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  • General Atomics Lithium-Ion Battery Tech Receives DNV GL Certification; Paul Clark Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Lithium-Ion Battery Tech Receives DNV GL Certification; Paul Clark Comments

    A General Atomics-developed battery technology has received certification from the international certification body Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd following on-hull demonstration tests on a U.S. Special Operations Command undersea vehicle. DNV GL certified General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems‘ Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant battery after it completed more than 60 hours of at-sea “underway under battery power” operations, General Atomics said Monday. Paul Clark, LiFT program senior manager […] More

  • Salient CRGT Lands US Courts Administrative Office IT Support Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salient CRGT Lands US Courts Administrative Office IT Support Services Contract

    Fairfax, Virginia-based government technology services contractor Salient CRGT has received a $16.8 million contract from the U.S. Courts administrative office’s technology solutions office for research and engineering support services. Salient CRGT said Tuesday the company will also provide IT architecture work to support the administrative office’s tasks that include legislative, legal, financial, technology, management, administrative and program support services. U.S. Courts awarded the twelve month contract with four […] More

  • Comtech Gets Multiple Orders for DoD Comms Services; Stanton Sloane Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Gets Multiple Orders for DoD Comms Services; Stanton Sloane Comments

    Comtech Telecommunications has collected $14.3 million in orders from the Defense Department during the third quarter of its fiscal year 2016 for communications services by the company’s government solutions unit. The company will use the funds to provide training services, ground satellite terminal field support and tactical communications systems that work to provide multimedia communications functions, Comtech said Monday. $8.4 […] More

  • NASA Awards 13 Phase 1 Contracts for Innovative Advanced Concepts Program; Steve Jurczyk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Awards 13 Phase 1 Contracts for Innovative Advanced Concepts Program; Steve Jurczyk Comments

    NASA has awarded $100,000 Phase 1 contracts for 13 selected proposals under its Innovative Advanced Concepts program that works to invest in the development of innovative aerospace technologies. The selected Phase 1 projects seek to develop technology for future aerospace missions and address requirements for priority areas that aim to explore beyond low-Earth orbit, Mars and asteroids, NASA said Saturday. […] More

  • BAE Awards $117M Subcontract to Balfour Beatty for F-35 Facilities Construction in UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Awards $117M Subcontract to Balfour Beatty for F-35 Facilities Construction in UK

    Balfour Beatty has landed an estimated $117 million subcontract from BAE Systems for construction services at a U.K. air force base that will house Lockheed Martin-built fighter jets beginning 2018. Balfour Beatty will construct an integrated training center, logistics operations center and a maintenance and finishing facility at the Marham air base to support the arrival […] More

  • Cray Lands German National Meteorological Service Contract for Supercomputer Update & Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cray Lands German National Meteorological Service Contract for Supercomputer Update & Expansion

    Cray has secured an $11 million contract from Germany’s national meteorological service to update and expand the agency’s supercomputers and storage systems used at its weather prediction centers. The company will provide updates for the agency’s two XC30 supercomputers and two Sonexion storage systems in an effort to address weather forecast accuracy and other meteorological requirements, […] More

  • Telos Launches IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Assessment Engine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Launches IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Assessment Engine

    Telos has unveiled a new assessment engine for information technology governance, risk and security compliance to help enterprises manage those functions and authorizations. Xacta AE works to help security professionals manage IT risks on a day-to-day basis through continuous information monitoring and assurance on authorization in cloud computing environments, Telos said Wednesday. Telos President and CEO John Wood said […] More

  • Tetra Tech Awarded 5-Year Army Water Resource Mgmt Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech Awarded 5-Year Army Water Resource Mgmt Support Contract

    Pasadena, California-based construction and engineering services provider Tetra Tech has received a potential five-year, $47 million multiple-award task order contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support the organization’s water resource management programs. The company will provide analytical and consultation services such as research, analysis, and technical assistance for multiple centers in California, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Louisiana, Tetra Tech […] More

  • BAE's US Arm Lands Assault Amphibious Vehicle Production Contract From Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Arm Lands Assault Amphibious Vehicle Production Contract From Japan

    Japan’s defense ministry has awarded the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc for the production of Assault Amphibious Vehicles to support ongoing development of amphibious operations in the country’s ground self-defense force. BAE Systems Inc. will deliver 30 AAV7A1 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard vehicles along with supply tools, test equipment and vehicle training aids, the company said […] More

  • DoD Gives Toshiba Ultrasound System Authorization-to-Operate for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Gives Toshiba Ultrasound System Authorization-to-Operate for Air Force

    A Toshiba medical systems unit has received a Defense Department authorization to operate one of the company’s ultrasound systems for the U.S. Air Force. Toshiba America Medical Systems‘ Aplio Platinum series ultrasound system has met Air Force and Defense Health Agency guidelines for patient health information malware and malicious software protection, the company said Thursday. Aplio Platinum systems contain Microsoft Windows […] More

  • Technavio Predicts Global Radar Systems & Technology Market CAGR of 3% by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Predicts Global Radar Systems & Technology Market CAGR of 3% by 2020

    Technavio has predicted a compound annual growth rate of three percent for the global radar system and technology sector by 2020 in its latest report on the market. Factors including the recent shift toward next-generation military radar systems and the implementation of radar-absorbing materials are possible prospects to drive market growth through the end of […] More