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  • Kongsberg to Provide U.S. Army with Additional Weapon Stations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg to Provide U.S. Army with Additional Weapon Stations

    Kongsberg signed a $39.8 million order to further furnish the U.S. Army with a battle tank remote weapon station system. The company said Friday that it will deliver additional PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station Low Profile Commonly Remotely Operated Weapon Station configuration for the U.S. Army’s M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank spare parts and engineering services […] More

  • NASA to Ship Webb Telescope to Northrop Facility for Spacecraft Tech Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Ship Webb Telescope to Northrop Facility for Spacecraft Tech Integration

    NASA engineers have removed the James Webb Space Telescope from the space agency’s thermal vacuum testing platform installed at the Johnson Space Center following completion of a 100-day cryogenic test. The agency said Saturday it tested JWST’s optical structure and scientific instruments at Chamber A to determine if the future space observatory could function in a simulated space environment. NASA […] More

  • Tyonek Unit to Help Air Force Integrate UH-1N Performance Tracking System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tyonek Unit to Help Air Force Integrate UH-1N Performance Tracking System

    A business unit of Tyonek Native Corporation has received a potential $16 million contract to install a technology for the U.S. Air Force to monitor the performance of the military branch’s UH-1N Huey helicopter fleet. Tyonek Global Services will support the integration of a health and usage monitoring system into the utility helicopter platform under the firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract, the […] More

  • Leidos to Help Manage Navy's Acoustic Signature Measurement Hub in Alaska - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Help Manage Navy’s Acoustic Signature Measurement Hub in Alaska

    Leidos has received a potential $41.9 million contract to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain a Ketchikan, Alaska-based military facility that conducts acoustic engineering measurements. The Defense Department said Friday the company will provide operations, maintenance, logistics and program management assistance services to support naval ship and undersea signature silencing programs at at the Southeast Alaska […] More

  • Leonardo DRS to Engineer Army Fighting Vehicle Targeting Subsystem - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS to Engineer Army Fighting Vehicle Targeting Subsystem

    The network and imaging business division of Leonardo DRS has received a $15.7 million contract to engineer a targeting subsystem designed for the U.S. Army‘s Bradley fighting vehicles. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract covers engineering services for the Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem through March 31, 2022, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD noted the full obligated […] More

  • NASA Offers Commercial Licensing for 2 CubeSat Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Offers Commercial Licensing for 2 CubeSat Technologies

    NASA has unveiled commercial licensing opportunities for two agency-built technologies geared for small spacecraft and satellites. The technologies were part of the recently launched Dellingr six-unit CubeSat created at the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA said Tuesday. Enidia Santiago-Arce, senior technology manager for the Goddard Strategic Partnerships Office, said the unit constantly seeks partners and licensees for NASA […] More

  • Blue Sky Network to Provide Satellite Phones to International Monetary Fund - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Sky Network to Provide Satellite Phones to International Monetary Fund

    The International Monetary Fund has selected Blue Sky Network to supply satellite-based communications systems for use by IMF personnel who travel to high-risk locations worldwide. Blue Sky Network said Thursday it will deliver Iridium 9575 Extreme satellite phones under a multiyear contract with IMF. Extreme is a military-grade handheld device designed with shock/water resistance, voice, data and tracking features. Gregoire […] More

  • Deloitte, Sqrrl Form Cyber Threat Hunting Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, Sqrrl Form Cyber Threat Hunting Partnership

    Deloitte has partnered with Sqrrl to offer a cybersecurity service to customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Sqrrl said Thursday its technology platform will support Deloitte’s managed threat hunting service at a security operations center for the EMEA region. Cesar Martin Lara, a partner at Deloitte’s cyber risk services practice in Spain, said Sqrrl’s platform is designed […] More

  • CH2M JV to Design Compound Semiconductor Lab at Federally Funded R&D Center; Tim Byers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M JV to Design Compound Semiconductor Lab at Federally Funded R&D Center; Tim Byers Comments

    A joint venture of CH2M and Burns & McDonnell has been selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide laboratory design services for a federally funded research and development center that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology manages for the Defense Department. The JV will design the Compound Semiconductor Laboratory-Microelectronics Integration Facility to be established at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, CH2M […] More

  • Peraton to Support DoD's Spectrum Sharing Initiative; Stu Shea Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton to Support DoD’s Spectrum Sharing Initiative; Stu Shea Comments

    Peraton has secured a pair of task orders worth $12.5 million combined to support the Defense Department in efforts to open up electromagnetic spectrum for commercial use. The Defense Spectrum Organization asked the company to develop and maintain a software platform designed to analyze electromagnetic compatibility and document spectrum analysis results under a three-year, $5.55 task order, Peraton said Thursday. […] More

  • CNSI to Help Update VA Healthcare Claims Processing System; Adnan Ahmed, Vijay Mishra Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNSI to Help Update VA Healthcare Claims Processing System; Adnan Ahmed, Vijay Mishra Comment

    CNSI has secured a potential five-year, $44 million contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs modernize a system used to process healthcare claims data. The company said Wednesday it will support the modernization and implementation of a claims processing platform for VA’s Financial Services Center to adjudicate, manage and prepare claims from healthcare providers. Rockville, Maryland-based CNSI will also migrate […] More