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  • Report: Boeing, Lockheed, Sierra Nevada Compete for USAF Huey Helicopter Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing, Lockheed, Sierra Nevada Compete for USAF Huey Helicopter Replacement Program

    Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Nevada Corp. have submitted proposals to the U.S. Air Force to compete for a program to replace the service’s UH-1N Huey helicopters that work to secure intercontinental ballistic missile sites, National Defense reported Monday. The Boeing-Leonardo team and Lockheed’s Sikorsky subsidiary submitted their bids in September for the Huey replacement program […] More

  • L3 Gets Navy Laser Rangefinder Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets Navy Laser Rangefinder Supply Contract

    A L3 Technologies business has received a potential five-year, $5.1 million contract to deliver laser rangefinders to the U.S. Navy for integration with the Raytheon-built multispectral targeting system aboard manned and unmanned aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. The sole-source contract awarded to L3’s advanced laser systems technology business segment also covers repair services for […] More

  • Army, Ten80 to Co-Host STEM Education Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, Ten80 to Co-Host STEM Education Event

    Ten80 Education and the U.S. Army has launched an educational program with the goal to engage high school students in science, technology, engineering and math. The Army Marketing and Research Group said Tuesday the STEMFest event will offer an opportunity for students to hone their teamwork, leadership and critical thinking skills with through a series of interactive […] More

  • Milton Hall Receives ExecutiveBiz’s 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Milton Hall Receives ExecutiveBiz’s 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award

    ExecutiveBiz is pleased to name Milton Hall, President and CEO at Human Capital Consultants, as a recipient of its 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award. Human Capital Consultants is an Executive Search firm that specializes in national placement of advanced professionals in both Human Resources and the C-Suite. Launched in 2003, Human Capital Consultants built a […] More

  • KBR Reports Contract Variations for Australian Defense Tech Acquisition, Sustainment Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Reports Contract Variations for Australian Defense Tech Acquisition, Sustainment Services

    KBR‘s government services arm has received contract variations worth a combined $16 million covering support services for the Australian defense department’s capability acquisition and sustainment group. KBRWyle will help CASG procure, repair, maintain and update aircraft, naval, communications, radars and land-based missile systems under the contract modifications, the company said Monday. The modifications will expand the […] More

  • Engility Wins DIA Digital Forensics Recompete; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Wins DIA Digital Forensics Recompete; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has secured a potential five-year, $14 million contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide multimedia analysis and reporting services to an audio-video forensics laboratory managed by DIA’s National Media Exploitation Center. The company said Monday it will support AVFL in the operation and maintenance of a virtualized information technology system that supports more than 30 DIA […] More

  • Cubic Offers Exercise Control Software for Sweden’s Military Exercise; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Offers Exercise Control Software for Sweden’s Military Exercise; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic’s global defense business provided its exercise control software platform during the three-week military exercise that kicked off on Sept. 11 in Sweden. Company personnel installed and helped operate the Cubic-built CATS Metrix exercise control software in two mobile trailers deployed in Stockholm and Malardalen regions as part of Exercise Aurora 2017 that concluded on […] More

  • Lockheed Flies 2nd LM-100J Commercial Freighter Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Flies 2nd LM-100J Commercial Freighter Unit

    Lockheed Martin has completed a maiden flight of the second production LM-100J aircraft, a commercial freighter variant of the company’s C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft platform. LM-100J is designed to support civil missions such as firefighting, medical evacuation and transport of very important persons, Lockheed said Thursday. Wayne Roberts, LM-100J chief test pilot at Lockheed, said the the first two LM-100J units will […] More

  • AWS-Cal Poly Team Unveils Transformation Hub Built to Further Digital Systems Using Cloud Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS-Cal Poly Team Unveils Transformation Hub Built to Further Digital Systems Using Cloud Tech

    Amazon Web Services and the California Polytechnic State University will launch a new transformation hub designed to streamline the evolution of digital systems throughout the education, government and nonprofit sectors using cloud technologies. Cal Poly said in a report that the AWS-powered Digital Transformation Hub will adopt innovation techniques from Amazon Web Services and integrate those […] More

  • DRT to Support USDA Cybersecurity Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT to Support USDA Cybersecurity Program

    DRT Strategies has received a potential three-year, $4 million contract to help the Agriculture Department‘s Office of Information Security to manage a cybersecurity program. The company said Monday it aims to help USDA comply with Executive Order 13800: Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure and Executive Order Memorandum M-17-25: Reporting Guidance for Executive Order 13800 through […] More

  • Intel Invests $60M in 15 Startups to Back Analytics, Cybersecurity Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Invests $60M in 15 Startups to Back Analytics, Cybersecurity Tech Development

    Intel has invested more than $60 million in 15 technology startups through its global investment arm to support the development of cybersecurity, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and autonomous platforms. Intel Capital made investments in companies that develop novel technology platforms across analytics, data capture, data management and information security areas, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • Cloudera, Partners to Develop Service Built to Aid Next-Gen Cyber Hub Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera, Partners to Develop Service Built to Aid Next-Gen Cyber Hub Deployment

    Cloudera has teamed up with Arcadia Data, Centrify and StreamSets to create a new service that looks to accelerate the deployment of a next-generation cybersecurity hub. Cloudera said Monday that its Cloudera Manager platform will help chief information security officers access the company’s cybersecurity services and associated independent software vendor capacities including analytics, ingestion and […] More