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  • John Campbell: SAP NS2's Nonprofit Arm Extends Training, Employment Program for Military Vets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Campbell: SAP NS2’s Nonprofit Arm Extends Training, Employment Program for Military Vets

    SAP National Security Services‘ nonprofit organization has commenced a three-month information technology training and employment program for military veterans in Tampa, Fla. NS2 Serves offers the course for post-9/11 service members to obtain certifications that can help them qualify for high-tech jobs, the nonprofit said Monday. Veterans who complete the program will receive a Certified SAP Associate designation. They […] More

  • David Young: CenturyLink Gets ATO to Offer IT, Managed Services Via GSA Alliant 2 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Young: CenturyLink Gets ATO to Offer IT, Managed Services Via GSA Alliant 2 Contract

    CenturyLink has secured authority to operate from the General Services Administration to offer information technology platforms and services to federal agencies under a 10-year, $50 billion governmentwide acquisition contract. David Young, senior vice president for strategic government at CenturyLink and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said in a statement released Monday the ATO offers the company […] More

  • CACI Receives IT Service Mgmt Certification; DeEtte Gray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Receives IT Service Mgmt Certification; DeEtte Gray Comments

    CACI International has obtained certification from NSF International for compliance with industry-recognized standards on information technology service management systems and processes. The company said Monday it received the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission 20000-1:2011 designation after NSF assessed the firm’s U.S. operations and platforms that support enterprise IT service delivery. The certification encompasses systems planning, establishment, implementation, operation, monitoring, […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Begins LPD 29 Ship Fabrication Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Begins LPD 29 Ship Fabrication Phase

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has cut the first 100 tons of steel for the 13th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock as part of the ship’s fabrication start. LPD 29 or the Richard M. McCool, Jr. entered fabrication on July 30 in Pascagoula, Miss., under a design and construction contract awarded to the company on April 21, […] More

  • AECOM Lands Army Environmental Remediation Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Lands Army Environmental Remediation Services Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded AECOM a five-year, $27 million contract to provide architect-engineer remediation services for military munitions and hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste. Fourteen bids were submitted to the Army Contracting Command for the project slated for completion by July 26, 2023, the Defense Department said Friday. Leidos received a separate five-year, $27 million contract […] More

  • HighPoint’s Cal Shintani: OMB Guidance Aims to Help Agencies Deliver Customized Citizen Experiences - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HighPoint’s Cal Shintani: OMB Guidance Aims to Help Agencies Deliver Customized Citizen Experiences

    Cal Shintani, chief growth officer at HighPoint Global, said a section within the Office of Management and Budget‘s Circular A-11 provides a roadmap that federal agencies can use to deliver tailored customer experiences and services that surpass that of private sector institutions. Shintani wrote in an article that agencies should conduct journey mapping activities to develop trusted […] More

  • SSL Government Execs See Space Innovation Opportunity With On-Orbit Servicing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL Government Execs See Space Innovation Opportunity With On-Orbit Servicing

    Richard White, president of SSL Government Systems, said the development of on-orbit servicing technology can help accelerate innovation efforts meant to support future space missions, Geospatial World reported Friday. White added an SSL-designed servicer will work to integrate with government and commercial spacecraft in orbit. NASA awarded the Maxar Technologies subsidiary a five-year, $127 million […] More

  • Kathy Warden: Northrop Expands Portfolio Into Hypersonics Through Innovation Systems Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathy Warden: Northrop Expands Portfolio Into Hypersonics Through Innovation Systems Business

    Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer of Northrop Grumman, has said the company considers hypersonic missiles as a promising business line, USNI News reported Saturday. Warden, a three-time Wash100 recipient, told analysts at a conference call that Northrop’s innovation systems business, formerly Orbital ATK, expands the defense contractor’s portfolio of products into hypersonics. “We have […] More

  • Boeing, L3 Secure Navy EA-18G Flight Trainer Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, L3 Secure Navy EA-18G Flight Trainer Contracts

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $9.6 million contract to L3 Technologies and a $9.2 million contract to Boeing to supply flight training systems designed to train EA-18G pilots on tactical missions. Each company will provide two EA-18G tactical operational flight trainers and Boeing will also build one brief/debrief station for the service branch, the Defense Department said Friday. The Naval Air […] More

  • Report: Northrop, Raytheon Eye Marine Aircraft Radar Upgrade Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop, Raytheon Eye Marine Aircraft Radar Upgrade Contract

    Northrop Grumman and Raytheon intend to separately respond to a solicitation for new active electronically scanned arrays for the U.S. Marine Corps’ fleet of legacy Hornet aircraft, Flightglobal reported Friday. The service branch issued a request for proposals in early July for advanced AESAs as part of a modernization requirement for 88 Boeing F/A-18C/Ds. Raytheon seeks to offer […] More

  • Dewberry to Help Army Engineer Building Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dewberry to Help Army Engineer Building Systems

    Dewberry has secured a position on a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide architectural and engineering services to the U.S. Army‘s Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Ala. Fairfax, Va.-based Dewberry said Friday it is one of three contractors who will vie for work to engineer  building automation, electrical, plumbing and mechanical systems for the  Defense Department and […] More