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  • Northrop to Update Navy H-1 Aircraft Mission Computers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Update Navy H-1 Aircraft Mission Computers

    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $10.7 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy update mission computers of the H-1 aircraft fleet. The company will incorporate 54 technical refresh mission computers into the H-1 production line, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The firm-fixed-price order falls under a previously issued basic ordering agreement and work runs […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright Subsidiary to Provide Data Acquisition Hardware for Navy Aircraft Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright Subsidiary to Provide Data Acquisition Hardware for Navy Aircraft Platforms

    A Curtiss-Wright subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $45 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide airborne instrumentation data acquisition hardware and related repair services to the Naval Air Systems Command. Teletronics will supply NAVAIR’s Air Vehicle Modification and Instrumentation Department with data acquisition, solid state recorder, high-speed sampling, signal conditioner and power supply systems designed […] More

  • Lockheed to Support F-35, Bomb Tech Maturation & Risk Reduction Efforts Under Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Support F-35, Bomb Tech Maturation & Risk Reduction Efforts Under Navy Contract

    Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business has been awarded a $34.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct weapons technology maturation and risk reduction efforts under the F-35 fighter aircraft and Small Diameter Bomb 2 programs. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will support F-35 and SDB II pre-engineering, manufacturing and development activities for the U.S. Marine […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Integrates ADS-B Out Software on Navy Aircraft Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Integrates ADS-B Out Software on Navy Aircraft Platforms

    Rockwell Collins has finished integration of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Out software on three aircraft platforms for the Naval Air Systems Command. The company said Monday it integrated the software on NAVAIR’s C-2A, E2-C and P-3C platforms in an effort to help the command meet the federal government’s ADS-B Out requirements set to take effect by the […] More

  • General Atomics to Build Arresting Gear Test Assets for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Build Arresting Gear Test Assets for Navy

    General Atomics has secured an $11.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce test assets of an arresting gear system the company designed to manage deceleration of carrier-borne aircraft. The company will provide Advanced Arresting Gear test articles for the Navy Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Program Office’s testing and evaluation efforts at an AAG […] More

  • BAE to Supply 'Friend or Foe' ID Systems for Navy F/A-18 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Supply ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Systems for Navy F/A-18 Aircraft

    BAE Systems‘ information and electronic systems integration unit has received $23.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to supply AN/APX-111 identification friend-or-foe systems for installation on  the F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers up to 142 AN/APX-111 Mode 5 interrogator/transponder devices, 195 Mode 5 upgrade kits, 52 integrations of Mode 5 upgrade […] More

  • Boeing Gets Additional Funds for Navy Super Hornet Service Life Assessment, Extension Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets Additional Funds for Navy Super Hornet Service Life Assessment, Extension Programs

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $42 million contract modification for efforts to extend the service life of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification provides additional funds for the Super Hornet Service Life Assessment Program and Service Life Extension Program, which aim to lengthen the fighter aircraft’s operations beyond its […] More

  • ManTech to Support Navy Aircraft Safety Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Support Navy Aircraft Safety Testing

    ManTech International has secured a potential $39.6 million contract to help the Naval Air Systems Command integrate, diagnose and test safety hazards associated with aircraft systems. The company said Thursday it will provide reliability, maintainability and system safety services for US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft and subsystems under the contract. Work covers the full life cycle of naval […] More

  • POC 2017 Army Forum, Steffanie Easter Addresses Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    POC 2017 Army Forum, Steffanie Easter Addresses Modernization

    “Readiness is our Number 1 priority–there is no other Number 1–Readiness is what deters and wins wars.” POC 2017 ARMY FORUM, AUG. 30–Among the current issues facing our nation’s military, the U.S. Army is taking a closer look at modernization, especially that of information technology capabilities on and off the battlefield. With new developments in […] More

  • MIL Corp. Unveils New Tysons Corner, VA Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIL Corp. Unveils New Tysons Corner, VA Office

    MIL Corp. has opened a new office in McLean, Virginia, to house the government services contractor’s accounting, contracts, business development, human resources and proposals and marketing teams. MIL said Tuesday the 10,000-square-foot office located at 8401 Greensboro Drive in Tysons Corner will accommodate employees who manage corporate operations for cyber, engineering, financial and information technology contracts. […] More

  • American Systems Receives Navy Air Vehicle Training Support Contract; Peter Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    American Systems Receives Navy Air Vehicle Training Support Contract; Peter Smith Comments

    American Systems has secured a potential five-year, $30.3 million contract to provide specialized engineering and technical services to help the Naval Air Systems Command develop and operate the U.S. Navy‘s air vehicle dynamic models and simulations. The company said Monday it will support air vehicle dynamic simulations and architecture; collision avoidance systems algorithm design; engineering […] More

  • Sentar Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Security Engineering, Software Devt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sentar Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Security Engineering, Software Devt Support

    Sentar has secured a five-year, $9.9 million task order from the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific for security engineering, software development and technical support services. SPAWARSYSCEN PAC awarded the order through the multiple-award Cyberspace Science, Research, Engineering and Technology Integration contract Sentar won a spot on in March, the company said Monday. Sentar will provide […] More