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  • Engility Develops Data Link Offering for In-Theater Operations; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Develops Data Link Offering for In-Theater Operations; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has developed a new data link offering to aid interoperability, situational awareness and connectivity for in-theater operations. The company said Wednesday the Tactical Data Link Lite system is designed to integrate with Android and Windows devices and address size, weight and power requirements of military customers for the use of such technology in adverse environments. Engility will showcase the ruggedized platform during the JRE Operator’s Working Group […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Navigation System for MALD-J Flight Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Navigation System for MALD-J Flight Vehicle

    The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon have conducted six flight tests that validated the performance of an updated navigation system for a programmable, expendable flight vehicle. Raytheon said Tuesday B-52 and F-16 aircraft were flown to test the GPS Aided Inertial Navigation System II of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer vehicle at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. GAINS II modifications also […] More

  • Australia Taps CAE for Hawk Mk127 Training System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia Taps CAE for Hawk Mk127 Training System Support

    CAE has received a contract from the capability acquisition and sustainment group of Australia’s defense department to provide training services for the Australian air force’s Hawk Mk127 trainer aircraft. The company said Wednesday it will deploy classroom and simulator instructors as well as perform maintenance and support work on three CAE-developed Hawk Mk127 full-mission simulators at two air bases in Williamtown, New South […] More

  • Lockheed, Brigham Young University Partner to Apply Gaming Tech in Digital Engineering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Brigham Young University Partner to Apply Gaming Tech in Digital Engineering

    Brigham Young University and Lockheed Martin will collaborate on the application of gaming technology to help users interact with, record and share engineering designs in virtual reality environments. Lockheed said Tuesday the project is part of a research grant awarded to BYU’s mechanical engineering department for the development of a VR training and design review system that will support the company’s digital […] More

  • Saab to Maintain Underwater Weapon Systems for Sweden's Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Maintain Underwater Weapon Systems for Sweden’s Navy

    Saab has secured a potential $26.1 million contract to help the Swedish navy maintain underwater weapon systems. The contract falls under the terms of a letter of intent signed between Saab and Sweden’s defense materiel administration in June 2014 to support the Swedish armed forces’ underwater capacity through 2024, the company said Tuesday. Anne-Marie Vosu, head of underwater […] More

  • TeleTech to Offer Customer Mgmt Services via GSA IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TeleTech to Offer Customer Mgmt Services via GSA IT Schedule 70

    The General Services Administration has awarded TeleTech Holdings a position on GSA’s Schedule 70 contract vehicle to offer the company’s customer experience and engagement services to potential federal, state and local government buyers. The company said Tuesday it will provide architecture design method, engineering and analytical tasks, reporting procedure analysis, systems review and system development, quality assurance, training […] More

  • Aerospace Corp. Subsidiary Secures NASA Contract to Support Johnson Center's Extravehicular Activities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerospace Corp. Subsidiary Secures NASA Contract to Support Johnson Center’s Extravehicular Activities

    NASA has awarded a contract to a subsidiary of The Aerospace Corp. to support the extravehicular activities project office within the space agency’s Johnson Space Center. The Aerospace Corp. said Thursday Vaeros‘ human space flight directorate will work to help NASA consolidate contracts and assist in the management of future acquisitions, maintenance of proprietary data and mitigation […] More

  • Army Engineers Tap Versar for In-Situ Thermal Remediation Services to Diaz Chemical Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Engineers Tap Versar for In-Situ Thermal Remediation Services to Diaz Chemical Site

    Versar has been awarded a potential three-year, $6.2 million task order by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform in-situ thermal remediation services at the Diaz Chemical Corp. Operable Unit 2 Superfund Site in Holley, New York. USACE issued a notice to proceed for the base and optional tasks amounting to $5.3 million under the order, Versar said Wednesday. The company will work […] More

  • Hypori's Virtual Mobile Device Obtains Federal Info Processing Standard Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hypori’s Virtual Mobile Device Obtains Federal Info Processing Standard Certification

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has certified Hypori‘s virtual mobile device offering as compliant with Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 level 1. Hypori said Monday federal civilian agencies, intelligence communities and military branches can now utilize the company’s virtual mobile device to help secure applications and data that might be vulnerable on a physical mobile device. The device is […] More

  • Enterprise Resource Planned System International Awarded USCIS Agile Devt Service Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Enterprise Resource Planned System International Awarded USCIS Agile Devt Service Contract

    Enterprise Resource Planned System International, a joint venture of Planned Systems International and ERP International, has secured a potential $45 million contract for agile development support to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. PSI said Monday it will assemble five teams to support modernization of USCIS information technology systems via an agile environment. The contract was awarded through the Department […] More

  • DHS Preps RFP for Border Wall Construction Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Preps RFP for Border Wall Construction Project

    The Department of Homeland Security plans to issue an electronic request for proposals on the design and construction of wall structures between the U.S. and Mexico by March 6. DHS said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice its Customs and Border Protection agency will  launch a two-phase procurement effort that will initially seek concept papers of prototypes for the southern border wall. CBP will ask interested […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed Assess Preliminary X-Plane Design in Supersonic Wind Tunnel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Lockheed Assess Preliminary X-Plane Design in Supersonic Wind Tunnel

    Lockheed Martin and NASA have begun high-speed wind tunnel tests on the preliminary design of a supersonic passenger jet at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. NASA said Saturday it will continue to test a nine percent scale model of the Quiet Supersonic Technology X-plane in GRC’s Supersonic Wind Tunnel over the next eight weeks to collect […] More