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  • IAI-Hankuk JV to Offer UAVs in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAI-Hankuk JV to Offer UAVs in South Korea

    Israel Aerospace Industries and South Korea-based composites manufacturing firm Hankuk Carbon have formed a joint venture with the goal to develop and produce unmanned aerial vehicles. Korea Aviation Technologies will specifically offer vertical takeoff-and-landing UAVs to the South Korean military and civilian sectors, IAI said Tuesday. KAT aims to build platforms with a maximum take-off weight of 600 […] More

  • BAE Updates C4I Systems of 5,000th Mine-Resistant Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Updates C4I Systems of 5,000th Mine-Resistant Vehicle

    BAE Systems has updated command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems on the 5,000th mine-resistant tactical vehicle that company built for U.S. military and allied forces. The company said Thursday it performed the C4I upgrades through the Tactical Vehicle Engineering and Prototyping Support Services program managed by the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic. The program […] More

  • Box to Help FDA Implement Cloud Content Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Box to Help FDA Implement Cloud Content Mgmt Platform

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has selected Redwood City, California-based Box to provide a cloud content management platform for FDA’s information technology modernization project. Sonny Hashmi, managing director of Box’s global government business, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday the company will help FDA digitize and automate processes that leverage content portal for agency personnel to collaborate and exchange […] More

  • Iron Mountain Secures USPTO Data Storage, Mgmt Contract; Michael Lewis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Secures USPTO Data Storage, Mgmt Contract; Michael Lewis Comments

    Iron Mountain has received a potential five-year, $6.7 million contract to store and manage approximately 4.6 million patent files for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The company said Thursday it will capture, pack and transfer all USPTO records from the agency’s current data repository to an Iron Mountain storage facility built to comply with National Archives […] More

  • MIL Corp Lands Second ISO Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIL Corp Lands Second ISO Certification

    MIL Corp. has obtained a second certification from the International Organization for Standardization that recognizes quality management at the company’s command, control, communications and computer engineering business. The ISO 901:2015 certification came after International Quality Registars evaluated and validated quality management processes at MIL’s engineering integration facility,  MIL said Monday. The audit covered areas such as cyber, solution, software and […] More

  • Octo Consulting Gets DOJ IT Transformation Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting Gets DOJ IT Transformation Support Contract

    Octo Consulting Group has secured a potential three-year, $5.9 million contract to help the Justice Department transform management and technical processes for DOJ’s information technology projects through the use of agile development methodology. The company said Wednesday it will assist the DOJ Office of Justice Programs in efforts to create a standardized framework to manage IT projects and […] More

  • General Atomics, South Korean S&T Institute Partner to Develop RPA Civilian Airspace Integration Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, South Korean S&T Institute Partner to Develop RPA Civilian Airspace Integration Strategies

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business and the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have partnered to develop strategies to integrate remotely piloted aircraft into South Korea’s civil airspace. GA-ASI said Tuesday it seeks to understand the South Korean civil airspace system and its regulatory aspects through collaboration with KAIST’s Civil RPAS Research Center. CR2CENT offers advice […] More

  • Raytheon SM-3 Intercepts Missile Target in NATO-Led Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon SM-3 Intercepts Missile Target in NATO-Led Exercise

    Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-3 technology has engaged and intercepted a ballistic missile target off the coast of Scotland during a NATO-led multinational operational exercise. The SM-3 test occurred as part of the Formidable Shield 17 missile defense exercise that replicated naval and air battle scenarios, Raytheon said Tuesday. The company also provided Standard Missile-2 and Evolved Seasparrow Missile units for the […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK's F-35B Carrier Flight Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK’s F-35B Carrier Flight Tests

    Lockheed Martin has received an $11.6 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to support the first round of flight tests and issuance of military permit for an F-35B aircraft to launch from the U.K’.s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. The Defense Department said Tuesday international partner funds worth $5.7 million will be obligated at the time of award and will not […] More

  • KBR Subsidiary Awarded Year 3 Option on Navy Base Operations Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Subsidiary Awarded Year 3 Option on Navy Base Operations Support Contract

    KBR‘s government services unit has received a contract modification from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to continue supporting U.S. Navy base operations in Bahrain. The modification exercises the third option year of a contract originally awarded in 2014 for support services at Bahrain’s Isa Air Base, the company said Wednesday. KBRwyle will provide facility management, emergency support, galley services, small project […] More

  • Hughes to Offer Managed Network Services to Agencies Through Level 3 Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes to Offer Managed Network Services to Agencies Through Level 3 Partnership

    Hughes Network Systems has received a subcontract from Level 3 Communications to offer a suite of managed network services to federal customers through the General Service Administration‘s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. Hughes said Tuesday it aims to help customer agencies modernize legacy information technology networks with the HughesON managed services offering as partner of Level 3. Level 3 is one of 10 companies […] More

  • State Dept OKs Abrams Tank Hull, Engine Sale to Kuwait - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs Abrams Tank Hull, Engine Sale to Kuwait

    The State Department has approved a potential $29 million foreign military sale of Abrams M1A1 main battle tank hulls and engines to Kuwait. Kuwait asked to procure 218 M1A1 tank hulls with 120-millimeter cannons, AGT-1500 engines and logistics support services for the country’s M1A2 recapitalization effort, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday. The request is associated with a $1.7 billion FMS […] More