U.S. Army

Latest stories

  • Vencore Lands DoD Contract to Develop Cellular Tech for Aerial Telemetry Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Vencore Lands DoD Contract to Develop Cellular Tech for Aerial Telemetry Applications

    Vencore’s research arm has received a potential three-year, $6 million contract from the Defense Department to develop a cellular technology platform for use in aeronautical mobile telemetry. Vencore Labs will build a prototype system under DoD’s Cellular Range Telemetry Network program, the company said Tuesday. The proposed prototype will leverage commercial cellular technology platforms designed to […] More

  • Lockheed, Northrop Conclude Soft-Kill Demonstrator Integration for Army Modular Active Protection Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Lockheed, Northrop Conclude Soft-Kill Demonstrator Integration for Army Modular Active Protection Platform

    Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Northrop Grumman to complete initial integration work on a soft-kill demonstrator platform for the U.S. Army’s Modular Active Protection System. Lockheed said Tuesday it combined its Open Architecture Processor with Northrop’s Multifunction Electro-Optic System countermeasure equipment and Passive Infrared Cueing Sensor to develop an open-architecture soft-kill platform for MAPS. Both companies performed the […] More

  • Bryan McVeigh: Army to Seek Industry Input on Robotic Mule Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Bryan McVeigh: Army to Seek Industry Input on Robotic Mule Development

    The U.S. Army looks to procure as many as 20 robotic mules from industry for operational test and evaluation by the military service’s brigade combat teams, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Stew Magnuson writes Bryan McVeigh, project manager for force protection at the Army, said the service branch will publish a request for information soon to seek input from interested manufacturers […] More

  • Northrop Eyes Space, Missile Defense Tech Devt Task Orders Under $3B Army IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Northrop Eyes Space, Missile Defense Tech Devt Task Orders Under $3B Army IDIQ

    Northrop Grumman plans to compete for task orders to design, build, demonstrate and integrate space and missile defense technology platforms under a potential nine-year,  $3.04 billion contract with the U.S. Army. The company said Monday it will work to help the service branch meet requirements and provide capabilities in the areas of integrated air and missile […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Build Disease Outbreak Prediction System Under Army Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Charles River Analytics to Build Disease Outbreak Prediction System Under Army Contract

    Charles River Analytics has secured a contract worth approximately $1 million to develop a disease outbreak prediction system for the U.S. Army. The company said Monday it will build the Predict and Analyze Novel and emerging Diseases Enabled by Models of Infection Conditions system in an effort to help Army units identify and predict emerging infectious diseases in areas of operations. […] More

  • Army Issues RFI on Cyber Electronic Warfare Tech Platfoms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Army Issues RFI on Cyber Electronic Warfare Tech Platfoms

    The U.S. Army has published a request for information on potential sources of cyber electronic warfare technology. The service branch said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it wants input from the private sector on cyber techniques against traditional and non-traditional electromagnetic communications and computer networks. The Army is interested in methods to conduct reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis against systems; destroy or neutralize threat […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Produce Mortar Fuzes for Saudi Arabia Under Army FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    L3 Subsidiary to Produce Mortar Fuzes for Saudi Arabia Under Army FMS Contract

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has secured a $37.3 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver multioption and point detonating/delay fuzes to Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Tuesday L3’s fuzing and ordnance systems business will supply 38,284 M734A1 and 165,426 M783 mortar fuzes under the foreign military sales contract. Work will occur in Cincinnati, Ohio, through May 31, 2019. The Army Contracting Command received […] More

  • BlackBerry's Crisis Comm Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    BlackBerry’s Crisis Comm Platform Gets FedRAMP Certification

    BlackBerry has obtained certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide its cloud-based crisis communication service to federal agencies. The company said Tuesday its AtHoc software-as-a-service offering received FedRAMP authorization through the sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Army also granted AtHoc a certificate of networthiness and authority to operate  in August 2016 to support the […] More

  • Siemens to Help Implement Energy Conservation Measures at Army Battle Tank Repair Facility; Barbara Humpton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Siemens to Help Implement Energy Conservation Measures at Army Battle Tank Repair Facility; Barbara Humpton Comments

    Siemens has received a potential 15-year, $11.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform upgrades at the Lima, Ohio-based Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in an effort to reduce the facility’s energy consumption. Siemens said Monday it expects the facility upgrades under the energy savings performance contract to result in approximately $20 million […] More

  • Vectrus Secures Army Contract for Base Operations Support in Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Vectrus Secures Army Contract for Base Operations Support in Qatar

    A Vectrus subsidiary has secured a $28.7 million contract to provide base operations services in support of the U.S. Army‘s Area Support Group-Qatar. The Defense Department said Monday that Vectrus’ systems business is scheduled to finish work by Sept. 29, 2017. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an online solicitation and obligated the full contract amount at the […] More

  • Enersys, Exide Technologies Land DLA Contracts to Provide Army Storage Batteries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Enersys, Exide Technologies Land DLA Contracts to Provide Army Storage Batteries

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a potential $71.1 million contract to Enersys Energy Products and a separate $47.4 million contract to Exide Technologies to supply the U.S. Army with storage batteries. Each indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains three base years and two one-year options, the Defense Department said Friday. Both contracts’ base period will run through March 16, 2020, and work will occur at the […] More

  • AECOM Unit Lands Army Contract for Environmental Consulting Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    AECOM Unit Lands Army Contract for Environmental Consulting Services

    AECOM‘s technical services business has secured a $25 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to provide environmental consulting services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the competitive contract will potentially run through March 13, 2022. The Army will provide information on the work locations and allotted funds with the award of each order, DoD added. AECOM Technical Services offers a […] More