News

Latest stories

  • Northrop Subsidiary Unveils Network-Connected Ship Heading Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Northrop Subsidiary Unveils Network-Connected Ship Heading Mgmt System

    Northrop Grumman‘s Sperry Marine subsidiary has introduced a network-connected heading management system that can integrate with a wide range of vessels at the ongoing Shipbuilding, Machinery and Maritime trade show in Germany. Northrop said Tuesday CompassNet uses a standard Ethernet technology to link the heading sensors and distribute portion of the heading management system. The platform is designed to operate on commercial ships, cruise liners, survey vessels, military […] More

  • NASA OKs Sept. 8 Launch for Lockheed-Built OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft After Launch Readiness Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    NASA OKs Sept. 8 Launch for Lockheed-Built OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft After Launch Readiness Review

    NASA has given the Lockheed Martin-built Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft the go-ahead to launch on Sept. 8 after the space vehicle passed a launch readiness evaluation Tuesday, Space News reported. Jeff Foust writes the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida onboard the United Launch Alliance-developed Atlas […] More

  • Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers

    Blue Compass will serve as lead facilitator on a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency-sponsored hackathon series that seeks to foster relationships with software developers and industry in support of NGA programs. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company said Friday the competition also aims to promote NGA programs such as the Innovative GEOINT Application Platform Provider project that looks to incentivize app developers […] More

  • Dan Batrack: Tetra Tech to Help NOAA Manage Coastal Resources With Geospatial Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Dan Batrack: Tetra Tech to Help NOAA Manage Coastal Resources With Geospatial Tech

    Tetra Tech has been awarded a spot on a $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide technical geospatial services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coastal management program. The company said Tuesday it will collect, analyze and process geospatial data with the use of airborne and bathymetric lidar, satellite imagery and video and acoustic systems in an […] More

  • Report: South Korea Eyes Purchase of Boeing-Built Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Report: South Korea Eyes Purchase of Boeing-Built Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft

    South Korea could acquire four Boeing-built P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft amid North Korea’s continued test firing of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, Korea JoongAng Daily reported Thursday. Jeong Yong-Soo and Kang Jin-Kyu write that the South Korean military considers a possible purchase of maritime patrol aircraft that work to detect North Korean submarines and avoid “surprise” attacks. The report said the current anti-submarine patrol aircraft of South […] More

  • Lockheed Hands 2,000th Air Force JASSM Missile; Jason Denney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Lockheed Hands 2,000th Air Force JASSM Missile; Jason Denney Comments

    Lockheed Martin has built and delivered its 2,000th Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile  system to the U.S. Air Force under the company’s lot 12 production contract. The company said Tuesday it began work on batch 12 of baseline JASSM cruise missiles and JASSM-Extended Range missiles in January. Jason Denney, program director of long-range strike systems at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, said that U.S. […] More

  • South Australia Eyes Single Integration Hub for Ground Combat Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    South Australia Eyes Single Integration Hub for Ground Combat Systems

    The South Australian government looks to establish a defense technology center dedicated to integrating and supporting land combat systems for Australia’s military, the Lead South Australia reported Tuesday. Jim Plouffe writes Jay Weatherill, premier of South Australia state, said the proposed Land Integration and Innovation Center will be built at Edinburgh Parks and will use an agile approach to address […] More

  • Shield AI Chosen for Pentagon's Autonomous Tactical Airborne Prototyping Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Shield AI Chosen for Pentagon’s Autonomous Tactical Airborne Prototyping Project

    Shield AI has received a nine-month, $1 million “other transaction” agreement from the U.S. Army to develop an autonomous tactical airborne drone prototype. The Army’s Contracting Command-New Jersey awarded the OTA on behalf of  the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and the Naval Special Warfare Command, according to a notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. San Diego, California-based Shield AI develops artificially intelligent robots […] More

  • Alphaport Lands NASA Mission Assurance, Safety Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Alphaport Lands NASA Mission Assurance, Safety Support Contract

    Alphaport has received a potential five-year, $47.5 million contract to provide mission assurance and safety support services to NASA. The company will provide such services under the Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services III contract through risk evaluation, investigations, engineering analyses, inspections and assessment of work done by other NASA institutions and contractors, NASA said Wednesday. […] More

  • Air Force Demos Boeing-Built Minuteman III ICBM with Test Re-Entry Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Air Force Demos Boeing-Built Minuteman III ICBM with Test Re-Entry Vehicle

    The U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command tested a Boeing-built Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The military branch said Monday 341st Missile Wing airmen launched the unarmed Minuteman III with a test re-entry vehicle that contained a telemetry package during the operational test, the Air Force said Monday. The re-entry vehicle traveled nearly 4,200 […] More

  • Wisconsin Business Group Gets $500K Grant to Clean Up Property for Maritime Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Wisconsin Business Group Gets $500K Grant to Clean Up Property for Maritime Facility

    The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has awarded a $500,000 grant to a business group to perform environmental remediation work on a property in Marinette, Wisconsin, to facilitate the construction of a 23,000-square-foot maritime facility, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday. Rick Barrett writes the Marinette County Association for Business and Industry will use the grant to clean […] More