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  • Kratos Expands Military Training & Simulation Facility; Jose Diaz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Expands Military Training & Simulation Facility; Jose Diaz Comments

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has completed an expansion of its military training and simulation facility in Orlando, Fla., in a move to further help the Defense Department prepare troops for combat missions. The company said Wednesday the expanded facility offers military personnel with different warfighting training approaches such as simulated air, seal and land environments, digital experiences […] More

  • DoD Seeks Aerostat Sources in Support of FMS Deal With Saudi Arabia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Seeks Aerostat Sources in Support of FMS Deal With Saudi Arabia

    The Defense Department has begun to seek vendors that can develop, deliver and operate 10 tethered aerostat platforms for Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. DoD said in an April 16 announcement that aerostats should have a set of sensors such as acoustic sensors, a ground indicator for moving targets and two electro-optical/infrared sensors in […] More

  • UTC Aerospace Systems Launches Optical Payload System for Small UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Aerospace Systems Launches Optical Payload System for Small UAS

    UTC Aerospace Systems has launched an optical payload system for small autonomous drones that need to comply to the size, weight and power requirements of the Defense Department, foreign militaries and civilian unmanned aerial system customers. The N.C.-based company said Monday the TASE250 system is designed to offer longwave infrared and visible imaging capabilities that […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Receives Nunn-Perry Award for Mentor-Protégé Program Participation With QTEC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Receives Nunn-Perry Award for Mentor-Protégé Program Participation With QTEC

    The Defense Department has given a team from Northrop Grumman the Nunn-Perry award for supporting QTEC Aerospace with its business operations for three years under the Missile Defense Agency’s Mentor-Protégé Program. Northrop Grumman said Monday QTEC saw its business and workforce expand during the effort. The Va.-based firm also worked on the program in collaboration […] More

  • Navy Selects tiag to Support ONR IT Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects tiag to Support ONR IT Operations

    The Informatics Applications Group has won a potential five-year, $47.1 million task order from the U.S. Navy to help the Office of Naval Research establish an information technology network operation. Virginia-based tiag will also support ONR’s business process as part of the task order awarded under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday. The order has a one-year […] More

  • General Dynamics to Repair, Replace Navy Aircraft Computer Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Repair, Replace Navy Aircraft Computer Systems

    A business unit of General Dynamics has secured a potential 10-year, $36.3 million contract to repair or replace mission systems installed on multiple U.S. Navy aircraft platforms. General Dynamics Mission Systems will also provide program support for Advanced Mission Computer systems onboard F/A-18 E/F, EA 18G and AV-8B, the Defense Department said Friday. The performance-based logistics contract […] More

  • Scientific Research Corp. to Engineer, Install Navy Carrier Under $92M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scientific Research Corp. to Engineer, Install Navy Carrier Under $92M IDIQ

    Scientific Research Corp. has secured a potential $92.5 million contract to engineer, integrate and install command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems on newly constructed aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy. SRC will also support the service branch’s shipbuilding conversion efforts and other government shipbuilding projects under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Friday. The Space and Naval Warfare […] More

  • DARPA Seeks New Tools, Concepts to Secure DoD Space Systems, Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks New Tools, Concepts to Secure DoD Space Systems, Satellites

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office has issued a request of information on cybersecurity tools and methods for the Defense Department’s national security space systems and low-Earth orbit satellite networks. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says DARPA seeks new platforms to secure space information systems built to collect, store, process and transmit national security […] More

  • ICF Secures $52M Cyberspace Support Contract for Major Air Force Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Secures $52M Cyberspace Support Contract for Major Air Force Command

    ICF will provide cyberspace support for a U.S. Air Force command under a potential $51.7 million contract. The contract includes technical and programmatic expertise and cyberspace support recommendations for the Air Combat Command, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will run through Nov. 20, 2021 and will take place at Joint Base Langley-Eustis with an […] More

  • USAF Taps Tribalco to Support Technology Service Effort Under $57M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps Tribalco to Support Technology Service Effort Under $57M Contract

    Tribalco has received a five-year, $57 million contract to deliver services and products in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Guardian Angel Technical Recovery III program. The company will provide technical recovery kits, training, annual maintenance, system engineering, program management and kit modernization via technology refresh under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will occur in Bethesda, Md., with […] More

  • Raytheon to Help Navy Develop Maritime Surveillance, Targeting Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Navy Develop Maritime Surveillance, Targeting Platform

    Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems business has won a potential $29.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a maritime technology that can support command, control and communication across multiple domains. The company will perform work through Oct. 31, 2020, in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Cross Domain Maritime Surveillance and Targeting program, the […] More

  • Leidos Wins Potential $65M USACE Info Mgmt, IT Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Wins Potential $65M USACE Info Mgmt, IT Support Contract

    Leidos has won a one-year, $64.5 million contract to information management and information technology services across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers enterprise. USACE received four bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online-based solicitation and will obligate $63.3 million in fiscal 2018 revolving funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company’s innovations business […] More