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  • Globecomm Lands Overseas IPTV Service Delivery Contract With US Govt Agency; Dwight Hunsicker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Lands Overseas IPTV Service Delivery Contract With US Govt Agency; Dwight Hunsicker Comments

    Globecomm has received a potential five-year contract from an unidentified U.S. government agency to provide managed Internet Protocol-based television services to that organization’s deployed staff in overseas locations. The company said Tuesday the contract has a base term of one year with four one-year options and covers services under its Globecomm Programmed Video Solutions/TV offering. Services will […] More

  • Network Innovations Completes Inmarsat XpressLink Conversion to Global Xpress for European Govt Customer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Network Innovations Completes Inmarsat XpressLink Conversion to Global Xpress for European Govt Customer

    Network Innovations has collaborated with Intellian to convert Inmarsat’s XpressLink service for a European government customer and activate the Global Xpress service for maritime users. Inmarsat said Tuesday Network Innovations, a value-added reseller of Inmarsat satellite technology, worked to assess the customer’s communication requirements in order to help address existing satellite challenges. Roy Sielaff, director of European government […] More

  • QTS to Open Chicago-Based Data Center in IaaS Market Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS to Open Chicago-Based Data Center in IaaS Market Push

    QTS Realty Trust is establishing a mega data center in downtown Chicago as the company aims to help address a demand for colocation, managed hosting and cloud computing services in the Midwest. QTS said Tuesday the 317,000-square-foot facility will be built to provide infrastructure as a service to government and other enterprise customers. Construction on the first phase of the QTS Chicago […] More

  • ISS Lands Sustainment Services Contract for Military in US and Asia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISS Lands Sustainment Services Contract for Military in US and Asia

    Intelligent Software Solutions has received a $2.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue sustainment services for several military organizations in U.S. and Asia. ISS said March 14 that it will provide continued software and maintenance operations that involve Combined Information Data Network Exchange and WebTAS Enterprise including day-to-day support and code development. The company added it will […] More

  • State Department to Host Overseas Small Biz GovCon Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department to Host Overseas Small Biz GovCon Conference

    The State Department is set to hold its first overseas small business government contracting conference on May 31 at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. The Office of Small and Disadvantage Business Utilization will convene large contractors, agency representatives, suppliers and small businesses during the event to facilitate socio-economic discussions, the department said in a […] More

  • Booz Allen Gets Navy's Marine Corps Operational Services Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Gets Navy’s Marine Corps Operational Services Task Order

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $20.4 million U.S. Navy task order to provide operational support services to the Marine Corps Installations Command and the Marine Corps headquarters’ energy, water management and transportation initiatives. The Defense Department said Tuesday the task order requires Booz Allen’s support across the Marine Corps’ nine primary objectives for the programs through March 22, 2017. The […] More

  • Army Awards SAP NS2 Multiyear Consultation Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Awards SAP NS2 Multiyear Consultation Services Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded SAP‘s national security services unit a $17 million multiyear contract for consultation services in support of the service branch’s enterprise resource planning logistics and financial programs. Army Contracting Command will obligate $4.5 million from fiscal 2016 research, development, testing and evaluation funds, the Defense Department said Monday. SAP National Security Services, formerly known […] More

  • Michigan Tech Taps Woolpert for Road Project Drone Imagery Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michigan Tech Taps Woolpert for Road Project Drone Imagery Support

    Michigan Tech Research Institute has contracted Woolpert to capture images of Midwest roads through unmanned aerial systems to support a road analysis project sponsored by the state transportation department’s office of the assistant secretary for research and technology. Woolpert said Tuesday the “Characterization of Unpaved Road Conditions Through the Use of Remote Sensing” project seeks to detect road material damage with UAS-collected […] More

  • Kay Sears Named Lockheed Space Systems VP for Strategy & Business Devt; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kay Sears Named Lockheed Space Systems VP for Strategy & Business Devt; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Kay Sears, former president of Intelsat General and a 28-year satellite communications industry veteran, has been named vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment. Her appointment takes effect April 4 and she will oversee the organization’s strategic planning, expansion initiatives, advanced technology development and work with commercial and government customers in her […] More

  • Booz Allen, Operation Homefront Name 1st Military Child Innovation Award Winner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen, Operation Homefront Name 1st Military Child Innovation Award Winner

    Booz Allen Hamilton and nonprofit organization Operation Homefront have named a 17-year-old girl from North Carolina as the first recipient of the Innovation Award for Military Children. The award seeks to recognize children of uniformed personnel for their efforts to address local and global challenges through innovative projects, Booz Allen said Monday. Elizabeth O’Brien from Aberdeen, […] More

  • Kelly Goggin, Mark Redford Take New Roles at Constellation West; Lisa Wolford Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kelly Goggin, Mark Redford Take New Roles at Constellation West; Lisa Wolford Comments

    Constellation West has promoted Kelly Goggin, a former legislative liaison of U.S. Cyber Command, and Mark Redford, a former U.S. Air Force officer, to new roles within the company. The company said Thursday  Goggin, previously a director of business development, will support strategic BD and execute programs for existing contracts with the federal sector and other markets in her new senior BD director […] More

  • GovCon Industry Execs Included in Virginia Business' 50 Most Influential List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Industry Execs Included in Virginia Business’ 50 Most Influential List

    The trade publication Virginia Business has released the 50 Most Influential Virginians list that includes some prominent executives in the government contracting industry. The list included some of the Northern Virginia Technology Council‘s board members including SAIC President and CEO Tony Moraco, NVTC said Tuesday. NVTC added that representatives of the organization’s board member companies recognized in the […] More