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  • Coast Guard Picks eGlobalTech for FOIA Request Support Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Picks eGlobalTech for FOIA Request Support Services Contract

    The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded eGlobalTech a three-year contract to help the service branch’s management programs and policy division handle Freedom of Information Act-related requests. Work includes management of FOIA-related inquiries, status updates request and process coordination, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. The contract also covers support for the management of FOIA appeals, including the assessment of FOIA exemptions, case law […] More

  • Research and Markets: Command-and-Control Systems Market to Hit $16B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Command-and-Control Systems Market to Hit $16B by 2020

    A new report by Research and Markets predicts the global market for command-and-control systems to experience a compound annual growth rate of 3.68 percent over the next four years. Research and Markets said Monday the worldwide C2 market has nearly 14 percent share of the total market for C4ISR platforms and is projected to hit $16.5 billion by 2020 from […] More

  • LGS, DARPA Build Laser Tech With Waveform Agility; Stephan Wielandy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LGS, DARPA Build Laser Tech With Waveform Agility; Stephan Wielandy Comments

    LGS Innovations has completed work on a laser platform designed to improve the capability of light detection and ranging systems to detect and analyze objects of interest. The company developed the laser system with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s strategic technology office under the Laser Radar Technology program, LGS said Tuesday. LRT is a […] More

  • General Atomics Receives Radiation Monitoring System Supply Contracts; Vivek Lall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Receives Radiation Monitoring System Supply Contracts; Vivek Lall Comments

    General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has secured contracts to supply radiation monitoring systems to U.S. nuclear power plants with boiling water reactors equipped with Mark I and II containments. BWR plants with Mark I and II containments are required to install RMS and hardened containment vent systems in order to comply with a Nuclear Regulatory […] More

  • SRC Lands Army R&D Support Contract for Electronic Warfare System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRC Lands Army R&D Support Contract for Electronic Warfare System

    The U.S. Army has awarded New York-based nonprofit research and development firm SRC a potential $49.2 million contract to research, develop, evaluate and test new capabilities for the AN/ULQ-35 CREW Duke system. The Army Contracting Command awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, fixed-fee contract through an online-based competitive procurement process with one proposal received, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Motorola Solutions to Update Michigan’s Communications System for First Responders; Brad Stoddard Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions to Update Michigan’s Communications System for First Responders; Brad Stoddard Comments

    Motorola Solutions has been selected to update Michigan’s public safety communications system and expand the use of the platform to Grand Traverse County and other agencies in the state. The company will work to perform updates to Astro 25 digital radio system, alarm system, radio towers and related equipment in an effort to improve interoperability among the […] More

  • FAA Plans Cybersecurity Methodology Support Contract Award to Mischel Kwon & Associates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Plans Cybersecurity Methodology Support Contract Award to Mischel Kwon & Associates

    The Federal Aviation Administration plans to award security consulting firm Mischel Kwon & Associates a single-source contract to continue to provide cybersecurity methodology support services for FAA’s security operations center. FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center said in a Feb. 9 notice posted on FedBizOpps the contract has a base period of six months and three […] More

  • Raytheon-Led Team Offers T-100 For Air Force T-X Program; CAE's Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Led Team Offers T-100 For Air Force T-X Program; CAE’s Gene Colabatistto Comments

    Raytheon has teamed up with CAE, Finmeccanica and Honeywell to introduce the T-100 training jet as part of their efforts to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer aircraft program. The T-100 aircraft is a variant of the Alenia Aermacchi-built M-346 training jet and comes with a ground-based training platform, Raytheon said Monday. Gene Colabatistto, group president for […] More

  • NIST Seeks 2 New Institutes for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Seeks 2 New Institutes for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a solicitation for proposals on two future institutes that will become part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. Each institute will receive up to $70 million in federal funds over five years through a cooperative agreement and has to meet any advanced manufacturing need that has […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Lands Air Force Contract for ICBM Hardware Demonstration Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Lands Air Force Contract for ICBM Hardware Demonstration Support

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a potential two-year, $3 million contract to perform studies and hardware demonstration in support of the U.S. Air Force’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile platform. The service branch awarded the contract as part of the ICBM Demonstration and Validation Post Boost Program, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Friday. The program seeks to develop new […] More

  • Intel-AT&T Team to Test LTE Network-Linked UAV at Mobile Trade Congress - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel-AT&T Team to Test LTE Network-Linked UAV at Mobile Trade Congress

    Intel and AT&T have partnered to evaluate how an unmanned aircraft vehicle can stream video and transmit flight information and telematics through the Long-Term Evolution wireless communications network. Intel will test the transmission functions of a Yuneec Typhoon H UAV fitted with Intel RealSense technology over AT&T’s core LTE network as part of the Intel Drone Zone, […] More

  • Ed Sayadian: NextGen Aviation Improvement Programs Need Long-Term Investments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ed Sayadian: NextGen Aviation Improvement Programs Need Long-Term Investments

    Ed Sayadian, president of mission networks at Harris Corp., has said Congress should continue to advance long-term investments in the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen programs and other aviation modernization initiatives. “Without this investment, the significant and important modernization gains will be threatened, subjecting passengers to unnecessary delays and sustaining aviation operations that are less environmentally […] More