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  • Virginia Taps SAIC for Potential $272M Multisourcing IT Service Integration Support; Bob Genter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virginia Taps SAIC for Potential $272M Multisourcing IT Service Integration Support; Bob Genter Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential nine-year, $272 million contract from the Commonwealth of Virginia to help the state establish a marketplace of consolidated information technology platforms and services as part of a technology infrastructure modernization effort. The contract has a five-year base term worth approximately $165 million and four option years that could […] More

  • BAE Unit to Modernize USS Bataan Amphibious Assault Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Modernize USS Bataan Amphibious Assault Ship

    BAE Systems‘ Norfolk Ship Repair business has secured a potential $45.8 delivery order to maintain, repair and modernize the U.S. Navy‘s amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. Norfolk Ship Repair will execute phased maintenance availability of the vessel also called LHD 5 at a facility in Virginia and is scheduled to complete work in July 2018, the Defense Department said Thursday . The Navy […] More

  • Leidos to Support Marine Corps Marathon as Presenting Sponsor; Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Support Marine Corps Marathon as Presenting Sponsor; Roger Krone Comments

    Leidos will serve as a presenting sponsor of the 42nd Marine Corps Marathon to be held on Oct. 22 in Arlington, Virginia. Approximately 30,000 runners participate each year in the 26.2-mile journey, also known as the People’s Marathon, coordinated by the MCM Organization and the U.S. Marine Corps, Leidos said Wednesday. “The Marine Corps Marathon […] More

  • Iridium Automates ‘NEXT’ Satellite Positioning at Network Ops Facility in Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Automates ‘NEXT’ Satellite Positioning at Network Ops Facility in Virginia

    Iridium Communications has begun to replace old satellites with Iridium NEXT satellites through its Leesburg, Virginia-based facility that works to automate the process of moving the new satellites into their positions, Space News reported Monday. The personnel at the company’s satellite network operations center in Virginia have written new commands to automate “slot swaps” in […] More

  • Cybercom to Host Inaugural Industry Day in October - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cybercom to Host Inaugural Industry Day in October

    The U.S. Cyber Command will hold its first industry day on Oct. 27 in Springfield, Virginia, in an effort to exercise its congressional authority to procure cybersecurity technology platforms, MeriTalk reported Wednesday. George “Dennis” Bartko, chief information officer and director of capabilities development group at Cybercom, said the command is interested in integrated technology platforms designed […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Division to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Dwight Eisenhower Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Division to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Dwight Eisenhower Carrier

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has secured a $36.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support maintenance and modernization work on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. NNS will aid nuclear ship alterations and propulsion plant maintenance during the fiscal 2017 planned incremental availability of USS Dwight Eisenhower at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the Defense […] 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

  • Federal IT Market Vet Sal Fazzolari Joins Evermay as Strategy & Growth EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Federal IT Market Vet Sal Fazzolari Joins Evermay as Strategy & Growth EVP

    Sal Fazzolari, former chief operating officer of Arlington, Virginia-based management consulting firm eGlobalTech, has been named executive vice president for strategy and growth at Evermay Consulting Group. The more than 30-year information technology industry veteran will be responsible for helping expand Evermay’s offerings from acquisition strategy advisory services to a full-spectrum government acquisition consultancy, Evermay said […] More

  • General Dynamics to Continue Software Modernization Support for Navy Submarine Combat System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Continue Software Modernization Support for Navy Submarine Combat System

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business unit has received a $36.7 million contract modification to continue to help the U.S. Navy modernize software for tactical control system of the military branch’s submarines. The Defense Department said Friday the contract modification exercises the eighth option year of a previously awarded contract to support the AN/BYG-1 Tactical Control System Technology […] More

  • Navy Awards Lockheed $51M Contract Modification for Trident II Missile Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards Lockheed $51M Contract Modification for Trident II Missile Production

    Lockheed Martin will continue to produce Trident II D5 submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles for the U.S. Navy and provide support for deployed D5 systems under a  $51.1 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Wednesday work will primarily occur in California, Florida, Georgia, Washington, Utah, Virginia, Maryland and Georgia through Sept. 30, 2017. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Autonomous Tech Safety Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Autonomous Tech Safety Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Aug. 15 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that seeks to boost the safety of autonomous systems. DARPA said Monday it aims to develop design and analysis tools that can help guarantee the safety of autonomous platforms and support the use of such systems in “safety-critical” […] More