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  • OGSystems Joins Leidos' Army Geospatial Data Mgmt Contract Team; Omar Balkissoon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Joins Leidos’ Army Geospatial Data Mgmt Contract Team; Omar Balkissoon Comments

    OGSystems has partnered with Leidos to provide data processing support services to the U.S. Army‘s High-Resolution 3D Geospatial Information program under a potential five-year, $777 million task order. Leidos is the prime contractor for that order to help the Army Geospatial Center gather, process, disseminate, store and maintain geospatial data. Leidos will also collaborate with KEYW, Tenax, Neany, Sigma Space, Pixia and Woolpert to support the […] More

  • Woolpert to Help USGS Collect Lidar Elevation Data Across Tennessee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert to Help USGS Collect Lidar Elevation Data Across Tennessee

    Woolpert has started to collect light detection and ranging elevation data across 49 Tennessee counties in support of three lidar projects managed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Two of the three contracts USGS awarded to Woolpert support the agency’s 3D Elevation Program that seeks to establish a national map through data collection with lidar technology, the company said Monday. Woolpert noted the third contract […] More

  • Woolpert Secures Air Force Geospatial Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Secures Air Force Geospatial Services Contract

    Woolpert has secured a one-year, $4.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help the service branch manage its geospatial information library across a number of installations within five USAF commands. The company said Friday it will provide geospatial services to the Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command, Air Force District of Washington, Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Force […] More

  • Woolpert-Magnolia River Geospatial JV Awarded Army & Navy Coastal Imagery Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert-Magnolia River Geospatial JV Awarded Army & Navy Coastal Imagery Support Contract

    A joint venture of Woolpert and Magnolia River Geospatial named WMR-532 has been awarded a $10 million contract to provide coastal mapping and charting support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Oceanographic Office. Woolpert said Tuesday the contract requires the joint venture to deliver bathymetric and topographic lidar and imagery data to the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center […] More

  • AUVSI Adds Woolpert SVP Jeff Lovin to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AUVSI Adds Woolpert SVP Jeff Lovin to Board of Directors

    Jeff Lovin, a nearly 30-year veteran of Woolpert and currently senior vice president and director of the company’s government solutions business, has joined the board of directors of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. He will serve a three-year term in the association that works to promote and supports the interests of the unmanned systems and robotics […] More

  • Michigan Tech Taps Woolpert for Road Project Drone Imagery Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michigan Tech Taps Woolpert for Road Project Drone Imagery Support

    Michigan Tech Research Institute has contracted Woolpert to capture images of Midwest roads through unmanned aerial systems to support a road analysis project sponsored by the state transportation department’s office of the assistant secretary for research and technology. Woolpert said Tuesday the “Characterization of Unpaved Road Conditions Through the Use of Remote Sensing” project seeks to detect road material damage with UAS-collected […] More

  • USGS Awards Geospatial Product and Services Contract to Woolpert; Jeff Lovin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USGS Awards Geospatial Product and Services Contract to Woolpert; Jeff Lovin Comments

    Woolpert has received a five-year multi-million contract from the U.S. Geological Survey to assist in mapping and surveying work to help USGS fulfill its geospatial data requirements. The agency’s National Geospatial Technical Operations Center will oversee the Geospatial Product and Services Contract 3 as part of USGS’ efforts to collect geospatial data throughout the U.S. and other territories, Woolpert said […] More

  • Jacobs, Woolpert-KZF to Design CV-22 Osprey Complex in Japan; Rebecca Knolle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs, Woolpert-KZF to Design CV-22 Osprey Complex in Japan; Rebecca Knolle Comments

    The Woolpert–KZF joint venture has been selected to support Jacobs Engineering in the design of the $150 million CV-22 Osprey campus in Japan under task orders worth $6.95 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Japan district of USACE intends for the complex at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Japan, to support the beddown of […] More

  • Woolpert Eyes Aerial Info Collection Services Through Leica LIDAR Purchases; Jeff Lovin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Eyes Aerial Info Collection Services Through Leica LIDAR Purchases; Jeff Lovin Comments

    Woolpert has purchased three light detection and ranging systems from Hexagon subsidiary Leica Geosystems in an effort to expand its airborne data acquisition services. Jeff Lovin, senior vice president and director of government solutions at Woolpert, said in a statement released Tuesday the company will use the LIDAR-based Leica ALS80 aerial laser scanners to support the U.S. […] More

  • USGS Taps Woolpert for Lidar Sensor Evaluation Work; John Gerhard Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USGS Taps Woolpert for Lidar Sensor Evaluation Work; John Gerhard Comments

    Woolpert has been awarded a contract to assess the capability of light detection and ranging sensor platforms to support the U.S. Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program. The lidar sensor technology has “the ability to fly at higher altitudes while acquiring data at an increased point density,” John Gerhard, project director at Woolpert, said Thursday. The […] More

  • Woolpert Exec Joseph Seppi Joins MAPPS Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Exec Joseph Seppi Joins MAPPS Board

    Joseph Seppi, national security practice director at Woolpert, will serve a two-year term as a member of the board of directors at MAPPS, the national association of geographic information systems, surveying and spatial data providers. “Joe Seppi will bring extensive market and management experience, and an important perspective, to the MAPPS Board,” John Palatiello, executive […] More

  • Woolpert Enters Collaboration to Develop UAS for Commercial Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Enters Collaboration to Develop UAS for Commercial Applications

    Woolpert has expanded its partnership with Altavian, the Ohio/Indiana Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center and Test Complex and Sinclair College’s National UAS Training and Certification Center to facilitate the development of UAS for commercial operations in Ohio. Under the agreement, the four organizations will work to advance the use of UAS in agriculture, resource management, airborne […] More