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  • Raytheon to Assist Air Force in High-Power Electromagnetics System Transition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Assist Air Force in High-Power Electromagnetics System Transition

    Raytheon has won a $15 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support high power electromagnetics transition efforts of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Tuesday that the company will help the service branch analyze and integrate HPEM systems on multiple airborne platforms. Raytheon will use simulation tools to evaluate the performance of a proposed integrated platform in mission operations. The Air […] More

  • CNAS Program Aims to Examine US-Europe Security Relations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNAS Program Aims to Examine US-Europe Security Relations

    The Center for a New American Security has launched a program that aims to study mutual security efforts between the U.S. and Europe. Neal Urwitz, CNAS director of external relations, wrote in an article published Monday that the Transatlantic Security program will be led by Julianne Smith, a CNAS senior fellow and former national security adviser to former vice president […] More

  • ManTech to Provide Engineering, Technical Support for Navy Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Provide Engineering, Technical Support for Navy Aircraft

    ManTech International has secured a five-year, $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and technical support for naval aircraft platforms and systems. The Defense Department said Monday that ManTech’s s advanced systems division will support reliability, maintainability, testability, quality assurance and diagnostic and system safety analyses during aircraft and system design, development, production and in-service life cycles. Work […] More

  • BAE Unit Receives Army Incentive Fee for Bradley Testing Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit Receives Army Incentive Fee for Bradley Testing Milestone

    A business unit of BAE Systems has received a $7.9 million “performance incentive fee” from the U.S. Army for the completion of automotive forward speed, acceleration, and slope operation tests on Bradley vehicles. BAE’s land and armaments business secured the payment through a contract modification for the Bradley engineering change proposal effort, the Defense Department said Monday. […] More

  • DoD CIO Eyes 5-Year IDIQ/BPA for IT, Cyber, Data Analytics Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD CIO Eyes 5-Year IDIQ/BPA for IT, Cyber, Data Analytics Services

    The Defense Department‘s Office of the Chief Information Officer has launched a market research effort to identify qualified industry sources of technical support services under a possible five-year acquisition program. Washington Headquarters Services said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice the DoD CIO looks to procure mission support services through a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract or a blanket purchase agreement. WHS expects […] More

  • Lockheed Conducts Fifth TACMS Flight Test to Validate Missile Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Conducts Fifth TACMS Flight Test to Validate Missile Functions

    Lockheed Martin has conducted a fifth flight test of its modernized tactical missile system to verify the system’s functions and compliance with performance requirements under an engineering and manufacturing development contract with the U.S. Army. Lockheed said Thursday it equipped the missile with new guidance electronics and a capacity to engage area targets as part of the Army’s TACMS Service Life Extension Program. TACMS […] More

  • General Dynamics to Provide Cyber, IT Support for Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Provide Cyber, IT Support for Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command

    A business unit of General Dynamics has won a potential $52 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support cybersecurity and information technology programs at the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. General Dynamics Information Technology will also provide subject matter expertise on IT architecture and engineering as well as meteorology, oceanographic and geospatial data systems to NMOC and other subordinate […] More

  • Raytheon SM-6 Missile Moves Toward Full Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon SM-6 Missile Moves Toward Full Operational Capability

    The U.S. Navy has conducted flight tests of the Raytheon-built Standard Missile-6 weapon system to validate whether the missile is ready to obtain full operational capability. Raytheon said Thursday four SM-6 missiles were launched throughout the “graduation” tests to engage shore-launched, sub- or supersonic targets. Mike Campisi, Raytheon SM-6 senior program director, said the Navy started to deploy SM-6s four years ago but the […] More

  • US Navy Taps Canadian Commercial Corp. for Electro-Optics Sensor Procurement IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Navy Taps Canadian Commercial Corp. for Electro-Optics Sensor Procurement IDIQ

    Canadian Commercial Corp. has been awarded a potential $49.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the U.S. Navy to provide electro-optics sensor systems for the Military Sealift Command Situational Awareness System program. The Defense Department said Thuesday that the MSC-EOS systems will be installed on maritime platforms of the Military Sealift Command, U.S. Coast Guard and Navy. MSC-EOS is […] More

  • Box Gets DISA Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization for Cloud Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Box Gets DISA Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization for Cloud Platform

    Box has received authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency to host impact-level 4 data workloads for the Defense Department through the company’s cloud platform. The provisional authority-to-operate approval allows the use of Box’s cloud offering for the management of controlled unclassified data at DoD, the company said Wednesday. Box began an evaluation and authorization process to meet […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary to Provide Logistics Support Under Army Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Provide Logistics Support Under Army Contract Modification

    AECOM‘s URS Federal Services subsidiary has received a $47.7 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide logistics services in support of the service branch’s Fort Polk installation and the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification covers the supply, transportation and maintenance support. The Army Contracting Command will obligate $18.5 million at the time of award […] More

  • ReedGroup Wins DoD Contract to Provide Clinical Medical Guidelines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReedGroup Wins DoD Contract to Provide Clinical Medical Guidelines

    ReedGroup has won a contract from the Defense Department to provide clinical medical guidelines for all U.S. military branches. The Department of the Navy‘s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery chose ReedGroup’s MDGuidelines offering through a competitive procurement process, the company said Tuesday. Joe Guerriero, senior vice president of ReedGroup’s MDGuidelines business, said the company seeks to help military […] More