The Air Force Research Laboratory seeks a contractor to support research and development of cyber and electronic warfare technologies for integration with assets for cyber-kinetic combat effects and multidomain operations. AFRL’s sensors directorate aims to understand sensing effects across air, space, cyber and ground domains as well as internet of things and distributed sensing to […] More

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to start a formal solicitation for information technology and telecommunications services needed to address the military service’s operational requirements in the National Capital Region. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says a chosen contractor must complete the 844th Communications Group’s assigned strategic and daily operational priorities in coordination with government […] More

Three companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $48.8 million contract to provide engineering,  architectural and environmental services to the Air Force Reserve Command’s headquarters. The Defense Department said Thursday contractors will perform work at Robins Air Force Base, AFRC host bases, other active bases and rented locations through June 13, 2023. AFRC received seven proposals for the indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity […] More

The European Space Agency has selected Airbus to be the prime contractor on a project to build a new satellite-based augmentation system that can support “safety of life” and other services across the aviation sector. Airbus said Friday it will help the agency produce EGNOS V3 in efforts to boost the performance of European SoL services to […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $46.4 million contract modification to definitize a foreign military sales requirement for interim contractor support to F-15 planes of the Saudi Arabian air force. Boeing will support F-15SA aircraft at King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia through March 31, 2017, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD noted that the Air Force Life Cycle Management […] More

The General Services Administration has begun to solicit proposals from small businesses that can provide repair and alteration construction services for government owned and leased facilities in New York. GSA plans to award two $30 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts that will each contain a one-year base period and four option years. The agency will award up […] More

Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile replacement program and named the companies that will work as subcontractors on the program, the National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Vivienne Machi writes John Karas, a vice president and ground-based strategic deterrent program manager at Lockheed, said in a media call that […] More

Marc Allen, president of Boeing’s international business, has said Canada is evaluating data from five potential contractors that could help replace the country’s fleet of CF-18 aircraft, Reuters reported Monday. Leah Schnurr writes Canada requested information such as aircraft features and economic factors from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Saab, Dassault Aviation and the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium comprised of BAE Systems, Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Airbus Group. […] More

Mercury Systems has secured $4.2 million follow-on order from an undisclosed defense contractor to provide digital signal processing modules for an unmanned airborne synthetic aperture radar. The Chelmsford, Massachusetts-headquartered company said Tuesday the order is scheduled to be delivered by the second quarter of fiscal year 2017. Didier Thibaud, Mercury’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, said […] More

The U.S. Air Force plans to issue a contract for research and development work on a live, virtual and constructive mission training platform for warfighter readiness activities. The AF Research Laboratory wants to build and demonstrate an LVC training toolset that can operate with various computer networks and architectures, the military branch said in a […] More

Eight companies with headquarters in Fairfax County, Va. — including four government contractors – have been cited on Fortune magazine’s “Fortune 500” list for 2015. Based on 2014 revenues, the GovCon firms named to the magazine’s list are General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Computer Sciences Corp., and Booz Allen Hamilton, the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority said Thursday. Gerald L. […] More

Northrop Grumman and Boeing have sent their responses to a U.S. Air Force notice that seeks a vendor to build the branch’s next set of GPS satellites under a potential $200 million contract, Space News reported Thursday. Mike Gruss writes the Air Force’s acquisition arm released a solicitation in search of interested vendors to develop the next batch of GPS III satellites and […] More