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  • Knight Point Systems Among 'Top Workplaces' in Washington, D.C.; Bob Eisiminger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Knight Point Systems Among ‘Top Workplaces’ in Washington, D.C.; Bob Eisiminger Comments

    Knight Point Systems has been included in The Washington Post’s “Top Workplaces 2018” list for businesses and institutions in Washington, D.C. Energage conducted a third-party survey of employees on workplace culture elements such as alignment, connection and execution for the selection of the 150 honorees, Knight Point Systems said Monday. Bob Eisiminger, CEO of Knight […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Lists 19 Suppliers for Missile & Fire Control Business Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Lists 19 Suppliers for Missile & Fire Control Business Support Services

    Lockheed Martin has acknowledged 19 small businesses’ support for products and services of the company’s missiles and fire control unit in 2017. The suppliers were recognized for factors such as the delivery schedule and prices of parts, products and services, business process, values alignment and resolutions generation, Lockheed said Monday. Brian Kubik, global supply chain […] More

  • Report: Peter Kim Joins Raytheon Missile Systems Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Peter Kim Joins Raytheon Missile Systems Business

    Peter Kim, formerly chief information security officer of the U.S. Air Force, has joined Raytheon as director of information technology security and governance within the defense contractor’s missile systems business, CyberScoop reported Monday. He departed from the CISO position at the service branch last month and was succeeded by his former deputy, Wanda Jones-Heath. The report said […] More

  • Caddell to Build NNSA's Albuquerque, N.M. Facility Under Potential $140M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Caddell to Build NNSA’s Albuquerque, N.M. Facility Under Potential $140M Contract

    Caddell Construction has started to build a facility for the Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration in Albuquerque, N.M., through a potential $140 million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers. NNSA said Monday it broke ground on the agency’s Albuquerque Complex Project that will consolidate 25 buildings into a three-story, 333,000-square-foot facility. The facility is being built within Kirtland […] More

  • Raytheon to Design Tactical Vehicle Laser Weapon System for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Design Tactical Vehicle Laser Weapon System for Army

    Raytheon has received a $10 million contract to design a 100-kilowatt laser weapon system potential integration onto the U.S. Army‘s fleet of medium tactical vehicles. The company said Monday it will conduct preliminary design work as part of the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstration program. Roy Azevedo, vice president of intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance systems at Raytheon’s […] More

  • Engineering Services Network Gets $70M Navy Weapon Systems Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engineering Services Network Gets $70M Navy Weapon Systems Support Contract

    Engineering Services Network has received a potential five-year, $69.6 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide technical, engineering and logistics support for weapon systems programs of the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The company said Monday it will help test, engineer and conduct post-event analysis of the Aegis Combat System and the Ballistic Missile Defense […] More

  • Anthony Aquino Named President of TechFlow's Mission Support Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anthony Aquino Named President of TechFlow’s Mission Support Subsidiary

    Anthony Aquino, a U.S. Army reservist and former division director of strategy at Leidos, has been named president of a TechFlow subsidiary that offers mission support services to federal government and military customers. He will lead EMI Services and its efforts to help Defense Department clients maintain facilities as well as manage base operations, logistics activities and information technology […] More

  • Report: Air Force Issues RFP for Cyber 'Unified Platform' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Issues RFP for Cyber ‘Unified Platform’

    The U.S. Air Force is soliciting proposals to build an integrated operations platform for the U.S. Cyber Command through the General Services Administration‘s Alliant contract vehicle, Fifth Domain reported Friday. Defense Department officials have said that Cybercom’s future Unified Platform will work to support cyber defense, planning command-and-control and situational awareness efforts. USAF issued a solicitation […] More

  • Vectrus Designated 'Military Friendly' Employer for 2018; Chuck Prow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Designated ‘Military Friendly’ Employer for 2018; Chuck Prow Comments

    Vectrus has been named to Victory Media‘s 2018 Military Friendly Employer list in recognition of the company’s hiring and retention programs for U.S. service members transitioning from active duty to the civilian workforce. Chuck Prow, CEO and president of Vectrus and a four-time Wash100 winner, said in a statement released Thursday military veterans contribute knowledge and leadership […] More

  • DHS’ Soraya Correa: Department Plans New Flexible Procurement Process for IT Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS’ Soraya Correa: Department Plans New Flexible Procurement Process for IT Services

    Soraya Correa, the Department of Homeland Security’s chief procurement officer, said some agile methodology from the canceled $1.5 billion Flexible Agile Support for the Homeland will be applied to a new information technology procurement, FCW reported Friday. DHS plans to implement federal category management and agile and best-practice contracting activities to the replacement of the Security […] More

  • Kratos’ Stuart Daughtridge: Satellite Industry Requires Other Cybersecurity Measures - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos’ Stuart Daughtridge: Satellite Industry Requires Other Cybersecurity Measures

    Stuart Daughtridge, vice president of advanced technology and business development at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, said at a panel event that there is a need to further modify the satellite industry’s cybersecurity strategies, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “There are still other measures that you have to follow to guarantee as much as you can your safety,” Daughtridge […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright to Help Bechtel Support Navy's Submarine Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright to Help Bechtel Support Navy’s Submarine Construction

    Curtiss-Wright has received a $28 million contract to help Bechtel‘s plant machinery division support the U.S. Navy‘s Virginia-class submarine construction and spare parts acquisition. The order for fiscal year 2018 includes sets of valves and spares for the propulsion plant of two submarines, Curtiss-Wright said Thursday. David Adams, chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright, said the […] More