Defiant and Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor – through the JMR initiative […] More

  • ManTech Attains CMMI Level 4 Rating; Bonnie Cook Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    ManTech Attains CMMI Level 4 Rating; Bonnie Cook Comments

    ManTech has received Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 4 for Development appraisal from a CMMI Institute partner organization for the company’s quantitative project management efforts. Cyber Solutions assessed ManTech’s work to analyze statistical data and predict key performance goals for two U.S. military projects, ManTech said Wednesday. The evaluation involved the Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise Accelerator and Defense Medical information […] More

  • Orbital ATK Gets $67M Navy Contract to Produce Additional Target Base Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Orbital ATK Gets $67M Navy Contract to Produce Additional Target Base Vehicles

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $67.6 million contract to manufacture an 11th batch of GQM-163A Coyote sea skimming target base vehicles. Orbital ATK will provide 24 full-rate production base vehicles and spares foreign military sales to USN and Qatar as well as deliver D6AC long lead steel to Japan, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company will receive […] More

  • Kratos Gets State Dept OK to Market Tactical UAS in Europe, Asia Pacific; Steve Fendley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Kratos Gets State Dept OK to Market Tactical UAS in Europe, Asia Pacific; Steve Fendley Comments

    The State Department has authorized Kratos Defense and Security Solutions to market a tactical unmanned aerial system in select countries within Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Mako is designed to operate independently or in conjunction with other UAS platforms to support manned aircraft in a contested airspace environment, Kratos said Tuesday. The UAS has a capacity to carry […] More

  • Iridium Names 6 New Providers of Certus Broadband Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Iridium Names 6 New Providers of Certus Broadband Service

    Iridium has unveiled the next batch of six companies that will offer the Iridium Certus satellite broadband service for ground-based mobile operations beginning mid-2018. Certus is powered by the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation and will be integrated with Thales‘ MissionLINK terminal to support the off-the-grid missions of public safety, utility, oil and gas, military and non-government […] More

  • Inmarsat's Tactical Satellite Service Gets MSUA Mobility Innovation Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Inmarsat’s Tactical Satellite Service Gets MSUA Mobility Innovation Award

    Inmarsat has received recognition from the Mobile Satellite Users Association for the company’s L-band service offering designed to support beyond line-of-sight tactical communications. The company said Wednesday its L-band Tactical Satellite service won the 2018 Mobility Innovation Award in the “Top Government Mobility Satcom Innovation” category. “We are proud to win this award for the third consecutive year as it is a testament […] More

  • Joseph Craver Succeeds Dennis Lauchner as CSS CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Joseph Craver Succeeds Dennis Lauchner as CSS CEO

    Joseph Craver, who joined CSS two years ago, has been appointed CEO of the Fairfax, Virginia-based government services provider. He succeeds Dennis Lauchner, who will remain with CSS as vice chairman of its board, and will be the second CEO in the company’s 30‐year history, according to the press release. Craver held a 24-year career at Leidos and Science […] More

  • CenturyLink Obtains DOJ Approval to Sell Level 3 Metro Network Assets to Syringa Networks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    CenturyLink Obtains DOJ Approval to Sell Level 3 Metro Network Assets to Syringa Networks

    The Justice Department has given CenturyLink the green light to sell certain metro network assets of Level 3 Communications in Boise, Idaho, to fiber-optic networking services provider Syringa Networks. Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink said Tuesday the sale is still subject to other customary closing conditions and comes nearly five months after the telecommunications firm completed its $34 billion acquisition of […] More