Contract Awards

Data companies DataDirect Networks and Aspen Systems have teamed up to help the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory predict and model the behavior of coastal systems as part of an initiative. DDN will combine its expertise in artificial intelligence and cloud data management with Aspen’s high-power computing knowledge for the PNNL Coastal Observations, Mechanisms, and Predictions […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $65 million contract to commence the full-rate production of Link-16 for the U.S. Marine Corps’ fleet of combat helicopters. The company said Wednesday it will integrate the military tactical data link network into the AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircraft to enable fleet crews to share data and communications […] More

A Sigma Defense company has received a U.S. Navy task order to migrate the Naval Air Systems Command’s integrated surveillance software to a DevSecOps cloud environment. Solute will be responsible for facilitating NAVAIR’s Minotaur Family of Services DevSecOps under the Digital Integration Support Cell award, Sigma Defense said Wednesday. The Black Pearl Party Barge common […] More

Blue Force Technologies will build an unmanned aerial vehicle for use in adversary air training missions under a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The SBIR contract awarded under the Bandit program calls for the North Carolina-based aerospace and defense company to move the vehicle design to the critical […] More

Concepts Communications has received a five-year blanket purchase agreement to continue helping the Department of Labor manage outreach efforts in support of people with disabilities. The company said Wednesday it will assist DOL’s Office of Disability Employment Policy in executing both existing and future outreach initiatives. The BPA continues Concepts Communications’ work under four initiatives, […] More

Dewberry has received task orders from the U.S. Geological Survey to map elevation-derived hydrography in Alaska and South Carolina in support of an agency initiative. The firm said Tuesday it will deliver EDH data covering 20,000 square miles in Alaska and almost 7,000 square miles in South Carolina to USGS to help it provide better-integrated […] More

Leidos has won a prime position on a potential seven-year, $545 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to offer biomedical, preclinical and development research services. The contractor will perform tasks such as chemistry manufacturing and control, analytics, bioinformatics and computational biology under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Reston, Virginia-based company said Wednesday. […] More

NetCentrics has secured a new contract with the Air National Guard to deploy software-as-a-service meant to support offensive and defensive cyber operations across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments. The Wraith SaaS product is designed to provide ANG with capabilities for cryptographic tunneling, instant software deployments and simultaneous multi-squadron operations to meet the guard’s Cyber Cloud […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s laser business has secured a $34.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to work on an unspecified research program. Aculight will conduct most of its research and development efforts at its facilities in Bothell, Washington, while the remaining will be done in other locations at Moorestown, New Jersey, and […] More

A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary has received $30 million worth of contracts to modernize the open-architecture radar warning receivers on the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 fighter fleet. The updates are aimed at enabling the AN/ALR-69A(V) all-digital radar warning receiver to detect new and advanced threat signals emitted by enemy systems, Raytheon Intelligence and Space said Thursday. […] More

ZenLedger has signed a contract renewal with the Internal Revenue Service to continue supporting the agency’s civil and criminal investigation teams in processing tax filings related to cryptocurrencies. The company said Tuesday it will provide software for forensic accounting and taxation computations that the IRS can plug its agency data into to scrutinize crypto transactions. […] More

Palantir Technologies will help modernize a military network designed to transmit information worldwide under a $34 million order from the U.S. Army, Defense News reported Monday. The company will provide software, cybersecurity, training and testing support for the Army Intelligence Data Platform, according to a Feb. 22 announcement by the program executive office for intelligence, […] More