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  • CyrusOne Kicks Off Texas Data Center Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Kicks Off Texas Data Center Construction

    CyrusOne conducted a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning to initiate the construction of a data center campus in Allen, Texas. The company said Tuesday the campus will consist of three data centers with more than 100 megawatts of allocated power and bring CyrusOne’s total footprint in the state to more than 1.7 million square feet. The first of three centers […] More

  • Leidos to Continue IT, Engineering Support for TSA Security Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Continue IT, Engineering Support for TSA Security Equipment

    Leidos has secured a potential five-year, $17 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to continue to provide engineering, management and information technology security services for transportation security equipment used at airports and TSA facilities. The company said Tuesday it will help TSA manage, redeploy and move Reduced-Size Explosives Detection Systems as well as update the agency’s current […] More

  • Battelle Gets DEA OK to Expand Substance Use Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Gets DEA OK to Expand Substance Use Research Program

    Battelle has received a Drug Enforcement Administration license that allows the company’s Centers for Substance Use Research to expand its current program. The company said Tuesday it aims to study the behavioral and physical effects of marijuana on human subjects through the Schedule I Researcher license. DEA classify Schedule I substances as drugs with no proven or […] More

  • Serco to Extend Pilot Training, Facility Mgmt Services at UK Air Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco to Extend Pilot Training, Facility Mgmt Services at UK Air Base

    Serco has received a potential eight-year, $34.5 million contract extension to help manage facilities and train pilots at the CAE-built Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility within Royal Air Force Benson station in England. The new contract will extend collaborative efforts of Serco and CAE at the training facility until at least October 2025 and […] More

  • Kratos to Deliver UAS and Supplementary Systems for National Security Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Deliver UAS and Supplementary Systems for National Security Customers

    Kratos has received contracts totaling to $14.5 million in value to deliver eight jet-powered unmanned aerial systems, as well as supplementary communications and ground control systems to customers involved with national security. The company said Tuesday it will perform work at its secure production facilities. Kratos President and CEO Eric DeMarco expressed that the company aims to […] More

  • Saab to Continue Anti-Tank Weapon System Delivery for Finnish Defense Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Continue Anti-Tank Weapon System Delivery for Finnish Defense Forces

    Saab has received an order to deliver additional Next generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon or NLAW systems to the Finnish defense forces within 2017. The company said Monday the order stems from an option of a contract awarded in 2015. The NLAW is a shoulder-launched, anti-tank missile system designed to hit targeted tanks from above, and be used in a variety […] More

  • Cubic to Help Migrate Atlanta's Fare Collection System to Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Help Migrate Atlanta’s Fare Collection System to Cloud

    A Cubic business unit has received a potential $6.5 million contract to help the  Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority implement a cloud-based back office system to process transit fare payments. Cubic Transportation Systems partnered with Microsoft to migrate the city of Atlanta’s Breeze Card automated fare collection system to the Azure cloud platform,  Cubic said Tuesday. CTS will also leverage the NextFare central […] More

  • SPA Opens New DC Satellite Office; William Vantine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SPA Opens New DC Satellite Office; William Vantine Comments

    Systems Planning and Analysis has opened a Washington, D.C.-based satellite office for the company’s strategic operations and security division. The company said its new office is close to the Washington Navy Yard and features a storage room for classified material as well as a conference room equipped with touch screen monitors and projectors to display data. “SPA continues […] More

  • ICF to Administer National Tobacco Survey Under CDC Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Administer National Tobacco Survey Under CDC Task Order

    ICF has received a potential five-year, $13 million task order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to administer a national survey that will collect information about the prevalence of tobacco use among youth. CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health commissioned ICF to help the agency examine  behaviors and attitudes of students in grades six to 12 […] More

  • DynCorp to Deliver Equipment Related Services for Army TACOM Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp to Deliver Equipment Related Services for Army TACOM Services

    DynCorp International has received a potential $14.5 million contract to deliver equipment related services in support of U.S. Army TACOM Strategic Services Solutions. The contract entails the company to contribute qualified personnel, general mechanics tool kits and site supervision to Army TRADOC training locations in Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina and Virginia, DynCorp said Monday. The order holds a one-year […] More

  • Air Force Taps Orbital ATK to Deliver EELV Secondary Payload Adapter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Orbital ATK to Deliver EELV Secondary Payload Adapter

    Orbital ATK has won a potential $34 million contract to provide a secondary payload adapter for the U.S. Air Force‘s long-duration propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. The Defense Department said Monday the contract will also extend the Air Force Space Command’s standard rideshare service policy and build on previous development efforts for EELV secondary payload adapter technology. Orbital ATK will perform work […] More

  • CAE to Lease Space at BAE's Aviation Training Facility in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Lease Space at BAE’s Aviation Training Facility in Australia

    BAE Systems has signed an agreement to lease a portion of its flight training center in New South Wales, Australia, to CAE‘s Oxford Aviation Training Academy. CAE will use leased space at BAE’s Tamworth facility as a training ground for commercial pilot trainees, BAE said Tuesday. “We are working collaboratively with local community leaders to consider options for the site […] More