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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.
The Missile Defense Agency intends to award Raytheon a five-year contract to produce Standard Missile-3 Block IIA all-up-rounds for U.S. and foreign military customers beginning in fiscal 2019. MDA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice the possible contract action is contingent upon the approval of initial SM-3 BLK IIA production and the agency may issue additional orders […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary has begun to construct the first of six future U.S. Navy replenishment tankers designed to supply the service branch’s carrier strike group with fuel. General Dynamics NASSCO and Navy representatives gathered Thursday to celebrate the cutting of USNS John Lewis fleet oiler’s first piece of steel, the company said Friday. The ship will be built to carry […] More
Raytheon has developed a new mobile electronic warfare tool to help the U.S. Army manage signals without the need of external data connection or a host server. The tool, named Raven Claw, is a laptop-based EW controller designed to facilitate the manipulation of multiple sensors from a single, shared interface, the company said Thursday. Raytheon […] More
Northrop Grumman has completed the initial ground test of a new motor that would power United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V launch rocket. Tested in Promontory, Utah, the 63-inch diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor or GEM 63 will replace Atlas V’s old strap-on boosters starting July 2019 for the Space Test Program-3 mission, Northrop said Thursday. The […] More
IBM has won a $14.8M contract to deliver a neural inference system and complementary support services for the U.S. Air Force. Under the contract, the company will study, design, develop, test, integrate, document, implement and deliver the Northpole neural inference machine, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will take place in San Jose, Calif., through […] More
Harris will provide more than 1.K units of the AN/PRC-163 handheld radio system, equipment and support services to the U.S. Army under new orders awarded through an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Thursday its AN/PRC-163 radio uses two-channel connectivity to facilitate tactical data transmission across the battlefield network and chain of command. Army personnel use the […] More
CACI International has received a six-month, $66.4M task order from the General Services Administration to continue information technology support services for the U.S. Army‘s reserve component automation system. The company has provided RCAS sustainment, program management, infrastructure integration, technical services to the Army Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems over the past five years through […] More
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 400th unit of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter’s Electro-Optical Targeting System under a low-rate initial production contract. The EOTS uses forward-looking and infrared search and track tools to help pilots verify targets and deploy weapons that rely on laser guidance and the global positioning system, Lockheed said Wednesday. “Achieving […] More
Esri will cosponsor an upcoming U.S. Navy event that would gather developers to boost the service branch’s digital capacities for protection of sea, air, space and subsurface domains. The Naval Sea Systems Command will host the HACKtheMACHINE event from Sept. 21 to 23 in Seattle, Wash., the company said Wednesday. Attending developers would receive access to […] More
The National Security Agency has named Cambridge International Systems a Trusted Integrator under a program aiming to provide the government with secure information assurance tools. The Commercial Solutions for Classified program sets criteria that provide an NSA assessment standard for system integrator businesses to follow, the company said Wednesday. Firms recognized as Trusted Integrators receive […] More
 Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has begun to assemble systems designed to train U.S. Air Force to operate a combat rescue helicopter platform and its weapons system. The company said Tuesday the HH-60W CRH trainers have reached final assembly at a Broken Arrow, Okla., facility managed by Sikorsky subcontractor FlightSafety International and is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2019. USAF […] More
A new partnership between MapR Technologies and Deloitte Consulting aims to jointly deliver modernized services in the areas of artificial intelligence, internet of things, analytics, big data and cloud. MapR said Tuesday that its MapR Data Platform would provide the partnership with data processing services to help customers mitigate risks and drive costs down. Geneva […] More
