Latest stories

  • UK Army Vet Peter Wall Joins General Dynamics Board; Phebe Novakovic Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    UK Army Vet Peter Wall Joins General Dynamics Board; Phebe Novakovic Comments

    Peter Wall, a 40-year British army veteran and director of strategic leadership advisory firm Amicus, has been elected to General Dynamics‘ board of directors. He previously served as director of operations at the U.K. defense ministry, commander-in-chief of the land command and army chief of the general staff before he retired from military service in 2014, General Dynamics […] More

  • Paul Stewart Joins ZMicro as Programs Director; Jason Wade Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Paul Stewart Joins ZMicro as Programs Director; Jason Wade Comments

    Paul Stewart, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance industry veteran and former senior executive at ForceX, has joined computing systems firm ZMicro as director of programs. He will oversee the lifecycle management of ZMicro’s programs with the Defense Department, ZMicro said Thursday. “Paul brings a tremendous depth of expertise in ISR and DoD program management,” said Jason Wade, president of […] More

  • Phoenix Nuclear Labs to Provide Neutron Radiography, Interrogation Systems to Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Phoenix Nuclear Labs to Provide Neutron Radiography, Interrogation Systems to Army

    The U.S. Army has awarded Phoenix Nuclear Labs multiple contracts worth a total of $3.6 million to create a neutron radiography system that will work to detect defective munitions and explosive threats. PNL said Tuesday it will supply a pilot-production neutron radiography system to the Army that is designed to produce a higher neutron yield while mitigating safety […] More

  • Telos to Provide Cybersecurity Upgrade for USAF Demilitarized Zone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Telos to Provide Cybersecurity Upgrade for USAF Demilitarized Zone

    Telos Corporation has received a $26.9 million contract to modify and replace the cybersecurity systems of a U.S. Air Force demilitarized zone through networking equipment updates and security management services. The company said Wednesday it will conduct contract work at Robins Air Force Base, Beale Air Force Base, Langley Air Force Base and Kansas in the U.S. as well as Ramstein Air […] More

  • VA Dept Orders AM General's Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    VA Dept Orders AM General’s Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicles

    AM General‘s Mobility Ventures subsidiary has received an order from the Department of Veteran Affairs for five wheelchair-accessible vehicles through bus distributor Master’s Transportation. Mobility Ventures said Tuesday VA will use the MV-1 vehicles at medical centers in Colorado, Florida and Tennessee. MV-1 was added to Master’s Transportation’s General Services Administration Schedule contract in 2015 and the purchase marks the […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build Power System for Sierra Nevada's ISS Transportation Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build Power System for Sierra Nevada’s ISS Transportation Spacecraft

    Sierra Nevada Corporation has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a contract to provide an electrical power system for the former’s Dream Chaser commercial spacecraft designated by NASA to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday it will design, create, test and install the electrical power system onto Dream Chaser as well as provide power conversion and […] More

  • NASA Seeks Industry Info on Wide Field Imaging Telescope Data Recorder - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    NASA Seeks Industry Info on Wide Field Imaging Telescope Data Recorder

    NASA wants industry information on a solid state data recorder to support a conceptual design of the agency’s future wide field imaging observatory platform. A notice posted Monday on FedBizOpps stated the data recorder will become a component of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope‘s payload command and data handling subsystem. The recorder will work to store science data packets […] More

  • Google Parent to Demo Drone Delivery Service at FAA Test Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Google Parent to Demo Drone Delivery Service at FAA Test Site

    Google‘s parent company Alphabet will test an autonomous delivery service at one of six Federal Aviation Administration-approved unmanned aircraft system test sites in the U.S., Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Alan Levin writes the White House said Tuesday that Alphabet’s Project Wing drone delivery demonstration aims to lay the groundwork for the approval of the use of UAS to safely deliver packages. Dave […] More

  • Lockheed Fires Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Interceptor for White Sands Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Lockheed Fires Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Interceptor for White Sands Flight Test

    Lockheed Martin has tested its missile interceptor that is designed to engage rocket, artillery and mortar targets during an exercise held Friday at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The company said Tuesday it fired the Miniature Hit-to-Kill interceptor as part of the Extended Area Protection and Survivability program run by the U.S. Army‘s Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center. This engineering demonstration […] More

  • NASA Issues RFP for Novel Aerospace Tech Platforms Under NIAC Program Phase 1 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    NASA Issues RFP for Novel Aerospace Tech Platforms Under NIAC Program Phase 1

    NASA has asked industry to submit proposals for the initial phase of a program that seeks to develop novel platforms designed for future aerospace missions. The space agency said Wednesday it will award $125,000 in grants over a nine-month period to selected projects under Phase 1 of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program. NASA will select up to […] More

  • General Dynamics Business Unit Secures Navy Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    General Dynamics Business Unit Secures Navy Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Contracts

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $23 million cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to General Dynamics‘ NASSCO-Norfolk business unit for support services during a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier’s fiscal 2016 planned incremental availability. General Dynamics said Tuesday it will perform depot-level maintenance, modifications and ship repairs to update the USS Harry S. Truman‘s military and technical capacity. The company noted it […] More

  • Carahsoft’s John Lee: SEWP Contract Vehicle Key to Agencies’ Cloud Tech Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in , , ,

    Carahsoft’s John Lee: SEWP Contract Vehicle Key to Agencies’ Cloud Tech Adoption

    John Lee, vice president of cloud services at Carahsoft Technology, has said federal agencies should use NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement vehicle to buy information technology products and services in order to facilitate their transition to cloud computing environments. Lee wrote in an article published Tuesday that agencies can also leverage SEWP’s statements of work in order to […] More