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  • Lockheed Unit to Provide Towed Array Units, Engineering Services Under Navy Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unit to Provide Towed Array Units, Engineering Services Under Navy Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin‘s mission systems and training unit has received a nearly $42 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver TB-37 Multi-Function Towed Array production units, accessories, shipping products and engineering services. The Defense Department said Friday the modification exercises options in a previously awarded contract and includes purchases for the Navy and a foreign military sales […] More

  • AeroVironment to Provide sUAS, Support for Australian Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment to Provide sUAS, Support for Australian Forces

    AeroVironment has secured a potential 10-year, $36.5 million contract from Australia’s defense department to deliver small unmanned aircraft systems as well as training and logistics support. The company said Thursday it will integrate Australian content into the WASP AE UAS to meet the country’s military and industry needs. AeroVironment will work with XTEK, General Dynamics‘ Mediaware subsidiary and Sentient Vision […] More

  • FedBid Awarded 5-Year Army Reverse Auction Service Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedBid Awarded 5-Year Army Reverse Auction Service Extension

    FedBid has secured a potential five-year contract to continue to provide reverse auction services to the U.S. Army‘s contracting offices. The company said Wednesday it will provide sourcing, quality assurance and account management support staff to help drive efficiency in the service branch’s acquisition process. The contract has one base year and four one-year options. FedBid […] More

  • Boeing Taps Harris for P-8A Aircraft Sonobuoy Launchers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Harris for P-8A Aircraft Sonobuoy Launchers

    Harris has received multiple contracts to deliver sonobuoy launchers to Boeing for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A maritime patrol aircraft. The contracts cover the supply of single-shot and rotary launchers for 49 P-8A planes of the U.S., Australia and the U.K., Harris said Wednesday. Ed Zoiss, president of Harris’ electronic systems business, said the company’s sonobuoy launching technology is […] More

  • DFAS Taps Grant Thornton, Cotton & Co. for Military Command Audit Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DFAS Taps Grant Thornton, Cotton & Co. for Military Command Audit Services

    The Defense Finance Accounting Service has awarded a $29.2 million contract to Grant Thornton and a $24.6 million contract to Cotton & Co. to respectively provide general fund and working capital fund audit services to the U.S. Special Operations Command and the U.S. Transportation Command. Each labor-hour contract has 19 base months and three one-year options, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DFAS […] More

  • GEO Group to Extend Housing Facility Support for Federal Bureau of Prisons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GEO Group to Extend Housing Facility Support for Federal Bureau of Prisons

    The GEO Group has secured two potential 10-year contracts from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to continue to house criminal aliens at company-owned facilities. GEO said Friday the contracts were awarded through the Criminal Alien Requirement 16 procurement vehicle and are expected to generate $664 million in combined revenues throughout the full 10-year periods. The company will provide […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Air Force Funds to Integrate Subsystem for Next 2 SBIRS Missile Warning Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Air Force Funds to Integrate Subsystem for Next 2 SBIRS Missile Warning Satellites

    Lockheed Martin has secured a nearly $46 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to integrate an additional subsystem for the fifth and sixth Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous missile warning satellites. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed will also modify SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6 propulsion systems under the modification. Lockheed’s space systems business will perform work at a company facility in Sunnyvale, […] More

  • CGI Offers Cloud ERP Platform Through Multi-State Procurement Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Offers Cloud ERP Platform Through Multi-State Procurement Initiative

    CGI has begun to offer a cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform to state and local government entities that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative procurement program. The company said Wednesday it offers the CGI Advantage360 software-as-a-service ERP platform to NASPO ValuePoint participants under a master agreement with the state of Utah. CGI Advantage consists of software, business process services and […] More

  • General Dynamics to Produce Missile Fire Control System Equipment for 2 Int'l Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Produce Missile Fire Control System Equipment for 2 Int’l Clients

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $40.8 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to supply two foreign countries with missile fire control system equipment and engineering services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification combines purchases from South Korea and Japan under separate foreign military sales deals with the U.S. government. General Dynamics’ ordinance and tactical systems business will produce MK 82 director […] More

  • Northrop Secures Navy Triton UAS Long-Lead Material Procurement Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Secures Navy Triton UAS Long-Lead Material Procurement Funds

    Northrop Grumman has received a $49.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide long-lead components, materials, parts and services required to produce the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. The Defense Department said Monday work will occur in Maryland, West Virginia, Utah, Texas, California and other locations in the continental U.S. through December 2017. The Naval Air Systems Command will […] More

  • Leidos Secures Follow-On Navy Intell System Support Contract; Tim Reardon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Secures Follow-On Navy Intell System Support Contract; Tim Reardon Comments

    Leidos has secured a potential two-year, $43 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide technical services in support of the U.S. Navy‘s intelligence infrastructure. The follow-on contract covers technical assessment and evaluation, program definition, organization and direction support for the Distributed Common Ground System – Navy family of systems, Leidos said Monday. […] More

  • Gentex Wins $51M Marines Combat Helmet, Data Report Delivery Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gentex Wins $51M Marines Combat Helmet, Data Report Delivery Contract

    Gentex has won a potential five-year, $51.4 million contract to provide 84,376 updated combat helmets and data reports to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Systems Command received three proposals for the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract and obligated nearly $10 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds.to cover the first delivery order, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will […] More