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  • Exide Receives DoD Grant to Expand Submarine Batteries Production at Fort Smith - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exide Receives DoD Grant to Expand Submarine Batteries Production at Fort Smith

    Exide Technologies has signed a five-year, $30.7 million cost-sharing agreement with the U.S. government under the Defense Production Act Title III program to automate and modernize submarine batteries manufacturing processes at a company facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Under the agreement, the company will receive $18.7 million in DPA grant funds and invest $12 million to adopt new systems designed to […] More

  • HyTrust Collaborates with NIST, Industry Partners to Develop Trusted Geolocation in Cloud Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HyTrust Collaborates with NIST, Industry Partners to Develop Trusted Geolocation in Cloud Service

    HyTrust has worked with the National Institute of Science and Technology and industry partners Intel, RSA and VMware to create the NIST IR 7904 and a proof-of-concept designed to allow secured geolocation in cloud computing environments. Trusted geolocation functions work to monitor the deployment and execution of virtual machines or a workload with reliance on security provided by a Trusted Platform Module […] More

  • Army Places Order for INVISIO Communication, Hearing Protection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Places Order for INVISIO Communication, Hearing Protection System

    INVISIO has received a one-year, $11.8 million order from the U.S. Army for hearing protection and communication systems in support of the service branch’s Tactical Communication and Protective System modernization program. The audio communications company said Wednesday that it will supply TCAPS with a system designed to help facilitate communication, provide hearing protection and retain situational awareness to users. INVISIO added that […] More

  • IEEE Launches Working Group to Structure Aerial Communications, Networking Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IEEE Launches Working Group to Structure Aerial Communications, Networking Standards

    Technical organization IEEE and the IEEE Standards Association have launched the IEEE Aerial Network Communications Working Group to structure standards for aircraft systems. Group members will work to establish the IEEE P1920.1 project designed to develop standards for air-to-air communications in an ad hoc aerial network and situational awareness for commercial, civil manned and unmanned aircraft […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Lands $50M Air Force Reentry Field Support Equipment Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Lands $50M Air Force Reentry Field Support Equipment Production Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $50 million firm-fixed-priced contract to manufacture and deliver seven reentry field support equipment sets and four support equipment sets. Lockheed’s space systems business will also provide interim contractor support and design requalification and recertification services in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, through March 2020, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD added that the Air Force […] More

  • eGlobalTech to Continue CMS Health Insurance Marketplace Data Service Hub Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    eGlobalTech to Continue CMS Health Insurance Marketplace Data Service Hub Tests

    eGlobalTech has received a contract to continue its tests of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ Health Insurance Marketplace Data Service Hub. eGT’s Senior Director for CMS said in a release posted Tuesday that the data service hub works to process millions of transactions during the open enrollment period and route user information to determine eligibility. The […] More

  • Engility to Continue Tactical Intell Gathering Support for Army; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Continue Tactical Intell Gathering Support for Army; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has secured a potential $24 million contract to support the U.S. Army‘s efforts to gather and provide global intelligence data to military commanders. The company said Wednesday it will continue to provide engineering services for the service branch’s Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Program under the recompete firm-fixed-price contract. “Our systems engineering knowledge, combined with insight into advanced […] More

  • Mark Gray: ASRC Federal to Help Maintain Vance Air Force Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Gray: ASRC Federal to Help Maintain Vance Air Force Base

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded ASRC Federal a potential five-year, $190 million contract to help the 71st Flying Training Wing run and maintain the Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma. ASRC Federal said Thursday the contract covers installation, engineering, transportation, communication and inventory and supply management services. The company will also provide operations support for on-site and auxiliary field fire departments. “We […] More

  • NASA Tasks Paragon to Develop Space Station Water Recovery System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Tasks Paragon to Develop Space Station Water Recovery System

    Paragon Space Development Corp. has received a $5.1 million contract from NASA to develop a system the agency believes could help increase the water recovered from the urine of astronauts on the International Space Station. NASA said Wednesday that Paragon will develop the Brine Processor Assembly to support the ISS’ efforts to recover water of up to 94 percent from processed urine. […] More

  • Vormetric Integrates Security Tech With FireEye as Part of Cyber Coalition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vormetric Integrates Security Tech With FireEye as Part of Cyber Coalition

    Vormetric has integrated its Data Security Platform for security intelligence with the FireEye Threat Analytics Platform to detect and monitor cyber attack threats. The technology integration is part of Vormetric’s support for the FireEye Cyber Security Coalition, Vormetric said Tuesday.   Ed Barry, FireEye Cyber Security Coalition vice president, said the integration of FireEye TAP with […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes Expansion of California Facility for Missile Warning System, Munition Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes Expansion of California Facility for Missile Warning System, Munition Production

    Orbital ATK has completed the expansion of its facility in Northridge, California, to accommodate the production of the company’s AAR-47 missile warning system and Common Munition Bit Reprogramming Equipment. The company said Monday that it transitioned the AAR-47 and CMBRE product lines from Florida to the updated facility. The Northridge installation also produces the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile […] More

  • DCCA Receives CMS Business Intell Services Contract for Automated Plan Payment System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCCA Receives CMS Business Intell Services Contract for Automated Plan Payment System

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded Data Computer Corporation of America a five-year, $13.8 million contract for business intelligence services in support of a CMS plan to update and expand the agency’s automated plan payment system. DCCA said Monday that it will analyze interfaces for CMS and aim to help the agency fulfill data analytics requirements […] More