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  • Rockwell Collins to Exhibit Simulation, Training Platforms at I/ITSEC 2017 Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Exhibit Simulation, Training Platforms at I/ITSEC 2017 Event

    Rockwell Collins will display its portfolio of simulation and training products at the  Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference 2017 that will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The company said Tuesday it will showcase technology platforms designed to facilitate live, virtual and blended training environments, as well as demonstrate a […] More

  • Air Force Taps Booz Allen to Develop Virtual Combat Simulation, Analysis Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Booz Allen to Develop Virtual Combat Simulation, Analysis Tools

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $14.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop tools for the military branch’s virtual combat laboratory. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will also help the service branch maintain and update technology platforms intended for virtual and constructive modeling, simulation and analysis. The Air Force Research […] More

  • Cubic Defense Segment Awarded Marine Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Defense Segment Awarded Marine Training Support Contract

    Cubic‘s global defense segment has received an $11.6 million contract to provide training systems support for U.S. Marine Corps‘ air-ground task force. The Defense Department said Thursday MTSS will utilize a computer-based simulation platform designed to train Marines in the command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance, staff training and reconnaissance areas. DoD added the program will also cover MAGTF tactical warfare training and […] More

  • Resource Management Concepts to Support Naval Air Warfare Center's Simulation Lab Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Resource Management Concepts to Support Naval Air Warfare Center’s Simulation Lab Operations

    Resource Management Concepts Inc. has won a potential $40 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support laboratory operations and maintenance efforts of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s simulation unit. RMC will also provide information technology services to the AIR-5.4.3 simulation division under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The company will perform work through November […] More

  • CSRA to Develop Tactical Trainer Platform for Navy LCS Under $51M Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Develop Tactical Trainer Platform for Navy LCS Under $51M Order

    CSRA has received a potential $51 million delivery order to produce an integrated tactical trainer system for the U.S. Navy‘s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship 6. The company said Monday it will provide the Virtualship software package for the military branch to train bridge teams for at-sea operations. Virtualship is designed to support hydrodynamics and maritime environmental modeling activities as […] More

  • Cubic Gets Additional Navy Game-Based Courseware Orders; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Gets Additional Navy Game-Based Courseware Orders; Dave Buss Comments

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Cubic‘s global defense segment four delivery orders worth $22 million combined to provide game-based training courseware for the military service’s Littoral Combat Ship program. Cubic said Wednesday the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment for LCS works to help trainees perform multiple tasks in a simulated three-dimensional environment. The company plans to add virtual content and features to the […] More

  • Cubic to Demo Combat Training, C4ISR Products at AUSA Event; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Demo Combat Training, C4ISR Products at AUSA Event; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Comment

    Cubic will exhibit a range of simulation, training and command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms at an upcoming three-day Association of the United States Army event. The company said Friday its global defense and mission solutions divisions will present C4ISR and performance-based training technology offerings during the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition that will take place […] More

  • Cubic to Help APAC Country Build Combat Training Centers; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Help APAC Country Build Combat Training Centers; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic‘s global defense segment has secured a potential $25 million contract to develop three mobile combat training centers for an unidentified Asia-Pacific country. The company said Wednesday it will also help the international customer implement communication system components, integrate exercise control systems and conduct after action reviews.   Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense and an inductee into […] More

  • SimiGon to Supply Simulation Development Tools for FAA UAS Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SimiGon to Supply Simulation Development Tools for FAA UAS Research

    SimiGon has received a $100,000 contract to provide the Federal Aviation Administration its SIMbox development tools for simulation and training for the agency’s unmanned aircraft systems research simulator. The contract serves to build on SimiGon’s effort to expand into the civilian aviation and UAS markets, the company announced Monday. SimiGon added FAA aims to use SIMbox as its primary platform […] More

  • Raytheon Opens Defense Customer Engagement Hub in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Opens Defense Customer Engagement Hub in Australia

    Raytheon has opened a customer engagement center in Canberra, Australia, that features a virtual reality immersive environment designed for the company’s defense customers, engineers and industry partners. The company said Monday the center’s opening event was attended by Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy; Michael Ward, managing director of Raytheon’s Australian subsidiary; and Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for defense industry. […] More

  • Report: Australia Downselects Lockheed, Northrop for JP 9711 Simulation Upgrade Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Australia Downselects Lockheed, Northrop for JP 9711 Simulation Upgrade Project

    Australia has picked two industry teams to compete for a program that seeks to expand and update the country’s networked simulation capability in support of virtual, live and constructive integration, Shephard Media reported Monday. The Australian defense force downselected the consortia led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the JP 9711 Core Simulation Capability program. […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $51M Navy Contract Modification for F-35 Simulation, Software Modeling Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $51M Navy Contract Modification for F-35 Simulation, Software Modeling Support

    Lockheed Martin has received a $50.8 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy develop and integrate F-35 verification simulation and “in-a-box” software models. The obligated amount of $21.6 million at the time of award is from Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps research, development, test and evaluation funds in fiscal 2017, the Defense Department said Wednesday. […] More