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  • LA County Public Works Department Taps ICF for Water Infrastructure Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LA County Public Works Department Taps ICF for Water Infrastructure Support

    ICF has received a potential four-year contract to support water resources infrastructure projects of the Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Works. Services will encompass on-call environmental compliance, mitigation and community outreach in support of the Los Angeles River and nearby water resources in Southern California, the company said Wednesday. The multimillion-dollar contract holds a three-year […] More

  • Report: Northrop's H03 Firebird Intell Aircraft Flies at California-Based Space Port - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop’s H03 Firebird Intell Aircraft Flies at California-Based Space Port

    The latest version of the Firebird optionally-manned aircraft built by Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites subsidiary has been seen flying at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, the Drive reported Saturday. Northrop’s H03 Firebird intelligence gathering aircraft, which has the civil registration code N326JG, has been photographed by photojournalist David Wirth and features a large […] More

  • Turner-AC Martin Team to Design, Build Office Tower for California's Environmental Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Turner-AC Martin Team to Design, Build Office Tower for California’s Environmental Agencies

    The California Department of General Services has selected a Turner Construction– AC Martin team to design and build a “net zero energy” office building for the state’s environmental agencies. The 20-storey tower will be situated in Sacramento and accommodate more than 3,500 employees from the state departments of Natural Resources, Water Resources and Forestry and Fire Protection […] More

  • Northrop Launches Water Recycling Project at California Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches Water Recycling Project at California Facility

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with the West Basin Municipal Water District in California to begin a pilot project for the company’s Redondo Beach facility to use recycled water in three cooling towers. The company said Thursday it aims to save up to 16 million gallons of drinking water each year through the water recycling initiative and reduce water consumption by […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Build 4th E-2D Training System for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Build 4th E-2D Training System for Navy

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Rockwell Collins a $34.5 million initial contract to provide a fourth tactics trainer for the military branch’s E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III program. Rockwell Collins said Monday it aims to complete production of a new E-2D tactics trainer designed to support live, virtual and constructive training high-fidelity training by August 2020. Nick Gibbs, vice president […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures Air Force Funds to Continue Booster Engine Development Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures Air Force Funds to Continue Booster Engine Development Work

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a $22.7 million contract modification for the development of a reusable oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle booster engine designed to use liquid oxygen baseline propellants. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification will increase cumulative value of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s contract to $218.4 million. Services under the contract include booster engine design, construction and testing. The company […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Completes Free Flight Test on Dream Chaser Test Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Completes Free Flight Test on Dream Chaser Test Spacecraft

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has conducted a free flight test of a spacecraft designed to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract. The Dream Chaser test spacecraft was air-lifted by a Columbia 234-UT Chinook helicopter before the space vehicle performed a pre-planned flight and autonomous landing operation […] More

  • Cox Construction Help Build Army Reserve, Vehicle Maintenance Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cox Construction Help Build Army Reserve, Vehicle Maintenance Facilities

    Cox Construction has won two contracts worth up to $29 million combined to help construct a U.S. Army reserve facility and replace a vehicle maintenance facility for the service branch. The company will support the design, bid and construction of a 400-member Army Reserve Center in Marimar, California, under a $21.2 million contract, the Defense Department […] More

  • Raytheon to Support Ground Power & Cooling Tech for Navy Jammer Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Support Ground Power & Cooling Tech for Navy Jammer Platform

    Raytheon has received a $22.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver software and hardware components needed for a ground power and cooling system of the service branch’s Next Generation Jammer platform. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification covers the delivery of five ground power carts, five ground power kits, five ground cooling carts, five ground cooling kits, […] More

  • Report: Northrop to Deliver 2 Triton Drones to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop to Deliver 2 Triton Drones to Navy

    Northrop Grumman is set to hand over this year two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Navy as the service intends to replace its fleet of P-3C Orion and EP-3E Aries II aircraft that work to perform maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The Navy will test the two Triton […] More

  • Orbital ATK’s Minotaur C Rocket Brings 10 Planet Labs Remote Sensing Satellites Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Minotaur C Rocket Brings 10 Planet Labs Remote Sensing Satellites Into Orbit

    Planet Labs’ 10 remote sensing satellites took off Tuesday aboard the Orbital ATK-built Minotaur C rocket that launched at 2:37 p.m. Pacific time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Four Planet’s Dove satellites launched into sun-synchronous orbit approximately 350 miles above the Earth following the deployment of six SkySat spacecraft into space, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. Rich Straka, […] More

  • LMI Gets Marine Infrastructure Support Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Gets Marine Infrastructure Support Contract Modification

    LMI has received potential five-year, $46 million contract modification that covers facility planning, services data management and geospatial information support for the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Infrastructure Reset Strategy. The modification contains a one-year base period worth $12.3 million and work could extend through Oct. 22, 2022 if all options are exercised, LMI said Monday. Work under the modification […] More