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  • By Light, Intelsat Partner to Deliver Satcom Services to DLA's Haiti Hurricane Relief Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    By Light, Intelsat Partner to Deliver Satcom Services to DLA’s Haiti Hurricane Relief Efforts

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded By Light Professional IT Services a three-month contract to support satellite communication services for hurricane relief efforts in Haiti. By Light said Monday it will combine the firm’s engineering expertise with Intelsat‘s Ku-band Galaxy 18 satellite platform to provide communications support to first responders. Mike Bowser, By Light senior vice president, said that By Light and Intelsat’s […] More

  • Calibre Secures NIDA Clinical Informatics Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Calibre Secures NIDA Clinical Informatics Program Support Contract

    The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded Calibre Systems a contract of an undisclosed value to provide clinical informatics and document management services to NDIA’s therapeutics and medical consequences division. Calibre said Wednesday it will develop and maintain information and document management tools for NIDA DTMC to compile, examine and disseminate the division’s  research findings on potential substance use treatments. The […] More

  • Day & Zimmermann, Rheinmetall Form Munitions Manufacturing JV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Day & Zimmermann, Rheinmetall Form Munitions Manufacturing JV

    Day & Zimmermann and Rheinmetall have launched a joint venture in an effort to introduce fully integrated munitions manufacturing and design services to the U.S. market. The new Rheinmetall, Day & Zimmermann Munitions business will utilize RWM’s ammunition design and development knowledge and D&Z’s manufacturing experience, D&Z said Wednesday. Michael Yoh, president of D&Z’s munitions and […] More

  • Lockheed to Equip Army Radar System with Counter-UAS Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Equip Army Radar System with Counter-UAS Tech

    Lockheed Martin has won a two-year, $27.8 million contract to add a counter-unmanned aerial system feature to the U.S. Army‘s AN/TPQ-53 radar system. The Army Contracting Command received four bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and obligated $4 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Lockheed will perform work in Syracuse, New […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Palo Alto Networks IT Security Platform in Federal Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Palo Alto Networks IT Security Platform in Federal Market

    Carahsoft will act as a federal government market distributor of Palo Alto Networks‘ information technology security platform that works to prevent threats and implement protective measures throughout an attack lifecycle. Palo Alto Networks built its Next-Generation Security Platform is designed to utilize network, cloud and endpoint security to offer full visibility and control functions for IT departments, Carahsoft […] More

  • Esterline to Update Flight Mgmt System of Air Force's Pave Hawk Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esterline to Update Flight Mgmt System of Air Force’s Pave Hawk Helicopters

    An Esterline subsidiary has received a contract to supply 50 flight management systems for installation on the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue helicopters. Esterline said Tuesday its CMC Electronics business will perform non-recurring engineering to help the military branch re-host the current HH60G control display unit from the legacy CMA-882 system to the CMA-2082MC platform. Work will occur at CMC’s […] More

  • Octo Consulting to Support GSA Award Mgmt Platform Modernization Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting to Support GSA Award Mgmt Platform Modernization Effort

    The General Services Administration has awarded Octo Consulting a potential five-year, multimillion dollar task order to help GSA modernize a technology platform for agency personnel to manage federal financial assistance services, contracts and intergovernmental transactions. Octo Consulting said Wednesday it will provide development, testing, information security, training, and user support services for the Integrated Award Environment  program. The […] More

  • DiSTI to Develop 3D Training Platform for Army Phalanx Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DiSTI to Develop 3D Training Platform for Army Phalanx Weapon System

    The U.S. Army has awarded DiSTI a $2.8 million contract to develop a three-dimensional training platform for the Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar, Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System. DiSTI said Tuesday the C-RAM LPWS Operator/Maintainer Trainer will work to generate a virtual training interactive environment for weapon operations and maintenance. The company added it will incorporate its VE Studio development toolkit into the C-RAM […] More

  • GovCon Businesses Take Part in TSA Reverse Industry Day  - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Businesses Take Part in TSA Reverse Industry Day 

    The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council organized a reverse industry day for the Transportation Security Administration in an effort to provide industry insight on contracting with the Department of Homeland Security. Session attendees discussed ways to facilitate early information sharing and engagement during the acquisition process and vendors’ decision making and risk mitigation methods, the council said […] More

  • Black Box to Update Marine Corps Facility's Telecom Network Architecture, Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Black Box to Update Marine Corps Facility’s Telecom Network Architecture, Systems

    The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Black Box a $17.9 million contract to update and develop telecommunications network architectures and systems at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Black Box said Monday it will engineer, furnish, deploy, secure and evaluate the base’s communication, network and collaboration infrastructures in an effort to support a high availability unified communications […] More

  • The Office Group Receives DLA Off-The-Shelf Products Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    The Office Group Receives DLA Off-The-Shelf Products Supply Contract

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded The Office Group a potential five-year, $40 million contract to provide commercially available off-the-shelf items for the Defense Department Electronic Mall. DoD said Monday the company will perform work under the multiple award schedule contract in Virginia in support of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. […] More

  • Alliant Healthcare Products Wins DLA Medical Scopes Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alliant Healthcare Products Wins DLA Medical Scopes Supply Contract

    Alliant Healthcare Products has won a five-year, $41.1 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply various medical scopes and related accessories to U.S. military and federal civilian agencies. Eighty-five offers were submitted to the DLA for the fixed-price contract through a competitive acquisition process, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will occur in Michigan through Nov. […] More