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  • USCIS Eyes Commercial Web-Based Platform to Process Workers' Compensation Claims - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USCIS Eyes Commercial Web-Based Platform to Process Workers’ Compensation Claims

    The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services looks to procure commercial software that can be modified to help the agency implement a workers compensation case management system. USCIS is looking for potential sources of a web-based platform that will work to process, analyze, compile and generate reports for the agency’s Workers’ Compensation Program, the Department of Homeland Security said in a notice posted […] More

  • COMSAT Delivers Inmarsat Global Xpress to Support US-Phillippines Armed Forces Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    COMSAT Delivers Inmarsat Global Xpress to Support US-Phillippines Armed Forces Exercise

    COMSAT has supported an annual military exercise between U.S. soldiers, armed forces of the Philippines and other multinational participants. The company worked with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific to integrate Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress for the Balikatan 2016 exercises that tackled a number of missions such as humanitarian assistance, maritime law enforcement and environmental protection, COMSAT said […] More

  • Freight Farms-Clemson University Team to Help NASA Develop Off-Grid Crop Production System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Freight Farms-Clemson University Team to Help NASA Develop Off-Grid Crop Production System

    NASA has awarded Boston-based agriculture technology company Freight Farms a Small Business Technology Transfer grant to explore methods for the development of a self-sustaining crop production unit. Freight Farms said Tuesday it will collaborate with Clemson University in an effort to help NASA develop a crop production system for the agency’s future manned deep-space missions. Jon Friedman, co-founder and president of Freight […] More

  • Lockheed, Indra Demo First-Phase Integration of Radar System for Spain's F-110 Frigate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Indra Demo First-Phase Integration of Radar System for Spain’s F-110 Frigate

    Lockheed Martin and Indra have tested a new solid-state, S-band radar system at a facility in New Jersey as part of the first phase of integration ahead of the platform’s installation on Spain’s future F-110 frigate. The team combined Indra’s Digital Transmit-Receive modules with Lockheed’s solid-state phased array antenna to check their mechanical, electrical and thermal compatibility, Lockheed said Tuesday. The […] More

  • By Light Secures Potential 10-Year DISA Contract for O&M Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    By Light Secures Potential 10-Year DISA Contract for O&M Support

    Veteran-owned small business By Light Professional IT Services has landed a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency potentially worth $15 million for indefeasible right-of-use dark fiber, equipment and operations and maintenance support over 10 years. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization will allocate funding from 2015 and 2016 procurement appropriation for the one-year, $10 million base […] More

  • FEMA Taps UltiSat to Support Contingency Satellite Services Project; Moe Abutaleb Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Taps UltiSat to Support Contingency Satellite Services Project; Moe Abutaleb Comments

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a task order to UltiSat for services to support the agency’s Contingency Satellite Services Project. The company will deliver satellite services that work to meet operational communications requirements for FEMA response and recovery missions along with network support for training, testing and operations, UltiSat said Monday. UltiSat CEO Moe Abutaleb […] More

  • Insitu's ScanEagle in Running for Coast Guard UAS-Ship Integration Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu’s ScanEagle in Running for Coast Guard UAS-Ship Integration Contract

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary is offering an unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Coast Guard as the agency works to select a UAS for integration with its ships, Seapower Magazine reported Monday. John Marcario writes the Coast Guard has tested Insitu ScanEagle UAS platforms during land- and NSC-based demonstrations over the last three years as the agency worked to develop plans […] More

  • New Relic Initiates FedRAMP Certification for Cloud System; Shaun Gordon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Relic Initiates FedRAMP Certification for Cloud System; Shaun Gordon Comments

    San Francisco-based software analytics company New Relic has initiated the process to receive a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a company-build cloud system. New Relic Software Analytics Cloud will undergo the FedRAMP certification process in an effort to update its application performance capacity and deliver digital experiences for its clients, the company said Tuesday. “Today, modern government […] More

  • NAVSUP Seeks Cyber Workforce Training Support from EC-Council Members, Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVSUP Seeks Cyber Workforce Training Support from EC-Council Members, Partners

    The Naval Supply Systems Command is soliciting proposals from the member and partner organizations of the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants for an information assurance/computer network defense training program. The U.S. Navy said in solicitation posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps it plans to award a firm-fixed-price contract for support services for a five-day authorized EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker v9 […] More

  • NATO Agency to Select Tech Proposals for Innovation Challenge by May 20 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NATO Agency to Select Tech Proposals for Innovation Challenge by May 20

    The NATO Communications and Information Agency launched the 2016 Innovation Challenge in April for small businesses and academia from all 28 NATO member nations. Participants were required to submit proposals in the areas of cyber defense, Internet of Things, military application of blockchains and cognitive computing or machine learning by May 10, NCI Agency said April 25. The challenge […] More

  • Navy to Launch AeroVironment UAS for Anti-Access, Aerial Denial Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Launch AeroVironment UAS for Anti-Access, Aerial Denial Environments

    The U.S. Navy has selected an AeroVironment-built unmanned aircraft system for deployment from submarines to operate in anti-access and aerial denial environments. AeroVironment built Blackwing for a joint capability technology demonstration sponsored by the Navy and U.S. Special Operations Command known as Advanced Weapons Enhanced by Submarine UAS against Mobile targets, AeroVironment said Monday. Kirk Flittie, vice president and general manager for AeroVironment’s […] More

  • Parsons Completes Solar Projects for California Eastern Municipal Water District - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Completes Solar Projects for California Eastern Municipal Water District

    Parsons has completed its solar projects for California’s eastern municipal water district in support of the latter’s sustainability and green energy initiative. Parsons worked to aid EMWD’s efforts to address rising energy costs through the construction of a solar photovoltaic renewable energy facility and five additional solar projects at EMWD’s regional water reclamation facilities, the company said […] More