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  • Air Force Outlines B-52 Aircraft Engine Replacement Plans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Outlines B-52 Aircraft Engine Replacement Plans

    The U.S. Air Force outlined its options for the replacement of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft’s engine during an industry day held Dec. 12, Defense News reported Friday. The report said USAF seeks new engines instead of refurbished systems and plans to maintain an eight-engine configuration on the fleet of 76 B-52s. Potential engine integrators must be […] More

  • NASA to Host Industry Day for UAS Integration in Natl Airspace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Host Industry Day for UAS Integration in Natl Airspace

    NASA plans to host an industry day on Nov. 30 in San Diego, California, to convene and collect input from commercial and academic organizations that support ongoing projects to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system. The space agency said Thursday it aims to demonstrate the systems integration and operationalization of UAS in […] More

  • Cybercom to Host Inaugural Industry Day in October - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cybercom to Host Inaugural Industry Day in October

    The U.S. Cyber Command will hold its first industry day on Oct. 27 in Springfield, Virginia, in an effort to exercise its congressional authority to procure cybersecurity technology platforms, MeriTalk reported Wednesday. George “Dennis” Bartko, chief information officer and director of capabilities development group at Cybercom, said the command is interested in integrated technology platforms designed […] More

  • NOAA Plans Follow-On Contract for HPC System Integration Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Plans Follow-On Contract for HPC System Integration Services

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has posted a draft request for proposals on a follow-on contract for systems integration services to NOAA’s Research and Development High Performance Computing and Communications infrastructure. NOAA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it aims to issue a final RFP in October and hold an Industry Day in Silver Spring, Maryland in […] More

  • Leidos to Host Industry Days for NSF Antarctic Infrastructure Construction Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Host Industry Days for NSF Antarctic Infrastructure Construction Program

    Leidos will hold industry days on June 13 and Aug. 15 in Centennial, Colorado, to discuss the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science  program with potential subcontractors. AIMS is a multi-phase construction program composed of three design-build projects and one design-bid-build initiative, NSF said Thursday. NSF said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday […] More

  • Army Unveils Cyber Range Market Research Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Unveils Cyber Range Market Research Plan

    The U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation seeks market research that can aid the development of an acquisition strategy for a multi-year National Cyber Range Complex event planning and operations support contract. The service branch said in a special notice published Tuesday on FedBizOpps the NCRC research effort seeks to address an existing Test […] More

  • Air Force Posts UH-1N Replacement Program Draft RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Posts UH-1N Replacement Program Draft RFP

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit comments on a draft request for proposals for a program that seeks to replace the service branch’s UH-1N Huey aircraft fleet with an off-the-shelf helicopter. Comments to the draft RFP for the UH-1N Replacement Program are due Dec. 16, according to a FedBizOpps notice published Friday. The military […] More

  • General Atomics Business to Hold Industry Days in Spain for Defense Suppliers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Business to Hold Industry Days in Spain for Defense Suppliers

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business plans to host three industry days across Spain in January 2017 to seek Spanish defense industry suppliers. The company said Tuesday it seeks additional partners in the fields of aircraft maintenance, repair and operations; sensor data processing, exploitation and dissemination; airborne sensors; global supply chain for aircraft components and manufacturing; and unmanned […] More

  • Army Seeks R&D, Technical Support Sources for Cybersecurity Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks R&D, Technical Support Sources for Cybersecurity Program

    The U.S. Army has begun to search for industry sources of research and development and technical services that could support the Army Research Laboratory’s cybersecurity service provider. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday stated ARL will use information from the responses to identify interested vendors and formulate a strategy for a planned solicitation on a contract with one base year […] More

  • Navy Discusses Large Displacement UUV Program at Industry Day - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Discusses Large Displacement UUV Program at Industry Day

    The U.S. Navy‘s unmanned maritime systems program office and Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division held an industry information day to discuss the service branch’s plan to procure a new class of large-displacement unmanned undersea vehicles. The forum drew 265 representatives from 138 companies and sought to inform interested vendors on the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program, the Navy said Thursday. […] More