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  • David Singer Joins TechFlow as Digital Services Business Development VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Singer Joins TechFlow as Digital Services Business Development VP

    David Singer, a more than 30-year military and government services veteran, has joined TechFlow as vice president of business development at the company’s digital services business unit. His professional background encompasses team management, new business capture, customer service and development of products for the federal sector, TechFlow said Tuesday. Singer most recently held a similar role at […] More

  • Unisys to Design Biometric ID System for Australia's Border Clearance Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Design Biometric ID System for Australia’s Border Clearance Process

    Unisys has secured a potential $35 million contract to develop a new biometric matching technology for the Australian Department of Home Affairs to screen travelers throughout its border clearance process. The company said Monday its Australian arm will help the department implement the Enterprise Biometric Identification Services system to replace the legacy platform that Unisys built and has supported […] More

  • Vivek Lall: Lockheed Eyes ‘Exclusive’ F-16 Production Unit in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vivek Lall: Lockheed Eyes ‘Exclusive’ F-16 Production Unit in India

    Vivek Lall, vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin, told the Press Trust of India in an interview published Monday the company plans to establish a production line for F-16 fighter jets in India to support the country’s Make in India program and help meet its operational requirements. “We plan to introduce […] More

  • DARPA Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Security Threat Analytical Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Security Threat Analytical Tool

    Charles River Analytics has received a four-year, $4.4 million Defense Advanced Research Project Agency contract to develop an analytical tool to help study and address security threats occurring within the country and across the globe. The company said Monday it intends to design the Sensitivity Analysis of Uncertainty in Causal Environments technology as a tool to primarily address food insecurity […] More

  • DLA Taps Rockwell Collins for Repairs and Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Taps Rockwell Collins for Repairs and Engineering Services

    Rockwell Collins has received a five-year, $40 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to provide repairs, engineering support and depot-level reparable items. Work under the contract will be done to support the Defense Department and foreign military sales efforts, the DoD said Monday. The DLA is financing the contract through funds intended for fiscal year 2018 through 2023 defense […] More

  • Cubic Report: Public Transit Agencies Should Lead Mobility-as-a-Service Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Report: Public Transit Agencies Should Lead Mobility-as-a-Service Tech Devt

    Cubic has released a new white paper that says public transit should be at the forefront of discussions on Mobility-as a-Service technologies. Matt Cole, president of Cubic’s transportation systems arm, authored the report titled “MaaS: Putting Transit Front and Center of the Conversation,” which was unveiled at the American Public Transportation Association’s three-day legislative conference that […] More

  • HHS Seeks AI-Based Acquisition Support Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Seeks AI-Based Acquisition Support Tool

    The Health and Human Services Department has posted solicitations seeking contractors with the capacity to build an artificial intelligence tool for acquisition support, NextGov reported Monday. HHS intends for the future BUYSMARTER Acquisitions system to analytically process contract data through the use of AI, to generate information capable of supporting the department’s procurement activities. The system will be […] More

  • IARPA Launches Small UAV Imagery Enhancement Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Launches Small UAV Imagery Enhancement Challenge

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a prize challenge for the research community to help IARPA restore and enhance imagery from sensors mounted on small unmanned aerial vehicles. The UG2 Prize Challenge is open to computational photography and image processing algorithm developers from industry and academia. Chris Boehnen, a program manager at IARPA, said in a statement […] More

  • VSE Receives Air Force C-130J MRO Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE Receives Air Force C-130J MRO Task Order

    VSE has secured a potential 30-month, $28.5 million task order to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul support for the U.S. Air Force‘s military transport aircraft fleet. The company said Monday it will perform organizational MRO services for the 314th Air Wing headquartered at Little Rock AF Base in Arkansas. USAF awarded the order under the Contract Field Teams indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract […] More

  • KBR Subsidiary Gets USAF Weapon Systems Analysis, Engineering Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Subsidiary Gets USAF Weapon Systems Analysis, Engineering Support Order

    KBR‘s government services business has received a 54-month, $34.1 million task order to provide engineering and analysis support for U.S. Air Force weapons systems as part of the service branch’s cybersecurity and air traffic safety efforts. The company said Monday KBRwyle will support the engineering and communication network branch of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s engineering […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Secures $69M Navy Trainer Aircraft Engine Support Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Secures $69M Navy Trainer Aircraft Engine Support Contract Option

    Rolls-Royce has received a six-month, $69.4 million contract option to maintain and provide logistics support for the U.S. Navy‘s T-45 training aircraft engines. The company will perform intermediate and depot-level maintenance work on 209 F405-RR-401 Adour engines as part of the exercised option, the Defense Department said Monday. Forty-six percent of contract work will occur at Naval Air Station Kingsville in […] More