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  • Army Seeks Potential Acquisition Consulting Service Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Potential Acquisition Consulting Service Sources

    The Army Contracting Command seeks information on potential industry providers of consulting services to the U.S. Army in the acquisition, logistics, science and technology areas. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the market research effort seeks to identify a contractor to operate the Board on Army Systems and Technologies that will be tasked to conduct up to five […] More

  • GSA Plans Enterprise Asset Mgmt System Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Plans Enterprise Asset Mgmt System Procurement

    The contracting division of the General Services Administration’s Region 5 Federal Acquisition Service has commenced a market research effort to determine potential vendors that can offer an enterprise asset management system. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says GSA aims to replace its legacy systems used to manage government fleet, property and information technology assets. The government seeks […] More

  • Air Force Selects Generation Orbit Rocket for Hypersonic Flight Experiments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Selects Generation Orbit Rocket for Hypersonic Flight Experiments

    Generation Orbit Launch Services is developing a rocket technology with liquid-propellant engine for use in hypersonic flight research efforts of the U.S. Air Force. The air-dropped vehicle, which the Air Force designated as X-60A, will employ the Hadley propulsion system and is designed to fly at a speed of between Mach 5 and Mach 8, the military service said Thursday. […] More

  • CACI to Showcase Electronic Warfare Tech at 2018 AUSA Exposition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Showcase Electronic Warfare Tech at 2018 AUSA Exposition

    CACI International has been selected to demonstrate its electronic warfare offerings for the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting and exposition in Washington, D.C. The event will run from Oct. 8 to 10 and feature discussions with land power specialists, U.S. Army officials, industry representatives and members of the academe, CACI said Thursday. The company […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls to Hold Christening of Navy's Future USS Frank Petersen Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls to Hold Christening of Navy’s Future USS Frank Petersen Destroyer

    The future USS Frank E. Petersen, slated to become the U.S. Navy’s 71st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, will be christened on Saturday at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The nearly 9.5K-ton guided-missile destroyer will receive a Flight IIA configuration designed for power projection, forward presence and escort operations for open-ocean conflicts as well as […] More

  • Boeing Secures $63M Navy Aircraft Restoration IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Secures $63M Navy Aircraft Restoration IDIQ

    Boeing has received a one-year, $62.7M contract to remanufacture F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler platforms for the U.S. Navy. The company will inspect, refurbish and repair the aircraft units, as well as perform inner wing panel modifications that comply with the service’s new design specifications and service life projections, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Naval […] More

  • Splunk Helps National Ignition Facility Manage IT Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Splunk Helps National Ignition Facility Manage IT Systems

    The National Ignition Facility has implemented Splunk software platforms to manage and analyze information technology systems used to secure the country’s nuclear stockpile. Splunk said Wednesday its Enterprise and IT Service Intelligence systems run on NIF’s Computer Control System built to monitor more than 66K control points across the laser facility. Enterprise works to help the facility’s personnel collect information from […] More

  • ACT I Lands Air Force Systems Training Support Contract; Neil Albert Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Lands Air Force Systems Training Support Contract; Neil Albert Quoted

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a potential five-year contract to provide academic and training support to the U.S. Air Force’s 505th Training Group. The company said Wednesday it will oversee course development, instruction and execution efforts and provide mission and exercise support for government-led 505th TRG operations in Hurlburt, Fla. ACT I President […] More

  • Boeing Gets Air Force Munition Support Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets Air Force Munition Support Contract Modification

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $45M contract modification to support integration and technical work on airborne guidance kits designed to guide free-falling bombs into the target area. Boeing will conduct studies, analysis, modernization and integration efforts for the Joint Direct Attack Munition system at a company facility in Missouri through March 31, 2019. The Air Force will […] More

  • Northrop Tests Electrical Interface Between NASA Webb Telescope Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Tests Electrical Interface Between NASA Webb Telescope Systems

    Northrop Grumman and NASA have demonstrated the operability of electrical interfaces between two key components of the James Webb Space Telescope. The Optical Telescope element/Integrated Science instrument module and Spacecraft element demonstration marked as the first integration and testing effort ahead of an observatory-level evaluation that will begin once the system is fully integrated, Northrop […] More

  • Booz Allen Secures FDA IT Life Cycle Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Secures FDA IT Life Cycle Support Contract

    Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a potential $36M contract to support an information technology platform the Food and Drug Administration uses to monitor adverse drug events. The company subsequently received a $5.6M initial task order under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity that covers IT life cycle services for FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, according to a notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps. Work […] More

  • US Military Buys Additional DragonFly 3D Printers From Nano Dimension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Military Buys Additional DragonFly 3D Printers From Nano Dimension

    The U.S. military has purchased two more DragonFly Pro 3D printers from Israel-based additive electronics firm Nano Dimension. The multi-material additive manufacturing platform enables users to facilitate in-house prototyping or manufacturing of functional electronic units such as sensors, antennas, molded interconnect devices, circuit boards and other circuitry within a short time span, Nano Dimension said Tuesday. […] More