Latest stories

  • Lockheed to Help Develop Navy's Consolidated Afloat Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Lockheed to Help Develop Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Network

    The U.S. Navy’s Tactical Networks Program Office has awarded Lockheed Martin a new contract aimed at utilizing commercial information technology systems to develop the service branch’s afloat network. Lockheed will collaborate with PMW 160, which operates under the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence, to deploy cyber-resilient networking hardware and software […] More

  • Air Force Vet Shawn Moore Joins Woolpert as Military Program Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Air Force Vet Shawn Moore Joins Woolpert as Military Program Director

    Shawn Moore, former commander of detachment 6 at the U.S. Air Force‘s Installation and Mission Support Center, has been named program director for Woolpert’s military market area. Woolpert said Friday the retired Air Force colonel will oversee efforts to secure U.S. military base support projects in both domestic and international locations in his new role. […] More

  • SAIC Gets Army Ammo Program Mgmt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    SAIC Gets Army Ammo Program Mgmt Contract

    Science Applications International Corp. has secured a $13.6M to provide life cycle management services for U.S. Army programs covering multiple ammunition product lines. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online-based solicitation process, the Defense Department said Friday. SAIC will perform work through Dec. 4. 2023. The company received a $52M task […] More

  • Raytheon to Continue Air-to-Air Missile Refresh Work Under $62M USAF Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Raytheon to Continue Air-to-Air Missile Refresh Work Under $62M USAF Contract Option

    Raytheon’s missile systems business has received a $62M contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to support form, fit and function upgrade work on the Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile system. The modification exercises an option under a previously issued contract and covers phase 5 activities to refresh the missile’s guidance section, the Defense […] More

  • HII, General Dynamics to Hold Christening of Navy's Future USS Vermont, Delaware Submarines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    HII, General Dynamics to Hold Christening of Navy’s Future USS Vermont, Delaware Submarines

    The U.S. Navy will christen two of its future Virginia-class attack submarines on Saturday at General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries locations. The service branch will christen USS Vermont at a General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn., while USS Delaware will be christened at an HII Newport News Shipbuilding site in Newport News, Va., the […] More

  • Former Intell Officer David Shedd Elected as Draper Board Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Former Intell Officer David Shedd Elected as Draper Board Chairman

    David Shedd, a government service veteran with nearly 33 years of intelligence and national security experience, has been elected as chairman of Draper’s board of directors. He has served as a board member at Draper over the past three years and succeeds Franklin Miller, who held the chairman role for the past five years, the nonprofit […] More

  • Alion, Enlighten Professionals to Present at NVIDIA's AI Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Alion, Enlighten Professionals to Present at NVIDIA’s AI Conference

    Representatives of Alion Science and Technology and its Enlighten IT Consulting business will conduct live demonstrations at an upcoming NVIDIA-sponsored artificial intelligence conference in Washington, D.C. MacAulay-Brown said Thursday its parent company Alion serves as a platinum sponsor of the 2018 GPU Technology Conference that will take place from Oct. 22 to 24 and will feature discussions on AI, deep learning, high-performance […] More

  • Austal USA Gets $58M Contract for 13th Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel Materials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Austal USA Gets $58M Contract for 13th Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel Materials

    Austal USA has secured a potential $57.9M contract to obtain long lead-time materials needed to build a 13th expeditionary fast transport vessel for the U.S. Navy. The company will also provide production engineering services for the shallow-draft EPF 13 watercraft intended to support intra-theater transport of military personnel and cargo, the Defense Department said Thursday. In a separate announcement, […] More

  • Dewberry Exec David Maune Reappointed to NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Dewberry Exec David Maune Reappointed to NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel

    David Maune, an associate vice president and senior project manager of the geospatial group at Dewberry, has been reappointed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s hydrographic services review panel. He will serve for an additional four years on the group that offers advice to the agency on coastal resilience and navigational safety matters, Dewberry said […] More

  • McKean Defense Books $70M in Contracts With Naval Surface Warfare Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    McKean Defense Books $70M in Contracts With Naval Surface Warfare Center

    McKean Defense has secured two contracts worth up to $70M combined from the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Philadelphia Division to support certain U.S. Navy and U.S. Army ships. The company said Wednesday it will engineer and provide technical services for electrical power and generation systems on Navy surface ships, submarines and assault aircraft under a $41M contract. […] More

  • Boeing Secures $56M ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Contract From Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Boeing Secures $56M ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Contract From Air Force

    Boeing has received a $55.6M undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide program management support and components for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Cryptography Upgrade Increment II effort. The company will produce eight digital components and 75 message processor drawers in compliance with the government’s minimum requirement for the ICBM modernization program, the Defense […] More

  • Grey Ops Selected for 'Opportunity Zone' Defense Tech Funding Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Grey Ops Selected for ‘Opportunity Zone’ Defense Tech Funding Vehicle

    Grey Holdings Group has introduced the Opportunity Zone Fund investment vehicle used primarily for defense technology as part of a tax incentive program under the 2017 Tax Reform Act. Brian Gamble, director of finance at Grey Holdings Group, said the group selected Qualified Opportunity Zone firm Grey Ops as its first Defense Technology Transfer investment due to […] More