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  • DARPA to Brief Proposers on Microelectronic Tech Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Brief Proposers on Microelectronic Tech Programs

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on Sept. 20 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss the microsystems technology office’s mission and three technical areas that MTO aims to address in the field of microelectronics. DARPA said Friday those areas of interest include the need to control and exploit the electromagnetic spectrum, development […] More

  • Harris Subsidiary Wins DSO Electromagnetic Spectrum Support Services Contract From DISA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Subsidiary Wins DSO Electromagnetic Spectrum Support Services Contract From DISA

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a Harris Corporation subsidiary a potential $41 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide electromagnetic spectrum services, applied engineering support and spectrum engineering services to the Defense Spectrum Organization. Exelis will perform services within the contract — including the delivery of firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable line items — in two locations within […] More

  • Alion to Support DISA's Spectrum Mgmt Operations Under $137M IDIQ; Sean Pender Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion to Support DISA’s Spectrum Mgmt Operations Under $137M IDIQ; Sean Pender Comments

    Alion Science and Technology will help a Defense Information Systems Agency  organization explore tools for spectrum management through the company’s position on a potential $137 million contract DISA awarded in May. Alion is one of eight vendors that will compete for task orders to provide electromagnetic spectrum engineering, technical services, planning, analysis and advocacy support to DISA’s Defense Spectrum Organization under the five-year contract, Alion […] More

  • Mercury Systems to Deploy Digital EW Transceivers to U.S. Gov't Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems to Deploy Digital EW Transceivers to U.S. Gov’t Facility

    Mercury Systems has been awarded a $4.7 million contract to build digital transceivers intended to support electronic warfare missions at a government-run facility. The company said Wednesday it booked the order in the fourth quarter of its 2016 fiscal year 2016 and is scheduled to deliver the transceivers to the facility over the next several quarters. Charlie Hudnall, vice president and general manager for the embedded sensor products […] More

  • Navy Picks L-3 to Supply RF Microwave Power Module Amplifier for Electronic Warfare Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Picks L-3 to Supply RF Microwave Power Module Amplifier for Electronic Warfare Systems

    L-3 Communications has received a potential three-year, $19 million contract to develop a Radio Frequency Continuous Wave Microwave Power Module amplifier for the U.S. Navy. The Naval Research Laboratory awarded the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive procurement process with three bids received, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD said NRL will use the RF CW MPM amplifiers […] More

  • DARPA-GlobalFoundries Team Aims to Address Military EM Spectrum Interference With Semiconductor Chip - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA-GlobalFoundries Team Aims to Address Military EM Spectrum Interference With Semiconductor Chip

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with semiconductor chip producer GlobalFoundries to develop a silicon-on-insulator chip that works to quickly process radio-frequency signals and prevent interference in congested electromagnetic spectrum. DARPA and GlobalFoundries developed the 32-nanometer semiconductor-based chip under the Arrays at Commercial Timescales program, the agency said Monday. The analog-to-digital converter is designed […] More

  • Army Wants Integrated Platform for Cyber, EW Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Wants Integrated Platform for Cyber, EW Operations

    The U.S. Army seeks vendors that can offer situational awareness tools designed for cyberspace and electromagnetic spectrum environments as part of an effort to build a converged CEM SA platform. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 22, the Army said it will also hold a Cyber Quest exercise in July 2016 to assess the feasibility of integrating commercial technology […] More