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  • ACT I Gets 10 Military Healthcare Mgmt Support Orders; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Gets 10 Military Healthcare Mgmt Support Orders; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received 10 task orders worth $15 million combined for healthcare management services to the Defense Health Agency and the U.S. Air Force Medical Operations Agency. The company said Wednesday the orders were awarded through pool 1 of the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract vehicle. “Together with […] More

  • 4 Firms Win Spots on DoD POL Facility Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4 Firms Win Spots on DoD POL Facility Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ

    Four companies have won positions on a potential $49 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide architectural and engineering services for Defense Department petroleum, oil and lubricant facilities. DoD said Wednesday the service branch received 21 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and subsequently made a total of 13 awards. The four initial awardees are AMEC Foster Wheeler […] More

  • Kratos Books $81M US Govt Order for Unmanned Drone Systems, C3 Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Books $81M US Govt Order for Unmanned Drone Systems, C3 Services

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a potential five-year, $81 million contract to supply unmanned drone systems to a U.S. government agency. The company said Tuesday it will also provide command, control and communications services to the customer agency through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Eric DeMarco, president and CEO of Kratos, said the company’s unmanned systems division […] More

  • Xerox Achieves FedRAMP 'In-Process' Status for Managed Print Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Achieves FedRAMP ‘In-Process’ Status for Managed Print Services

    Xerox‘s suite of managed printing services has been pre-vetted and approved to continue pursuing certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The cloud-based MPS offering obtained “in-process” designation that represents a step prior to full FedRAMP authorization, Xerox said Wednesday. Ted Dezvane, senior vice president of Xerox’s managed document services business, said the company’s MPS toolset […] More

  • Sikorsky Begins Combat Rescue Helicopter Final Assembly Under $1.5B Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Begins Combat Rescue Helicopter Final Assembly Under $1.5B Air Force Contract

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has moved forward to the final assembly phase of a combat rescue helicopter under a potential $1.5 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed said Tuesday the current assembly schedule for the first HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter will allow the company to deliver the aircraft to USAF for an initial flight […] More

  • Norway Completes Verification of F-35 Drag Chute System; Lockheed's Art Sheridan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norway Completes Verification of F-35 Drag Chute System; Lockheed’s Art Sheridan Comments

    Norway’s defense ministry has concluded the verification procedure for a drag chute system of the F-35 aircraft Lockheed Martin built for the Norwegian air force. The verification occurred Friday at Orland Air Force Base as the U.S. Air Force‘s conducted an F-35A cold-weather test round at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, Lockheed said Tuesday. Lockheed delivered the […] More

  • Comtech Books $134M Public Safety Call Routing Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Books $134M Public Safety Call Routing Tech Contract

    A Comtech Telecommunications business unit has received a multiyear, $134 million contract to help a U.S. wireless communications provider implement technology platforms designed to comply with the Federal Communications Commission‘s emergency call routing services policy. Comtech said Tuesday its safety and security technologies group will provide E911 services for the customer’s 3G, 4G, and 5G networks across the country. […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Licenses Govt-Funded Explosive Detection Canine Training Aid to Gallant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Licenses Govt-Funded Explosive Detection Canine Training Aid to Gallant

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has developed and licensed a tool for training canine teams to detect peroxide-based homemade explosives. APL said Monday it granted Gallant Technologies rights to produce and market the government-funded canine training aid through a licensing agreement. “Technologies like these will help prevent and deter devastating attacks, and facilitate the ongoing development […] More

  • BAE Subsidiary Awarded UK Defense Analysis Services Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Subsidiary Awarded UK Defense Analysis Services Extension

    A BAE Systems subsidiary will continue to serve as prime contractor for the U.K. defense science and technology laboratory’s Analysis Support Construct framework under a two-year contract extension. BAE Systems CORDA currently supports the ASC mission through an initial contract that was awarded in August 2015 and slated to end in March of this year, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Lockheed to Produce Additional Towed-Array Sonar Systems for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Produce Additional Towed-Array Sonar Systems for Navy

    Lockheed Martin has received a $50.9 million contract modification to produce and engineer twin line towed-array sonars for the U.S. Navy. The company will supply two TL-29A systems as well as provide one spare array and refurbishment services to the program executive office for submarines at the service branch’s Maritime Surveillance Systems Program Office, the […] More

  • Firelake-Arrowhead to Help Maintain NASA Glenn Research Center Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Firelake-Arrowhead to Help Maintain NASA Glenn Research Center Facilities

    Firelake-Arrowhead NASA Services has secured a potential $52.4 million contract to help manage facilities and construction projects for the space agency’s Glenn Research Center. The Construction, Maintenance, Environmental and Testing Services contract has an 18-month base period, a two-year option and an additional 18-month option, NASA said Saturday. The company will also perform environmental and energy […] More

  • AAR Unit to Repair, Maintain Navy Mobile Containers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AAR Unit to Repair, Maintain Navy Mobile Containers

    An AAR business unit has received a five-year contract to support repair and maintenance of internal airlift and helicopter slingable unit containers for the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Special Warfare Group 2. AAR Mobility Systems will maintain more than 300 ISUs for East Coast units that are based out of Navy Joint Expeditionary Base-Little Creek in Virginia. The company’s mobile field service teams and […] More