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  • Tetra Tech-Maytag Aircraft JV to Maintain DLA Petroleum Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech-Maytag Aircraft JV to Maintain DLA Petroleum Systems

    A Tetra Tech–Maytag Aircraft joint venture has won a one-year, $7.7 million contract to help the Defense Logistics Agency maintain DLA’s capitalized petroleum systems. The Defense Department said Friday the contract was awarded by the U.S. Army and covers recurring maintenance and minor or emergency repair services The JV perform work at various locations in Arizona, California and Washington […] More

  • Report: 5 Firms Express Interest in Polish Fighter Aircraft Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: 5 Firms Express Interest in Polish Fighter Aircraft Program

    Five companies have formally submitted their interest to participate in the Polish defense ministry’s tender process for a fighter aircraft procurement effort, DefenseNews reported Thursday. The report said Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Leonardo and Saab applied for an opportunity to offer their respective combat jet platforms to Poland’s “Harpia” program. Warsaw-based Fights On Logistics sought participation in a […] More

  • Air Force Research Laboratory, American Semiconductor Develop Flexible Circuit Chip - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Laboratory, American Semiconductor Develop Flexible Circuit Chip

    A partnership between the research arm of the U.S. Air Force and a private company in the semiconductor business has resulted in the development of a pliable microchip. The Air Force Research Laboratory and American Semiconductor have collaborated to create a flexible silicon-on-polymer chip featuring an onboard memory designed to be 7,000 times larger compared […] More

  • Fluor Completes Repair Work on Some Puerto Rico Power Line Segments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor Completes Repair Work on Some Puerto Rico Power Line Segments

    Fluor has finished repair work on sections of priority power lines in Puerto Rico under a potential $240 million task order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The company said Thursday that it fixed 38-kilovolt power lines situated near the city of San Juan and a fourth priority 38-kilovolt line near Caguas. Matt Hunt, an executive program […] More

  • Saab, South Korean Agency Partner to Develop Fighter Aircraft Radar Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab, South Korean Agency Partner to Develop Fighter Aircraft Radar Tech

    Saab has received a $15.1 million order to help South Korea’s agency for defense development build an active electronically scanned array radar that can integrate with fighter aircraft. The company said Friday it aims to develop and evaluate an algorithm for AESA fighter radar technology through the order. Saab will collaborate with ADD and the agency’s […] More

  • UTC Subsidiary to Supply Tactical Reconnaissance Pods to Foreign Military Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Subsidiary to Supply Tactical Reconnaissance Pods to Foreign Military Customers

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has received a one-year, $22.9 million contract to supply U.S. partner nations with tactical reconnaissance pods through the foreign military sales program. The Defense Department said Wednesday that UTC Aerospace Systems will provide DB-110 pods, program infrastructure, airborne data link terminals, surface terminal equipment, fixed and transportable ground stations and data to FMS […] More

  • Boeing-Bell JV Gets Navy Osprey Fleet Software Sustainment Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Bell JV Gets Navy Osprey Fleet Software Sustainment Order

    A joint venture of Boeing and Bell Helicopter has received a $20.6 million order from the U.S. Navy to maintain software of the V-22 Osprey joint service, multimission aircraft fleet. The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office will engineer and provide technical support for  the V-22 flight control system and avionics software, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work also covers flight control […] More

  • xG Technology Supplies Army with ISR Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    xG Technology Supplies Army with ISR Devices

    The integrated microwave technologies and wireless network businesses of xG Technology have fulfilled the initial order of the U.S. Army under a previously awarded $12.5 million contract for hand-held situational awareness systems. IMT and Vislink have delivered hand-held intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance receiver devices under the first order slated for completion by Feb. 15, 2018, xG […] More

  • Navy Plans Mobile Gateway Buoy Devt Contract Award to Hydronalix - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Mobile Gateway Buoy Devt Contract Award to Hydronalix

    The U.S. Navy plans to award Hydronalix a potential five-year blanket ordering agreement develop a mobile gateway buoy that can support an unmanned underwater vehicle. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the company will build a pair of MGB prototypes to the Naval Air Systems Command under the third phase of the service branch’s Small Business Innovation Research program. Hydronalix will […] More

  • PreTalen to Help USAF Automate Wireless Comms System Analysis Under SBIR Phase III Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PreTalen to Help USAF Automate Wireless Comms System Analysis Under SBIR Phase III Contract

    PreTalen has received a $23.9 million U.S. Air Force contract to develop an automated platform to analyze wireless communications systems under the third phase of the service branch’s Small Business Innovation Research III program. The company will aim to update the features of a Position Navigation and Time Autonomous Negotiator Applying Cognitive Effects-Based Analysis system developed through an […] More

  • Airbus-Built Cargo Aircraft Completes Aerial Refueling Mission With Spanish F-18 Jets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus-Built Cargo Aircraft Completes Aerial Refueling Mission With Spanish F-18 Jets

    An Airbus-built military transport plane refueled multiple F-18 fighter jets of the Spanish air force during an aerial refueling mission that took place Dec. 13. Airbus said Thursday its A400M aircraft completed an AAR human factors certification flight with six F-18s from Spain’s Center of Logistics for Armament and Experimentation and the Torrejon-based 12th Operational Wing. The AAR […] More

  • SBA Approves Huntington Ingalls' SN3 Subsidiary, Bay West for Mentor-Protege Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA Approves Huntington Ingalls’ SN3 Subsidiary, Bay West for Mentor-Protege Program

    The Small Business Administration has given Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ SN3 subsidiary the green light to forge a mentor-protege relationship with environmental consulting firm Bay West. SN3 will provide assistance to Bay West in the contracting, technical, business development and management areas as the latter company looks to pursue Energy Department market opportunities, Huntington Ingalls said Thursday. An agreement […] More