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  • American Systems Lands Navy Task Order for IED Forensic Analysis Support; Peter Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    American Systems Lands Navy Task Order for IED Forensic Analysis Support; Peter Smith Comments

    American Systems has received a potential five-year, $36.1 million task order from the U.S. Navy to perform forensic and technical analysis of improvised explosive devices and other explosive ordnance components. The company said Monday it will assist the expeditionary exploitation unit one as EXU-1 works to develop and revise the doctrine and documents of the Navy, […] More

  • Leidos Tests Unmanned Maritime Vessel at Navy Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Tests Unmanned Maritime Vessel at Navy Exercise

    Leidos has showcased an unmanned test vessel designed to autonomously navigate and gather data at sea during the U.S. Navy‘s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2017. The company said Wednesday its R/V Pathfinder autonomous ship operated in the waters near Panama City, Florida, where it surveyed the sea floor and sent ocean and meteorological data to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center […] More

  • Battelle-HII-Northrop-Riptide Team to Demo Autonomous Tech at Navy Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle-HII-Northrop-Riptide Team to Demo Autonomous Tech at Navy Exercise

    A team composed of Battelle, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Northrop Grumman and Riptide will collaborate with the Naval Surface Warfare Center to demonstrate multi-platform technologies during a U.S. Navy-hosted exercise. The team will showcase autonomy, communications and mission awareness platforms designed to aid battlespace missions in a contested environment on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise, Battelle […] More

  • Battelle, DHS Partner to Strengthen Explosive Detection Canine Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle, DHS Partner to Strengthen Explosive Detection Canine Network

    The Department of Homeland Security has partnered with a team of Battelle researchers in an effort to help explosive and canine experts determine capability gaps in the country’s network of explosives detection canine teams. The Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative, led by DHS’ advanced research project agency, aims to provide information on threat materials and tactics that can […] More

  • Rhoads Awarded Navy Shipboard Machinery Installation, Maintenance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rhoads Awarded Navy Shipboard Machinery Installation, Maintenance Contract

    Rhoads Industries has been awarded a three-year, $49 million contract by the U.S. Army to fabricate, install, test, maintain and remove U.S. Navy shipboard machinery systems and related components. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will perform contract work through Aug. 7, 2020, at multiple test sites and buildings located at the Naval Surface Warfare […] More

  • Gryphon Technologies to Support Expeditionary Systems Unit at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gryphon Technologies to Support Expeditionary Systems Unit at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division

    Gryphon Technologies has secured a $25.5 million contract to offer support services for the expeditionary systems unit of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City division. The company said Monday that it will evaluate, test and fabricate prototypes of NSWC PCD’s landing craft air cushion and naval assault craft units. Gryphon will also perform special studies and […] 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

  • MTSI to Assist Navy, MDA in Kinetic Energy Weapon Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI to Assist Navy, MDA in Kinetic Energy Weapon Evaluation

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has secured a five-year, $8 million task order to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and the Missile Defense Agency in efforts to assess kinetic energy weapons designed to counter ballistic missile threats. MTSI said Tuesday the task order was awarded through the U.S. Navy‘s SeaPort-e contract vehicle and calls for the […] More

  • Navy Extends Sierra Nevada's Countermeasure Transmitter Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Extends Sierra Nevada’s Countermeasure Transmitter Support Contract

    Sierra Nevada has received a one-year, $31 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue to supply and support countermeasure transmitters designed for explosive ordnance disposal personnel. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification exercises option year six and extend the ordering period of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for AN/PLT-5 electronic jamming systems. Sierra Nevada will produce the systems as […] More

  • TWD and Associates to Extend Navy Mission Command System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TWD and Associates to Extend Navy Mission Command System Support

    The U.S. Navy has awarded TWD and Associates a potential $24.3 million contract to extend the company’s operations, maintenance and life cycle support to software and applications for mission command networks, systems and operations. TWD and Associates will perform the information technology services at the Naval Sea Systems Command’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., the Defense Department said Friday. The cost-plus-fixed-fee […] More

  • Navy, Nammo's US Subsidiary Form Rocket Motor, Warhead Manufacturing Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Nammo’s US Subsidiary Form Rocket Motor, Warhead Manufacturing Partnership

    The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Indian Head explosive ordnance disposal technology division has partnered with Nammo Group‘s U.S.-based subsidiary Nammo Energetics Indian Head to produce rocket motors and warheads. The public-private collaboration is authorized under NSWC IHEODTD’s Center for Industrial and Technical Excellence designation, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Jan. 20. “Under this 30-year partnership, Nammo Energetics Indian Head will address […] More

  • CTC Launches Technical Advisory Board; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Launches Technical Advisory Board; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has formed a new advisory board that will work to assess the technical projects of the nonprofit applied scientific research and development company. CTC said Thursday its technical advisory board consists of business and technical executives who will help the company to identify potential integration and enhancement opportunities as well as mentor technical staff. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and […] More