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  • Trowbridge & Trowbridge to Provide IT Services for Navy's Submarine Maintenance Org - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trowbridge & Trowbridge to Provide IT Services for Navy’s Submarine Maintenance Org

    Trowbridge & Trowbridge has secured a task order under a potential three-year, $11.1 million prime contract to provide information management technology services to the Naval Sea Systems Command’s submarine maintenance, engineering, planning and procurement organization. The company said Wednesday the contract has a one-year base period and two option years and was awarded through the General Services […] More

  • Tony Otten: Versar to Extend Army Construction Oversight Support in Afghanistan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Otten: Versar to Extend Army Construction Oversight Support in Afghanistan

    Versar has received a $14.8 million task order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Middle to support oversight of military construction projects in Afghanistan. Springfield, Virginia-based Versar said Wednesday it will continue to assist Afghan engineering and technical staff as well as collaborate with USACE personnel who manage projects across the country. The order falls under a previously […] More

  • Nikkei: Lockheed, Mitsubishi Submit Joint Response to Japan's F-2 Replacement RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nikkei: Lockheed, Mitsubishi Submit Joint Response to Japan’s F-2 Replacement RFI

    Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson has said her company and its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have jointly responded to Japan’s request for information on stealth fighter aircraft in August, Nikkei reported Saturday. Sam Nussey writes that Japan is considering whether to develop new aircraft domestically, tap foreign defense companies or just procure additional fighters in the marketplace to replace […] More

  • Summit Consulting to Help DOL Analyze Retirement Models, Investment Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Summit Consulting to Help DOL Analyze Retirement Models, Investment Tools

    The Labor Department has awarded Summit Consulting a contract to evaluate various retirement models and investments in support of DOL’s chief evaluation office. Summit said Wednesday it will collaborate with Alicia Munnell from the Center for Retirement Research and Meir Statman from Santa Clara University to conduct the analyses. Work includes assessment of policy options intended to increase the coverage and […] More

  • Dubai Deploys Dell Subsidiary's Hybrid Cloud Platform to Support Smart City Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dubai Deploys Dell Subsidiary’s Hybrid Cloud Platform to Support Smart City Project

    Dell Technologies‘ Dell EMC subsidiary has provided an enterprise hybrid cloud platform to the technology arm of Dubai’s smart city initiative. Dell said Sunday Smart Dubai Government deployed the cloud platform to establish an Information Technology-As-A-Service infrastructure that will work to aid the delivery of new services for individuals and organizations. The company added the cloud platform […] More

  • RFID Journal to Host A&D Radio Frequency Tech Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RFID Journal to Host A&D Radio Frequency Tech Forum

    RFID Journal will host an event focused on radio-frequency identification technologies for the aerospace and defense sector on Oct. 20 at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. The media company said Thursday the U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman and Delta Air Lines will participate in the event to share how they apply RFID technology in operations. RFID Journal added the forum will feature discussions on customer […] More

  • Amgen CEO Robert Bradway Elected to Boeing Board; Dennis Muilenburg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amgen CEO Robert Bradway Elected to Boeing Board; Dennis Muilenburg Comments

    Robert Bradway, president and CEO of biotechnology firm Amgen, has joined Boeing’s board of directors. “[Bradway’s] accomplishments in business, operations and finance will serve Boeing well as he applies his broad-based experience to aerospace,” Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, said in a statement released Friday. Bradway will serve on the board’s finance and […] More

  • Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits Gerald R Ford Aircraft Carrier at HII's Newport News Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits Gerald R Ford Aircraft Carrier at HII’s Newport News Site

    U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News facility to carry out a tour of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. HII said Thursday Newport News Shipbuilding president division Matt Mulherin and Ford Commanding Officer Capt. Richard McCormack officiated the tour for Mabus. Mabus recognized efforts by the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps over the last seven […] More

  • Insitu Donates ScanEagle UAS to Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; Ryan Hartman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Donates ScanEagle UAS to Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; Ryan Hartman Comments

    Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has donated a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region to give public the opportunity to view the drone. Insitu said Thursday the ScanEagle N202SE will display Boeing Aviation Hangar at the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center facility in Chantilly, Virginia. The unmanned aircraft […] More

  • IDC Report Labels HPE 'Major Player' Among US Federal Govt Vendors; Marilyn Crouther Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC Report Labels HPE ‘Major Player’ Among US Federal Govt Vendors; Marilyn Crouther Comments

    International Data Corp. has named Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s U.S. public sector business as a “major player” on the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Systems Integrators Serving the Federal Government 2016 Vendor Assessment study. Cedric Harris, a communications professional at HPE, writes in a blog post published Friday the research assessed characteristics that support an integrator’s success in U.S. federal […] More

  • Gemalto to Supply Electronic ID, Residence Permit Cards to Norway; Frederic Trojani Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gemalto to Supply Electronic ID, Residence Permit Cards to Norway; Frederic Trojani Comments

    Gemalto will supply electronic identification cards, residence permit cards and electronic passports to Norway under a new contract with the nation’s national police directorate. The company will provide its Allynis Issuance and Coesys Case Management system to help prospective Norwegian citizens through the process of applying for the Sealys eID cards and ePassports as well as residence permit cards, […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary to Update South Africa's Air Traffic Control Comm Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary to Update South Africa’s Air Traffic Control Comm Systems

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has received a contract to produce air traffic control communications equipment for a nationwide ATC modernization project in South Africa. Park Air Systems will provide its T6 Radio, remote control and monitoring system, multi-access remote control server, integrated cabinets, cavity filters and controllers for installation at South Africa’s major airports, Northrop said Thursday. The products will replace Park […] More