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  • Pivotal to Provide Software, Services to Air Force Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pivotal to Provide Software, Services to Air Force Facilities

    Pivotal Software has received a one-year, $47.54 million “other transaction” agreement to provide software and services to multiple U.S. Air Force bases. The company will also help the service branch implement a prototyped methodology across the Air Operations Center and targeting and geospatial-intelligence enterprises, the Defense Department said Thursday. Locations of work include Tyndall AFB in […] More

  • Raytheon to Produce Radar Warning Receivers Under $90M Air Force FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Produce Radar Warning Receivers Under $90M Air Force FMS Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a potential five-year, $90 million contract to manufacture radar warning receiver systems to fullfill production requirements under a foreign military sales transaction. Raytheon’s self protect systems business will fabricate, integrate, test and deliver AN/ALR‐69A receivers through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted the company will receive $51.5 million from Japanese FMS funds upon […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Gets USAF Reimbursement Modification for Satellite Sustainment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Gets USAF Reimbursement Modification for Satellite Sustainment

    Northrop Grumman has received a $7.1 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for reimbursements concerning satellite sensor sustainment services. The increase stems from an exercised option tasking the company to sustain sensors of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program on-orbit constellation and raises the contract’s value to $14.1 million, the Defense Department said Wednesday. USAF obligates entire the modification amount that was […] More

  • Lockheed to Update, Maintain Air Force C-5M Transport Aircraft Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Update, Maintain Air Force C-5M Transport Aircraft Software

    Lockheed Martin has received a potential six-year, $31.4 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain and update software on the C-5M Galaxy military transport aircraft. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also includes maintenance and engineering support for the service branch’s Systems Integration Laboratory, the Defense Department said Tuesday. USAF will obligate $4.9 million in fiscal 2017 through fiscal 2023 transportation funds at […] More

  • MTSI to Help Air Force Procure Aircraft Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI to Help Air Force Procure Aircraft Systems

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has secured a contract to provide technical and management support for the U.S. Air Force‘s efforts to acquire aircraft systems and subsystems. MTSI said Tuesday it will help the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center address its objectives to study, develop, test and field new aeronautical platforms at the early stages of the acquisition lifecycle. […] More

  • USAF Taps Tribalco to Support Technology Service Effort Under $57M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps Tribalco to Support Technology Service Effort Under $57M Contract

    Tribalco has received a five-year, $57 million contract to deliver services and products in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Guardian Angel Technical Recovery III program. The company will provide technical recovery kits, training, annual maintenance, system engineering, program management and kit modernization via technology refresh under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will occur in Bethesda, Md., with […] More

  • Harris to Produce Updated Counter Communication System for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Produce Updated Counter Communication System for Air Force

    Harris has received a $44.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture an updated configuration of the ground-based Counter Communication System. The Defense Department said Tuesday Harris will provide Block 10.2 systems along with depot spares to the service branch under the modification, which brings the contract’s potential value to $127.1 million. Work will take place in Palm Bay, Florida, through Feb. […] More

  • Raytheon Develops Satellite Data Processing System Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Develops Satellite Data Processing System Prototype

    Raytheon has developed a prototype ground-based system designed to collect and process space surveillance data for disaster and threat response applications. The company said Friday it designed the prototype system in an effort to help first responders and military troops obtain data from the Space Based Infrared System as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Mission Data […] More

  • USAF Taps KBRwyle for Air and Space Systems Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps KBRwyle for Air and Space Systems Engineering Support

    KBR‘s government services unit has received a 54-month, $32.3 million U.S. Air Force task order to provide engineering assistance in upgrading the service branch’s air and space systems. Under the Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities effort, KBRwyle will help develop and integrate space, intelligence, and air and missile defense capacities, the company said Monday. Services under the order will include research, […] More

  • National Strategic Research Institute Lands $92M R&D Contract With Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Strategic Research Institute Lands $92M R&D Contract With Air Force

    The University of Nebraska’s National Strategic Research Institute has received a $92 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide research, development and engineering services. NSRI will also conduct mission-related research efforts such as test, evaluation and systems analysis of U. S. Strategic Command-related topics, the Defense Department said Thursday. The institute will perform work at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln […] More

  • Air Force, HRL Laboratories Partner to Test 3D-Printed Materials for Hypersonic Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, HRL Laboratories Partner to Test 3D-Printed Materials for Hypersonic Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force and HRL Laboratories have entered an agreement to test materials produced through additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional printing, for potential future use in hypersonic aircraft. Scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory tested silicon oxycarbide materials that HRL manufactured using 3D printing technology and pre-ceramic resin chemistry, the Defense Logistics Agency said Wednesday. The Cooperative Research […] More

  • Cubic Lands Spot on Potential $496M USAF Comms R&D Contract; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Lands Spot on Potential $496M USAF Comms R&D Contract; Mike Twyman Comments

    A Cubic Corp. business unit has secured a position under a potential 10-year, $496 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop communication technologies. Cubic Mission Solutions will perform research, development, test and evaluation activities to deliver new technologies for existing and future communication architectures, Cubic said Thursday. CMS President Mike Twyman said the company will […] More