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  • BlackBerry Receives VA Crisis Comms Platform Order; John Chen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Receives VA Crisis Comms Platform Order; John Chen Comments

    BlackBerry has received a $20 million order to deliver a communications platform for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ notification and personnel accountability systems in an effort to help protect employees and contractors during crises. The company’s AtHoc networked crisis communication system will work to centralize response activities and provide real-time status of all users to VA […] More

  • CBP Picks Telephonics Mobile Surveillance Vehicles for Border Security; Joseph Battaglia Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Picks Telephonics Mobile Surveillance Vehicles for Border Security; Joseph Battaglia Comments

    Telephonics has been awarded a $13.5 million contract to provide mobile surveillance vehicles for Customs and Border Protection agents on the U.S and Mexican border. The Mobile Surveillance Capability vehicles work to detect, track and identify targets as part of the CBP agents’ intelligence gathering operations, Telephonics said Tuesday. “Monitoring and protecting the U.S. border is […] More

  • NCR, Honeywell Forge Retail, Supply Chain Global Alliance; Michael Bayer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCR, Honeywell Forge Retail, Supply Chain Global Alliance; Michael Bayer Comments

    NCR and Honeywell have formed a global partnership to deliver technology services to retail, supply chain and government customers. Honeywell will pitch in its data capture technologies, distributed smart printing solutions and wireless mobility computing platforms to the alliance, combined with NCRÂ’s consumer transaction software and hardware technologies, NCR said Monday. ““We are looking forward […] More

  • Vencore to Research DARPA Program Obfuscation Methods; Steve Omick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore to Research DARPA Program Obfuscation Methods; Steve Omick Comments

    The research subsidiary of Vencore has been awarded a $3.7 million contract to develop cryptographic obfuscation techniques for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Vencore Labs will work with the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary to create program obfuscation methods designed to protect software from reverse engineering attacks under DARPA’s SafeWare program, Vencore said Friday. […] More

  • SOS International Launches New Medical Support Team; Julian Setian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOS International Launches New Medical Support Team; Julian Setian Comments

    SOS International has introduced a new medical support division chartered to deliver medical services to the U.S. government and oil, gas and mining companies. The new SOSi division will launch advanced telemedicine services designed to help staff gain access to medical expertise. The company said Dec. 15 its operations and life-support services to the U.S. military based […] More

  • TAPE Awarded $29M Marine Corps Training Support Contract; Louisa Long Jaffe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TAPE Awarded $29M Marine Corps Training Support Contract; Louisa Long Jaffe Comments

    Technical and Project Engineering has received a four-year, $28.7 million contract to provide live, virtual and simulation training platforms to the U.S. Marine Corps. TAPE will perform systems engineering, acquisition and financial management, modeling, test planning, logistics and instrumentation development under the contract, the company said Friday. “Supporting [Marine Corps Systems Command’s program manager training systems] […] More

  • DRS Delivers 1st Hybrid Electric Drive System to Korean Navy; Roger Sexauer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Delivers 1st Hybrid Electric Drive System to Korean Navy; Roger Sexauer Comments

    DRS Technologies has transported the first Hybrid Electric Drive system to the South Korean navy for installation in the military branch’s future frigate. The navy will incorporate the HED system into the FFX Batch II frigate to reduce noise in the propulsion plant operation, DRS said Tuesday. Roger Sexauer, president of the DRS maritime and combat support […] More

  • LCG to Maintain HHS Health Resources & Services Help Desk; Matthew Briddell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LCG to Maintain HHS Health Resources & Services Help Desk; Matthew Briddell Comments

    LCG has received a $17.5 million contract to maintain the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration help desk operations. The company will collaborate with HRSA’s office of information technology to deliver information and services to people, organizations and state governments on behalf of HRSA, LCG said Thursday. Matthew Briddell, a […] More

  • Unisys Lands NASA Flight Simulation Hardware, Software Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Lands NASA Flight Simulation Hardware, Software Support Contract

    Unisys has been awarded a $38.4 million contract to develop simulation hardware and software technology for NASA’s Hampton, Virginia-based Langley Research Center. Unisys will work to design, test, integrate, operate, maintain and modify Langley’s flight simulation facilities and research aircraft systems under the contract, NASA said Friday. The contract contains a five-year performance period, which includes […] More

  • Saab Awarded NATO Bolide Missile Order; Stefan Oberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Awarded NATO Bolide Missile Order; Stefan Oberg Comments

    Saab has been awarded a $12.4 million contract to produce Bolide missiles for NATO in an effort to help bolster the alliance’s air defense system. NATO Support and Procurement Agency ordered for RBS 70 Bolide missiles in December 2015 and delivery is scheduled to complete in 2017, Saab said Wednesday. “This is a great order […] More

  • Deloitte Survey: CFOs Focus on Current Market Growth, Cost Reduction in 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Survey: CFOs Focus on Current Market Growth, Cost Reduction in 2016

    Deloitte has released a new survey that indicates a majority of chief financial officers in North America prioritize increased revenue in current markets and cost reduction for 2016. Deloitte’s fourth-quarter CFO Signals survey shows that more than six out of 10 CFOs also intend to acquire customers both in new and existing markets through mergers […] More