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  • ICF to Continue CDC Cancer Surveillance System Maintenance Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Continue CDC Cancer Surveillance System Maintenance Support

    ICF has secured a potential four-year, $9 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain a system used to track cancer occurrence, treatment and outcomes nationwide. The company said Monday it will continue to provide maintenance support for CDC’s  National Program of Cancer Registries – Cancer Surveillance System under the recompete task order […] More

  • Lisa Colloredo: Boeing, SpaceX Work to Address NASA ‘LOC’ Safety Requirement for Crew Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Colloredo: Boeing, SpaceX Work to Address NASA ‘LOC’ Safety Requirement for Crew Vehicles

    Lisa Colloredo, deputy program manager for NASA’s commercial crew program, has said Boeing and SpaceX should be able to meet the agency’s safety requirements as they prepare to enter the flight testing phase for their commercial crew spacecraft over the next year, Space News reported Monday. Colloredo said at the Wednesday meeting of the NASA Advisory […] More

  • Bob Fortna: Fortinet Aims to Help Federal Clients Address IT Security Challenges With Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Fortna: Fortinet Aims to Help Federal Clients Address IT Security Challenges With Tech

    Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s federal business, has said the company offers security platforms designed to help customer agencies address mission requirements and challenges associated with information technology modernization efforts. Fortna said in an interview published Monday that Fortinet Federal‘s portfolio of security tools for agencies features the Fortinet Security Fabric as a “foundational element.” […] More

  • Northrop Gets $58M Air Force Support Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets $58M Air Force Support Services Contract

    Northrop Grumman has received a potential $58.2 million contract to provide sustainment, logistics, and site support services to the U.S. Air Force. The company perform work in San Diego, California and in Qatar through March 10, 2023, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the requirements-type, firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract is a sole-source acquisition. The Air Force Cycle Management Center […] More

  • L3 Chosen as ULA Vulcan Rocket Avionics Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Chosen as ULA Vulcan Rocket Avionics Provider

    L3 Technologies has agreed to be the exclusive avionics and services provider for United Launch Alliance‘s Vulcan Centaur rocket under a potential 10-year, $1 billion agreement. Both companies plan to combine design and manufacturing processes in an effort to customize technologies intended to help boost ULA’s launch service offerings, L3 said Monday. Vulcan Centaur is designed […] More

  • EnerSys, SEAKR Support NASA's Orion Spacecraft Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EnerSys, SEAKR Support NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Devt Program

    NASA has reported that EnerSys‘ advanced systems business and SEAKR Engineering respectively manufacture lithium-ion batteries and space-qualified electronics for the Orion spacecraft. EnerSys and SEAKR are two of the 250 businesses that operate in Colorado and support the agency’s deep-space exploration programs, NASA said Tuesday. Lockheed Martin is building the Orion crew vehicle as the program’s prime contractor. EnerSys’ Longmont facility […] More

  • CenturyLink to Provide Communications Services to Peterson Air Force Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Provide Communications Services to Peterson Air Force Base

    CenturyLink has received a potential five-year $1.5 million contract to provide communications services as well as circuits and supplementary equipment to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company said Monday it will also support the North American Aerospace Defense Command‘s annual Tracks Santa hotline through the contract. “CenturyLink is honored to provide Peterson AFB with […] More

  • DoD Adds RSA's Threat Detection Platform to Approved Product List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Adds RSA’s Threat Detection Platform to Approved Product List

    The Defense Department has placed RSA‘s security information and event management platform on the DoD Information Network Approved Product List. RSA said Monday its NetWitness Suite platform achieved APL certification following a testing process meant to determine whether the product meets DoD’s security standards. NetWitness Suite works to detect threats and provide visibility across logs and network […] More

  • Navy Awards T-45 Maintenance Contract Modification to L3 Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards T-45 Maintenance Contract Modification to L3 Subsidiary

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has received a $37.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide additional engineering, logistics and maintenance services for 200 T-45 Goshawk trainer aircraft, systems and support equipment. Vertex Aerospace will also provide equipment, tools and direct and indirect materials to support the Navy’s T-45 flight and test and evaluation efforts, the Defense […] More

  • Research and Markets: Border Security & Terrorism Concerns to Drive Global C5ISR Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Border Security & Terrorism Concerns to Drive Global C5ISR Market Growth

    Research and Markets has unveiled a new report that forecasts a 3 percent compound annual growth rate for the worldwide command, control, communications, computing, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems through 2023. The company said Monday the global C5ISR market is projected to reach $1.36 billion in 2023 from $1.10 billion last year.   Increased […] More

  • Seattle-Based Nonprofit Code.org Raises Funds for Computer Science Education Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Seattle-Based Nonprofit Code.org Raises Funds for Computer Science Education Programs

    The Seattle-based Code.org nonprofit organization has secured $12 million in funds from investors such as PwC, Infosys and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle Times reported Monday. Hadi Partovi, co-founder and CEO of Code.org, said the organization plans to use the money to update its computer science curricula and train more teachers to educate K-12 students […] More

  • Symantec Makes Gartner Cloud Access Security Brokers Quadrant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec Makes Gartner Cloud Access Security Brokers Quadrant

    Symantec has been included on Gartner‘s “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers” that details the performance of vendors, leaders, challengers, visionaries and niche players in the CASB market. The company said Monday it made the leaders quadrant for its CloudSOC platform designed to help organizations secure data and applications in a cloud environment. Gartner evaluated […] More