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  • Exelis to Develop Air Traffic Control System for Saudi Arabia's Nat'l Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Develop Air Traffic Control System for Saudi Arabia’s Nat’l Guard

    Exelis has won a $9.6 million contract to develop an air traffic control system for Saudi Arabia’s national guard under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. Air Force, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes Exelis’ surveillance and reconnaissance systems segment will provide its ground control approach system to the Saudi […] More

  • Intel Deploys ‘Smart City’ Tech in San Jose - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Deploys ‘Smart City’ Tech in San Jose

    Intel Corp. and San Jose, California have partnered to kick off a clean technology pilot program in the city in an effort to further economic growth, environmental sustainability and job creation. San Jose has installed a network of sensors using an Intel-built gateway for the Internet of Things with a Quark processor as part of […] More

  • DLT Unveils Cloud Product Navigation Initiative; Rick Marcotte Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Unveils Cloud Product Navigation Initiative; Rick Marcotte Comments

    DLT Solutions has launched a fresh initiative for public sector customers to search for cloud computing products, services and contract vehicles. The Cloud Navigator is developed to provide users with access to various offerings, managed services, contracts, pay-as-you-go billing, account management and back office services, DLT said Wednesday. “In 2011, we introduced the DLT cloud […] More

  • LexisNexis Unveils New Business Risk Assessment Tool; Tom Brown Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis Unveils New Business Risk Assessment Tool; Tom Brown Comments

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions has introduced a new offering to help clients identify and evaluate potential risks to their businesses. The Business Risk Information tool works to connect public sources, business repositories and patent-pending architecture, LexisNexis said Wednesday. “Now our customers will have greater coverage of smaller businesses and associated people and greater accuracy through our […] More

  • NetApp to Supply Networking, Storage Equipment to Australian Defense Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetApp to Supply Networking, Storage Equipment to Australian Defense Dept

    NetApp Inc. has been awarded a $28 million contract to provide computer equipment for the Australian Defense Department under a Thales-led project, CRN reported Thursday. Steven Kiernan writes defense personnel will gain access to classified domains using a single device through the government’s Next Generation Desktop program. NetApp will supply computer, networking and storage equipment […] More

  • Mark Edwards: Huntington Ingalls’ New Assault Ship to Incorporate TenCate-Built Armor Materials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Edwards: Huntington Ingalls’ New Assault Ship to Incorporate TenCate-Built Armor Materials

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has selected the armor materials from TenCate for its new amphibious assault ship that is being developed under a $2.38 billion incentive contract. Huntington Ingalls will combine the Tripoli (LHA 7) assault ship with TenCate-built composite armor, TenCate said Tuesday. “We are proud that Huntington has selected TenCate materials to be incorporated […] More

  • Deltek, Satori to Continue Legal Project Mgmt System Partnership; Claus Thorsgaard Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek, Satori to Continue Legal Project Mgmt System Partnership; Claus Thorsgaard Comments

    Deltek and Satori Group have agreed to continue offering legal project management systems to legal industry clients. Law firms work to handle legal matters by using an integrated tool that comprises of Deltek’s Maconomy enterprise resource planning system and Satori’s proCube system, Deltek said Monday. Claus Thorsgaard, Deltek’s executive vice president and general manager of […] More

  • Lockheed Stacks Orion Crew Capsule onto Service Module For Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Stacks Orion Crew Capsule onto Service Module For Flight Test

    Lockheed Martin Corp. has completed the installation of the Orion space crew capsule on the service module as part of a series of milestones leading up to the first exploration test flight. Ballast weights were fixed into the crew module in order to comply with requirements for appropriate flight performance before the stacking phase at the […] More

  • Jacobs Engineering Wins More Than $80M in Telecom Contracts; Patrick Hill Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Engineering Wins More Than $80M in Telecom Contracts; Patrick Hill Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group says it has observed a growing footprint of the company in the telecommunications sector. Jacobs has won contracts totaling more than $80 million from U.S. wireless carriers, tower companies and public sector agencies since January, the company said Tuesday. The company will perform operations support, maintenance, construction work, network deployment, site acquisition and […] More

  • Information Builders Unveils New Visual Analytics Offering; Gerald Cohen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Information Builders Unveils New Visual Analytics Offering; Gerald Cohen Comments

    Information Builders has launched a new web-based visual analytics offering the company built for users to analyze and gain insights into large volumes of data. The WebFOCUS InfoDiscovery tool is designed to collect data from various business dimensions and provide the findings to analysts, power users and business clients, Information Builders said Tuesday. “InfoDiscovery is […] More

  • Lockheed Develops Cloud Hosting Platform for Air Force Portal; Angela Heise Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Develops Cloud Hosting Platform for Air Force Portal; Angela Heise Comments

    Lockheed Martin says it is close to completing a cloud pilot initiative that is intended to provide a hosting platform for the U.S. Air Force’s portal and mission applications. The company has been working under the Global Combat Support System – Air Force program to develop the hybrid cloud environment that will work with existing services, […] More