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  • CAE to Continue Air Force KC-135 Aircrew Training Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Continue Air Force KC-135 Aircrew Training Support

    CAE‘s U.S. subsidiary has received a $45.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to exercise the eight option year under a previously awarded contract for KC-135 aircrew training system support. The Defense Department said Wednesday CAE USA will support KC-135 aircrew training systems at various Air Force facilities in California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, Spirent Partner to Develop Military Code Support Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, Spirent Partner to Develop Military Code Support Tech

    Spirent Federal Systems and Rockwell Collins have partnered to develop software that will work to support military code for the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS constellation modernization effort. The partnership comes nearly three months after Spirent obtained approval from the service branch’s GPS directorate to develop M-Code support technology with the use of Modernized Navstar Security Algorithm, Spirent said Wednesday. Spirent […] More

  • Raytheon BBN to Help Automate USAF's Foreign Language Info Retrieval Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN to Help Automate USAF’s Foreign Language Info Retrieval Process

    Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has won a $21.7 million contract to develop an automated technology platform for the U.S. Air Force to retrieve foreign language information. The Defense Department said Wednesday BBN will build the platform to support cross-language information retrieval, machine translation, automatic speech recognition and surprise language summarization. Work will occur in Cambridge, Massachusetts, through Nov. […] More

  • Leanne Caret: Boeing Seeks Top-Line Growth Through M&As - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leanne Caret: Boeing Seeks Top-Line Growth Through M&As

    Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security business, told CNBC in an interview aired Wednesday that the company is a “buyer” and is on the lookout for potential acquisitions. “We are continuing to look at other ways to increase our top line through mergers and acquisitions and we have a continued pipeline we’re assessing,” Caret said […] More

  • Salient CRGT Gets Subcontract for Air Force Intell Comms System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salient CRGT Gets Subcontract for Air Force Intell Comms System Support

    Salient CRGT has received a subcontract to help Technica perform support work on the U.S. Air Force‘s Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System. Salient CRGT said Thursday it will also support the Air Combat Command’s JWICS program management office and intelligence directorate, 25th Air Force and 625th Air and Space Communications Squadron. The Air Force awarded Technica the potential […] More

  • Avaya Opens Bahrain Office to Help Address Communication & Collaboration Tech Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya Opens Bahrain Office to Help Address Communication & Collaboration Tech Demand

    Avaya has opened a new office in Bahrain as the company aims to offer communication and collaboration tools in support of digital transformation projects there. The company said Tuesday some Bahrain-based public and private sector organizations seek to adopt cloud, artificial intelligence, analytics and internet-of-things technologies with the goal to contribute to the country’s economy. The Kingdom’s […] More

  • Raytheon to Supply Mk 54 Torpedo Common Parts Kits to US Navy, Thailand, UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Supply Mk 54 Torpedo Common Parts Kits to US Navy, Thailand, UK

    Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems unit will deliver Mk 54 lightweight torpedo common parts kits to the U.S. Navy and U.K. and Thailand under a $35 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification also covers Mk 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedo kits, exercise fuel tanks, spares, production support material and various related engineering and […] More

  • Lockheed, Army Demo Counter-UAV Laser Weapon Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Army Demo Counter-UAV Laser Weapon Prototype

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army have demonstrated a prototype laser weapon system equipped with sensors, software and specialized optics built to engage adversarial unmanned aerial vehicles. The Advanced Test High Energy Asset system worked to eliminate five Outlaw unmanned aerial systems during a test that took place at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, […] More

  • Boeing Gets 1st Task Order Under Air Force Minuteman III Weapon Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets 1st Task Order Under Air Force Minuteman III Weapon Support IDIQ

    Boeing has received a five-year, $23.3 million initial task order to help the U.S. Air Force operate and maintain the service branch’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system for nuclear deterrence. The company will also provide technical data on the land-based weapon system as part of the order that falls under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, […] More

  • Vexterra to Provide Lab Support for DIA National Media Exploitation Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vexterra to Provide Lab Support for DIA National Media Exploitation Center

    Vexterra Group has won a potential five-year, $16.1 million contract to provide operational laboratory support and other services to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s National Media Exploitation Center. The company will support digital forensics, content processing and analytical functions at NMEC’s Science and Technology Integration Lab, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Seven offers were submitted to the Virginia Contracting Activity […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Awarded Navy Aircraft Carrier Support Contract Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Awarded Navy Aircraft Carrier Support Contract Options

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $27.5 million in contract options from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of support services for the military branch’s Gerald R. Ford-class and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The Defense Department said Wednesday the exercised options cover technical, engineering, design, development, conversion, test, studies, operational and modernization support as well as material, spares, […] More

  • Serco Lands Austin Safety Service Patrol Support Contract; Dave Dacquino Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Lands Austin Safety Service Patrol Support Contract; Dave Dacquino Comments

    Serco Inc. has secured a potential six-year, $21.3 million contract to support a safety service patrol program within the Texas Transportation Department’s Austin District. The company said Wednesday it will help TxDOT oversee safety service patrol services that encompass approximately 310 miles of roadway in efforts to reduce incident duration and increase traffic safety in Austin. The contract […] More