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  • Airbus US Executive Robert Geckle Discusses Unmanned Systems, Dual-Use Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus US Executive Robert Geckle Discusses Unmanned Systems, Dual-Use Technologies

    Robert Geckle, chairman and CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, said that with the incoming administration, he predicts that there will be “continued momentum” in unmanned systems like the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, hypersonics and effectors as the U.S. military pursues manned-unmanned teaming and other force multipliers in denied environments. More Innovation in UAS When […] More

  • Honeywell to Supply F-18 Aircraft Spare Parts Under $92M Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell to Supply F-18 Aircraft Spare Parts Under $92M Navy Contract

    Honeywell has secured a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $92 million from the U.S. Navy for F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet spare parts. The contract includes foreign military sales to Canada, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain and Switzerland, the Department of Defense said. Only Honeywell was solicited to provide the sole-source requirement. The Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon […] More

  • Voyager, LEOcloud to Advance Space-Based Edge Computing Technology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Voyager, LEOcloud to Advance Space-Based Edge Computing Technology

    Voyager, a company offering national security and space services, is partnering with space-based cloud services provider LEOcloud to advance edge computing technology. The two companies will work under a project grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory Regional Network – Mid-Atlantic as part of its Spring 2024 funding cycle, Voyager said Monday. Advancing Edge Computing Efforts […] More

  • Microsoft Secures $70M JWCC Contract From Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Secures $70M JWCC Contract From Army

    Microsoft has secured a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $69.5 million from the U.S. Army for the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability, or JWCC. Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability Contract The Department of Defense said the project will run through Oct. 19, 2028, while work sites and fund allocations will be determined once the orders are placed. The Army […] More

  • State Department Clears $130M FMS of UAVs, ASVs to Greece - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Clears $130M FMS of UAVs, ASVs to Greece

    The State Department has approved a foreign military sale request from Greece for uncrewed aircraft systems and armored security vehicles worth $130 million. Aerosonde Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Request The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Textron Systems will serve as the principal contractor of the potential deal, which covers the purchase of Aerosonde UAS featuring Lycoming heavy-fuel engines […] More

  • Julien Lederman Appointed Interim CEO at Nano Dimension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julien Lederman Appointed Interim CEO at Nano Dimension

    Julien Lederman was named interim CEO at Nano Dimension, a provider of digital manufacturing technologies and intelligent machines. Lederman, who will hold the CEO post while the company’s board of directors searches for a permanent appointee, previously served as vice president of corporate development, Nano Dimension said Thursday. In a statement, Ofir Baharav, chairman of […] More

  • Lockheed Books $336M Navy Award for F-35 Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Books $336M Navy Award for F-35 Program Support

    Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Navy contract modification valued at approximately $335.7 million to provide continuing technical and management support to the modification and retrofit efforts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in 2025. The award covers work for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales customers and non-Department of Defense F-35 program […] More

  • Hitachi Vantara Federal's Phil Fuster on Data Trends to Watch in 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Phil Fuster on Data Trends to Watch in 2025

    Phil Fuster, chief revenue officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, shared his key predictions for the federal IT landscape in 2025. One of those is that agencies will prioritize data-driven decision-making, which he said will be accelerated by the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies. “For agencies to be effective, they first need complete visibility and a catalog […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Contacts Cluster 11 Satellites After Saturday Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Contacts Cluster 11 Satellites After Saturday Launch

    HawkEye 360 has made contact with its Cluster 11 satellites following their launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Sent into space on Friday, Cluster 11 will be deployed in a sun-synchronous orbit to provide enhanced data collection and radio frequency monitoring capabilities, HawkEye 360 said Saturday. The new satellite constellation is expected to […] More

  • NAVAIR Issues RFI for PMA-281 Hardware & Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVAIR Issues RFI for PMA-281 Hardware & Software

    The Naval Air Systems Command Procurement Group has issued a request for information for the possible procurement of support services for the Program Manager Strike Planning and Execution Systems hardware and software, or PMA-281 HW and SW. PMA-281 Hardware and Software Contract Scope According to the notice posted on SAM.gov, the follow-on multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers […] More

  • Navy Names 87 Contractors Under Potential $2.9B Global Logistics IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Names 87 Contractors Under Potential $2.9B Global Logistics IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has named Amentum, KBR, V2X and 84 other companies as awardees under a potential $2.85 billion firm-fixed-price contract to provide logistics services to support military operations around the world. The Department of Defense said work on the multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will run concurrently over the next five to 10 years. Global Military […] More