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  • Charles River Analytics Demos Trauma Prediction Tool at Army Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics Demos Trauma Prediction Tool at Army Event

    Charles River Analytics showcased a tool built to predict traumatic injury at an open house held last month at U.S. Army‘s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center in Georgia. The company said Wednesday it presented during the event its EPIC3 application meant to aid in medical screening of wounded soldiers and help combat medics predict patient outcomes such as […] More

  • Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Air Defense Radar System Against Multiple Targets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Air Defense Radar System Against Multiple Targets

    A Raytheon-built air and missile defense radar has identified multiple targets during a recent test held at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. AN/SPY-6(V) worked to identify, track and intercept threats simultaneously, as well as intercepted a ballistic missile target, the company said Wednesday. The test followed two different exercises that took […] More

  • General Dynamics Delivers Ground Mobility Vehicle to Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Delivers Ground Mobility Vehicle to Army

    General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems business has delivered a ground vehicle to the U.S. Army within four months of contract award. The service accepted its first Army-Ground Mobility Vehicle built to transport a nine-member airborne infantry squad and up to 5K pounds of equipment, General Dynamics said Wednesday. A-GMV 1.1 employs an open architecture designed to […] More

  • DOE Extends Jacobs' Nuclear Waste Site Cleanup Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Extends Jacobs’ Nuclear Waste Site Cleanup Contract

    Jacobs Engineering Group has received a one-year extension contract from the Energy Department to continue environmental remediation efforts at the Columbia River and parts of the decommissioned Hanford nuclear production site. The company said Wednesday it will extend work under a previously awarded 10-year contract through Sept. 20, 2019. Services include demolition, radioactive material retrieval, ground remediation […] More

  • DynCorp to Continue Sustainment Support for Air Forces Central Command's Warfighting Material - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp to Continue Sustainment Support for Air Forces Central Command’s Warfighting Material

    DynCorp International has received a one-year, $66.7M contract modification to continue to help U.S. Air Forces Central Command sustain war reserve materiel. The U.S. Air Force exercised the WRM support contract’s second option year, DynCorp said Wednesday. The company will perform work at at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina and other locations in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar […] More

  • NASA Officials Visit BWXT for Tech Progress Monitoring - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Officials Visit BWXT for Tech Progress Monitoring

    Officials from NASA‘s Space Technology Mission Directorate have visited BWX Technologies‘ facility in Lynchburg, Va. to monitor progress on the company’s nuclear thermal propulsion technologies. Jim Reuter, acting associate administrator of NASA STMD, observed BWXT’s year-long progress on NTP projects that may support a future manned Mars mission, the company said Tuesday. These projects cover […] More

  • Army Concludes Qualification Test on Raytheon Missile Fuze - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Concludes Qualification Test on Raytheon Missile Fuze

    The U.S. Army has tested a fuze technology for an air defense system that Raytheon built to help warfighters counter threats such as adversarial unmanned aircraft systems. Raytheon said Tuesday its Stinger missile with proximity fuze was able to hit multiple targets 100 percent of the time during the qualification test held at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The device […] More

  • Army to Purchase BAE-Made BONUS Ammunition Under NATO Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Purchase BAE-Made BONUS Ammunition Under NATO Contract

    The U.S. Army has qualified BAE Systems’ Bofors 155mm BONUS munition for inclusion in its weapons arsenal and is purchasing rounds under an agreement with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. Each BONUS round contains two sub-munitions that use sensors to independently track and chase targets within a 32K-square-meter radius, BAE said Tuesday. The munition […] More

  • DHA Taps ASRC Federal to Support Connected Health Services; Mark Gray Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Taps ASRC Federal to Support Connected Health Services; Mark Gray Quoted

    ASRC Federal‘s technical services business has received a five-year, $26M contract to deliver program and project management support for the Defense Health Agency‘s Connected Health Program. The company said Tuesday it will provide these services to help the DHA manage clinical communities, as well as the agency’s three working groups. These include the mobile health […] More

  • Army Demonstrates Northrop-Made Missile Defense Battle Command System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Demonstrates Northrop-Made Missile Defense Battle Command System

    The U.S. Army demonstrated the performance and interoperability of Northrop Grumman‘s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System over a recent one-month trial. The Army-led demonstration took place between May and June to test the IBCS’ voice and data communication functions with live and simulated IAMD assets, the company said Tuesday. The IBCS worked jointly […] More

  • Michele Flournoy, Ellen Jewett Appointed to Booz Allen Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michele Flournoy, Ellen Jewett Appointed to Booz Allen Board

    Former Defense Department official Michele Flournoy and Goldman Sachs veteran Ellen Jewett have been named to the board of directors at Booz Allen Hamilton. Flournoy, who will join the board’s compensation committee on Oct. 24, previously served as DoD undersecretary for policy and as CEO of the Center for a New American Security, Booz Allen said Tuesday. She is also […] More

  • FLIR Releases Vehicle-Mounted Reconnaissance System for Black Hornet UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FLIR Releases Vehicle-Mounted Reconnaissance System for Black Hornet UAV

    FLIR has launched a new reconnaissance system designed to allow for autonomous performance of the Black Hornet 3 unmanned aircraft system from military vehicles. The Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System works to remotely provide situational awareness, detect threats, assess battle damage and generate targeting information for in-vehicle users of the nano-UAS, the company said Monday. […] More