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  • Eaton to Support DISA's Data Center Power Capacity Expansion Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eaton to Support DISA’s Data Center Power Capacity Expansion Project

    Eaton has secured a $10.7 million contract to help expand the capacity of power systems at a Defense Information Systems Agency data center in Columbus, Ohio. The company said Tuesday it will provide electrical distribution and power quality management equipment as well as engineering services to the project slated for completion in the first half of 2018. The […] More

  • Report: NASA Authorizes SpaceX to Use Previously-Flown Booster on Next ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NASA Authorizes SpaceX to Use Previously-Flown Booster on Next ISS Resupply Mission

    NASA has approved SpaceX‘s plan to use a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster on the company’s next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Sam Scimemi, ISS director at NASA, said at a NASA Advisory Council committee meeting that the Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX’s 13th resupply mission will lift-off on Dec. 8 atop […] More

  • Romania Inks Agreement for Raytheon Missile Defense System Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Romania Inks Agreement for Raytheon Missile Defense System Procurement

    Romania’s government has signed a letter of offer and acceptance agreement to buy a Raytheon-built integrated air and missile defense system from the U.S. Army. Raytheon said Wednesday the LOA agreement for the Patriot system lays the groundwork for contract negotiations between the U.S. government and the company in an effort to help Romania adopt the missile […] More

  • Harris Gets $71M Army Contract Modification for Ground, Airborne Radios - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets $71M Army Contract Modification for Ground, Airborne Radios

    Harris has received a potential $71 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for the delivery of single-channel ground and airborne radio systems. The Defense Department said Wednesday the award modifies a previously awarded contract that covers tactical net radios, equipment, training and fielding support services to Morocco as part of a foreign military sales transaction. The company […] More

  • Intelsat General Issues White Paper on Satellite Platform’s Interference Mitigation Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat General Issues White Paper on Satellite Platform’s Interference Mitigation Capability

    An Intelsat subsidiary has issued a white paper that seeks to show how its satellite platform works to mitigate hostile attempts to interfere with signals on the company’s high-frequency satellites. Skot Butler, president of Intelsat General, said in a statement released Wednesday the company’s Interference Resolution demonstration seeks to show the capability of the Intelsat EpicNG satellite system […] More

  • CNSI to Help Update VA Healthcare Claims Processing System; Adnan Ahmed, Vijay Mishra Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNSI to Help Update VA Healthcare Claims Processing System; Adnan Ahmed, Vijay Mishra Comment

    CNSI has secured a potential five-year, $44 million contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs modernize a system used to process healthcare claims data. The company said Wednesday it will support the modernization and implementation of a claims processing platform for VA’s Financial Services Center to adjudicate, manage and prepare claims from healthcare providers. Rockville, Maryland-based CNSI will also migrate […] More

  • DISA Seeks Feedback on Business Case Analysis for Cyber Threat Indicator Sharing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Seeks Feedback on Business Case Analysis for Cyber Threat Indicator Sharing

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has asked industry to submit comments on a business case analysis about threat indicator sharing capabilities that can support DISA’s cybersecurity portfolio. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday it will collect and use feedback in efforts to acquire a machine-to-machine technology platform designed to facilitate exchange of cyber threat indicators. […] More

  • Sikorsky Gets Navy Order for Executive Transport Helicopter Rework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Gets Navy Order for Executive Transport Helicopter Rework

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary has been awarded a $15.1 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to perform rework services on two helicopter platforms built to transport high-level government officials. Sikorsky will provide security, project and sustainment engineering, integrated logistics, training, programming and material support services for the VH-3D and VH-60N  helicopters, the Defense Department said Wednesday. […] More

  • Lockheed to Support Deployed Navy Trident II Missile System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Support Deployed Navy Trident II Missile System

    Lockheed Martin has received a five-year, $71.6 million modification under a U.S. Navy contract to support the military branch’s deployed Trident II fleet ballistic missile system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform work under the cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification through Sept. 30, 2022. Locations of work include California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah and Washington. Trident II […] More

  • General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of Matson Containership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of Matson Containership

    General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has begun construction of the first of two containerships for public shipping company Matson Navigation at a shipyard in San Diego. NASSCO said Wednesday the Kanaloa-class vessel will have a maximum cargo capacity of 3,500 twenty-foot equivalent unit and be powered by liquefied natural gas-capable engines. The 870-foot-long ship was designed by NASSCO and its partner Daewoo Shipbuilding […] More

  • Former Military Leaders James McLaughlin, Robert Latiff Named to Polaris Alpha’s Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Military Leaders James McLaughlin, Robert Latiff Named to Polaris Alpha’s Advisory Board

    Polaris Alpha has appointed retired military officers James “Kevin” McLaughlin and Robert Latiff to its board of advisers. McLaughlin and Latiff will provide the leadership team with strategic guidance and advice as the defense technology company delivers services to government, intelligence community and military clients, Polaris Alpha said Wednesday. McLaughlin is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general […] More

  • TeraThink Adds Former SAIC Exec Doug Wagoner to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TeraThink Adds Former SAIC Exec Doug Wagoner to Board of Directors

    Doug Wagoner, former sector president at Science Applications International Corp., has joined the board of directors at management and technology consulting services contractor TeraThink. The 30-year federal market veteran will work with TeraThink’s other board members to support corporate management efforts and policies, the company said Tuesday. Wagoner previously supervised 13,500 employees who support government customers in the […] More