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  • Boeing Gets MDA Contract to Integrate, Test Low Power Laser on UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets MDA Contract to Integrate, Test Low Power Laser on UAV

    Boeing has won a nine-month, $9 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to integrate and test a low power laser technology on an unmanned aerial vehicle. The Defense Department said Friday Boeing will aim to help MDA address laser power and aperture size under the first phase of the agency’s Low Power Laser Demonstrator program. Contract work […] More

  • Lockheed to Begin Final Processing of NOAA's GOES-S Weather Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Begin Final Processing of NOAA’s GOES-S Weather Satellite

    Lockheed Martin has shipped the next weather satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R series to a company facility in Titusville, Florida, to undergo final processing and pre-launch preparation. GOES-S, the second of four satellites in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s GOES-R constellation, is scheduled for March 1 liftoff atop United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V 541 rocket at […] More

  • SRI International Wins Contract for DARPA Modeling Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI International Wins Contract for DARPA Modeling Program Support

    SRI International has won a $7.2 million  contract from the U.S. Army to support a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency program that aims to develop modeling technology for analysts to examine queries related to national and global security. The company will support DARPA’s World Modelers Program and is scheduled to finish work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by Dec. 9, 2021, the Defense Department […] More

  • DARPA to Initiate Maritime Situational Awareness Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Initiate Maritime Situational Awareness Development Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced a proposer’s event in support of the agency’s plan to initiate an effort to develop a maritime situational awareness network. The agency said Wednesday the Ocean of Things program seeks to form a sensor network made from thousands of ocean-deployed floats designed to collect environmental, situational and activity […] More

  • SAP NS2's Human Capital Mgmt Suite Gets FedRAMP Provisional ATO; Mark Testoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Human Capital Mgmt Suite Gets FedRAMP Provisional ATO; Mark Testoni Comments

    SAP National Security Services has received a provisional authorization-to-operate status under the the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a suite of cloud-based human capital management offerings. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board granted P-ATO to the SAP NS2 Cloud-SuccessFactors HCM Suite for Government, which is designed to help customer agencies manage talent acquisition, talent and learning management, workforce analytics, planning and […] More

  • UK Navy Commissions HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Navy Commissions HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier

    The British navy has commissioned the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier during a ceremony held Thursday at the Portsmouth naval base in England. The ceremony was attended by Queen Elizabeth, Princess Anne, UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson and other British military leaders, the U.K. government said Thursday. HMS Queen Elizabeth was built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, comprised of […] More

  • Juniper Networks Unveils Applications Designed to Transition Ideas into Workflows - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper Networks Unveils Applications Designed to Transition Ideas into Workflows

    Juniper Networks has introduced a series of applications built to help simplify network operations and convert ideas into automated workflows. The company said Thursday the Juniper Bots cover an evolving ecosystem of software applications designed to transition from the common use of machine-focused automation tools. Juniper Bots utilize the AppFormix and Contrail platforms along with […] More

  • DLA Issues RFI on Cloud-Based Document Scanning Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Issues RFI on Cloud-Based Document Scanning Platform

    The Defense Logistics Agency has issued a request for information on cloud-based software designed to scan electronic documents with the use of thin client. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says DLA requires an electronic scanning platform that can be hosted at a Defense Information Systems Agency-run enterprise computing center DLA looks to acquire a CBEDS platform that features […] More

  • DynCorp Gets LOGCAP IV Change Order for Army Kwajalein Atoll Base Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Gets LOGCAP IV Change Order for Army Kwajalein Atoll Base Support

    DynCorp International has secured a $9 million change order for base operations services to the U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Work runs through February 28 and falls under a Army Pacific Command task order awarded through the service branch’s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV contract. Randy Bockenstedt, senior vice president for DynLogistics, said the company […] More

  • Black Box to Continue IT Support for Army-Backed Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Black Box to Continue IT Support for Army-Backed Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative

    Black Box has received a one-year, $10.4 million award to provide information technology supplies and related management services for the U.S. Army-funded Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. The company said Thursday it will help the Ukrainian defense ministry expand the deployment of an enterprise IT architecture to additional military facilities across the country. Black Box will provide hardware […] More

  • Bell Helicopter Gets Modification on Argentine Utility Helicopter FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell Helicopter Gets Modification on Argentine Utility Helicopter FMS Contract

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a $27.2 million modification under a a U.S. Army foreign military sales contract to deliver four Bell 412EP utility helicopters to the Argentina’s air force. The Defense Department said Thursday Bell Helicopter will also provide helicopter training services under the modification. Work is expected to finish by June 20, 2018. The 412EP […] More

  • ManTech to Help Engineer Navy Combat Identification Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Help Engineer Navy Combat Identification Tech

    ManTech International has landed a potential five-year, $35.9 million contract to provide engineering and technical support services to a U.S. Navy division focused on ship and shore combat identification systems. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will help the Navy’s Combat Integrated and Identification Systems Division engineer systems, assess technology, analyze risks and develop a testbed. Work also covers […] More