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  • CTC to Support DoD Ammo Demilitarization Project; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Support DoD Ammo Demilitarization Project; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has secured a $200,000 subcontract from Azimuth Consulting Services to support a Defense Department project to demilitarize conventional ammunition. CTC said Tuesday it will collaborate with Azimuth Consulting, the project’s prime contractor, to determine requirements for the replacement of a current demilitarization optimization software platform. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and CEO, said the company has supported the department in efforts […] More

  • State Dept Requests Info on Proposed Innovation Platform & Toolkit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Requests Info on Proposed Innovation Platform & Toolkit

    The State Department has begun to search for potential sources of services for a proposed platform and toolkit designed to support the deployment of innovative tools and practices across the agency. A FedBizOpps notice posted May 26 says the department’s office of global partnerships wants data on potential vendors that can provide services related to hackathons, competitions, crowdsourcing, design […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems' US Subsidiary for F-35 Cockpit Display Replacement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems’ US Subsidiary for F-35 Cockpit Display Replacement

    Elbit Systems‘ U.S. arm has received a contract to build a cockpit display replacement unit for Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft. Elbit Systems of America will develop a panoramic cockpit display as part of the fighter program’s Technology Refresh 3, the company said Tuesday. Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, said the company is  committed to supporting customers […] More

  • Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Composite Aerostructure Fabrication, Repair Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Composite Aerostructure Fabrication, Repair Partnership

    Orbital ATK has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to determine opportunities to address design, fabrication, repair and inspection of composite aerostructures of military aircraft. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will also collaborate with the service branch to facilitate future aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul activities at the Air Force Ogden Air Logistics Complex and […] More

  • Bethel Federal-Unit Company JV Secures Army Facility Construction Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bethel Federal-Unit Company JV Secures Army Facility Construction Contract

    A joint venture of Bethel Native Corp.‘s federal arm and Unit Company has won a two-year, $37.3 million contract to build a four-bay facility for the U.S. Army to house aircraft, maintain propulsion systems and manage corrosion. The Bethel Federal–Unit JV will construct the facility at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska and is scheduled to complete the project by […] More

  • Dell Vet Rola Dagher to Lead Cisco's Canadian Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Vet Rola Dagher to Lead Cisco’s Canadian Operations

    Rola Dagher, former vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s infrastructure solutions group in Canada, has been named president of Cisco Systems‘ Canadian arm. She succeeds Bernadette Wightman and brings more than 25 years of technology and sales leadership experience to her new position, Cisco said Monday. Dagher most recently managed Cisco’s portfolio of server, networking, storage and […] More

  • Lockheed Names Student Winners of Mars Spacecraft Design Challenge; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Names Student Winners of Mars Spacecraft Design Challenge; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has announced the winners of a video challenge that aimed to encourage students to design a spacecraft that could help transport astronauts to Mars. The company said Tuesday the challenge winners include an individual participant from D. Russell Parks Jr. High School in California as well as student teams from the John Adams and Woodrow Wilson middle […] More

  • Unisys’ Melissa Carson Among 2017 NVTC Greater Washington Tech CFO Award Winners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Melissa Carson Among 2017 NVTC Greater Washington Tech CFO Award Winners

    Melissa Carson, chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Unisys’ federal systems business, has won the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2017 CFO of the Year award in the division/group category in recognition of her contribution to the Washington metropolitan area’s technology industry. Carson is one of the four executives who were recognized at NVTC’s […] More

  • Bob Genter: SAIC to Support NASA Goddard's Applied Engineering Work Under $620M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Genter: SAIC to Support NASA Goddard’s Applied Engineering Work Under $620M IDIQ

    Bob Genter, senior vice president and general manager of the federal civilian customer group at Science Applications International Corp., has said the company will support current and future applied engineering technology programs at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center under a potential five-year, $620 million contract. The company will also carry out support for the components, subsystems, systems and instruments of […] More

  • Cubic Subsidiary Unveils Portable Satellite Ground Terminal; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Subsidiary Unveils Portable Satellite Ground Terminal; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s GATR Technologies subsidiary has developed a portable ground station for public and private sector customers to download satellite imagery for tactical applications. The GATR TRAC station works to help users download imagery and data from low-Earth orbit satellites such as Eros A and B, Pleiades 1A and 1B, RADARSAT 2, Spot 6 and 7, TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X, WORLDVIEW 1 […] More

  • Harris Maritime Surveillance Tech Begins Worldwide Vessel Tracking Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Maritime Surveillance Tech Begins Worldwide Vessel Tracking Operations

    Four Harris-built maritime vessel tracking receivers have begun to track nearly 250,000 ships around the world as part of hosted payloads onboard Iridium‘s NEXT satellites that were launched in January. Harris said Monday the receivers are designed to offer global automatic identification system information and ship tracking capacity for government and commercial users. Iridium’s NEXT satellite constellation is scheduled to reach full […] More

  • Northrop Extends Supply Chain Agreement With Australian Govt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Extends Supply Chain Agreement With Australian Govt

    Nothrop Grumman‘s Australia-based subsidiary and the government of Australia have renewed their global supply chain agreement for another three years. The company said Sunday the agreement aims to give Australian companies access to military and commercial opportunities within Northrop’s global supply chain. Ian Irving, CEO of Northrop Grumman Australia, said the partnership will help the […] More