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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 Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on support services necessary to consolidate, transform and update VA’s information technology operations and services. VA plans to issue a task order under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract vehicle to procure IT enterprise support services, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday. The proposed order will […] More
An office within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a virtual proposers’ day to disseminate information on investment plans under the Disruptive Capabilities for Future Warfare broad agency announcement. DARPA said Friday its Tactical Technology Office seeks to discover and exhibit the use of unorthodox, alternative approaches and technologies that are intended to disrupt traditional warfighting […] More
HighPoint Global has received recognition in the 2018 Corporate Growth Awards for the company’s acquisition of Primescape Solutions. The acquisition activity has been named Deal of the Year Under $50 Million, HighPoint said Thursday. Primescape’s acquisition created a digital transformation service component in HighPoint’s citizen experience expertise. The expanded company will offer a wide range of communications services connecting […] More
Four firms have landed spots under a $60 million U.S. Army contract for architect and engineering services. Tetra Tech, HDR Engineering, AECOM‘s technical service business and a joint venture between MCM and Stantec will compete for task orders under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Army will assign work locations and funds with each order. Work under the five-year contract will […] More
The U.S. Army seeks research and development information from industry and academia on electronic warfare technologies to support the Training and Doctrine Command’s multi-domain battle concept. The Army said in a FedBizOpps request for information posted Wednesday the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate wants insight on R&D efforts that may address EW requirements […] More
An Orbital ATK spacecraft has completed berthing maneuvers with the International Space Station as part of the company’s ninth resupply mission with NASA. The company said Thursday the Cygnus spacecraft dubbed “S.S. J.R. Thompson” carried 7,400 pounds of cargo consisting of supplies and experiments to ISS. The spacecraft launched Monday from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket. ISS crew secured the […] More
Northrop Grumman has received a $7.1 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for reimbursements concerning satellite sensor sustainment services. The increase stems from an exercised option tasking the company to sustain sensors of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program on-orbit constellation and raises the contract’s value to $14.1 million, the Defense Department said Wednesday. USAF obligates entire the modification amount that was […] More
United Technologies has announced it will add 35,000 jobs and invest over $15 billion for research and development, as well as well as capital expenditures, in the United States through 2022. The company said Wednesday it also launched a new website www.utcinvestingintheusa.com aimed at highlighting UTC’s U.S. investments. These new investments are intended to boost support for customers in […] More
Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has opened a new advanced vertical lift center intending to provide a site wherein customers may witness new aviation technologies. The facility features demonstrations and expertise on new aviation applications, and is located in the metro area of Washington D.C., Textron said Wednesday. The new center includes a flight simulator of the […] More
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Army recently upgraded the Joint Tactical Ground Station installation in Japan. JTAGS is a component of the U.S. early missile warning system. During the upgrade, the facility’s software, hardware, communications, cyber defenses and human interfaces were modernized. The facility was also given access to data feeds from additional satellite-based scanners, […] More
The General Services Administration has posted a request for information needed to modernize the agency’s Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services. Established in 2016, the HACS consists of four special item numbers that function to distribute cybersecurity services encompassing penetration testing, incident response, cyber hunt and vulnerability assessment across agencies, GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The […] More
FLIR Systems has released three new detection technologies built for military, government and border patrol applications. These products include airborne drone and ground target detection variants of the Ranger mid-range panel radar and the Recon V UltraLite thermal monocular, the company said Tuesday. The R8SS-3D variant of the Ranger radar is designed to detect land and air objects, as […] More
