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  • Raytheon-Kongsberg Team to Propose Missile Tech for Navy LCS, Frigate Warships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Kongsberg Team to Propose Missile Tech for Navy LCS, Frigate Warships

    A team composed of Raytheon and Kongsberg Grupen plans to offer the U.S. Navy a precision missile system in a bid to address the service branch’s over-the-horizon requirement for littoral combat ships and frigates. The alliance’s Naval Strike Missile offering for the Navy will feature seeker and target identification technologies designed to defend against land and sea targets as well as […] More

  • Parsons Awarded NC Interchange Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Awarded NC Interchange Contract

    Parsons was awarded a contract by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to perform design services for the I-26/US 74/ NC 108 interchange improvements in Polk County, NC, the company announced Tuesday. The project will provide ramp connections and relieve congestion between westbound I-26 to eastbound US 74 and westbound US 74 to eastbound […] More

  • Engility to Help Manage DoD Systems Engineering Programs; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Help Manage DoD Systems Engineering Programs; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has secured a potential five-year, $16.2 million contract to help update and standardize the Defense Department‘s systems engineering functions. The company said Wednesday it will assist the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering in the management of DoD programs related to systems engineering. “This is an important program for our nation,” […] More

  • Braxton to Help Air Force Build Navigation Tech Satellite Ground Segment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Braxton to Help Air Force Build Navigation Tech Satellite Ground Segment

    Braxton Technologies has received a five-year, $9.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to build a ground control segment for the service branch’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3. The company will help the Air Force construct ground-based infrastructure to support NTS-3 orbit operations as well as demonstrate and mature satellite navigation ground command-and-control technologies for contested environments, the […] More

  • Metal Shark Lands $54M Navy Contract to Build Near Coastal Patrol Vessels - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Metal Shark Lands $54M Navy Contract to Build Near Coastal Patrol Vessels

    Metal Shark has won a potential $54.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to construct near coastal patrol vessels in support of the U.S. Southern Command‘s partner nations and the foreign military sales program. The Defense Department said Wednesday Metal Shark will provide up to 13 NCPVs, electro-optical infrared sensors, diagnostic equipment, in-country reactivation, crew […] More

  • SOCOM Posts Enterprise Data Platform RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOCOM Posts Enterprise Data Platform RFI

    The U.S. Special Operations Command has issued a request for information on commercial off-the-shelf, non-developmental items and near-NDI components that can support the development of an enterprise data services system. SOCOM said in FedBizOpps notice published Monday its J632 Plans and Engineering unit aims to build a system for special operations forces to analyze and manage […] More

  • Honeywell, NASA Finish Sonic Boom Predictive Tech Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell, NASA Finish Sonic Boom Predictive Tech Test

    NASA and Honeywell have concluded a two-year test of a technology platform designed to help supersonic jet pilots reduce noise associated with sonic booms over populated areas. The test included the integration of the Interactive Sonic Boom Display Avionics software equipped with Honeywell’s Interactive Navigation tool into a business aircraft’s avionics system, the company said Wednesday. […] More

  • IBM Unit to Build Supercomputer-Based Global Storm-Scale Forecast Model With UCAR, NCAR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Unit to Build Supercomputer-Based Global Storm-Scale Forecast Model With UCAR, NCAR

    An IBM business has teamed up with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research to develop a global model designed to predict hurricanes, thunderstorms and other weather patterns at both regional and local scales. IBM’s The Weather Company will combine its experience in meteorological science with NCAR’s community model for […] More

  • DMI-NEC Alliance to Integrate Mobility, Biometric Platforms for Public Sector Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DMI-NEC Alliance to Integrate Mobility, Biometric Platforms for Public Sector Clients

    Digital Management Inc. and NEC‘s U.S. subsidiary have partnered to combine mobility and biometric platforms in a push to help government customers address national security and public safety goals. DMI said Wednesday the alliance seeks to offer front-line law enforcement, military and emergency personnel mobile access to facial, iris and fingerprint recognition technologies. The partnership […] More

  • RocketFrac Names Former NASA CFO Ronald Spoehel as Board Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RocketFrac Names Former NASA CFO Ronald Spoehel as Board Chairman

    Ronald Spoehel, a former chief financial officer at NASA, has been elected as chairman of the board of directors of hydraulic fracturing technology manufacturer RocketFrac Services. RocketFrac said Tuesday Spoehel brings more than 35 years of executive and general management experience in the energy and technology sectors to his new role. He served as founder and […] More

  • CSRA Named to Global Top 100 in IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Named to Global Top 100 in IT

     CSRA Inc. (NYSE: CSRA) was named in Gartner’s Top 100 IT companies, the company announced in a press release Thursday. CSRA also jumped 143 spots to #100 in IT leadership.  “We are proud to see CSRA’s success recognized by this year’s list of Gartner’s Global Top 100 IT companies,” said CSRA President and CEO Larry […] More

  • Navy, DoD Vet Alan Haggerty Named Senior Adviser for Beacon Group's A&D, Govt Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, DoD Vet Alan Haggerty Named Senior Adviser for Beacon Group’s A&D, Govt Practice

    Alan Haggerty, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, has joined The Beacon Group as senior adviser at the company’s aerospace and defense and government practice. Beacon said Wednesday that Haggerty has leadership experience in the naval technology development, system acquisition and innovation areas. “His knowledge in defense […] More