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  • Lockheed, Army Put Extended-Range Rocket Through System Qualification Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Army Put Extended-Range Rocket Through System Qualification Test

    Lockheed Martin‘s extended-range variant of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System met a set of criteria during a flight test held at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. ER GMLRS was fired from the U.S. Army’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher and hit targets at a maximum range of 150 kilometers, reflecting performance […] More

  • SAIC Books Space Force Ground Radar Sensor Modification Work; Michael LaRouche Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Books Space Force Ground Radar Sensor Modification Work; Michael LaRouche Quoted

    Science Applications International Corp. will modify and sustain a ground-based radar sensor system under a contract with the U.S. Space Force, the company announced in a LinkedIn post. SAIC and L3Harris Technologies will work together to determine innovation opportunities to help the service branch perform missions in space awareness and missile warning. “SAIC’s continued work […] More

  • MetTel's Don Parente: Agencies Should Partner With Small Businesses to Advance Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MetTel’s Don Parente: Agencies Should Partner With Small Businesses to Advance Innovation

    Don Parente, vice president of federal business at MetTel, said federal agencies looking to pursue technology innovation should work with small businesses. “Government technology innovation is often the result of partnership with small business, especially when those innovations were proven in the commercial sector first. By recognizing the innovation small business can bring to the […] More

  • NASA, SpaceX 6th Commercial Crew Completes Mission; Bill Nelson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, SpaceX 6th Commercial Crew Completes Mission; Bill Nelson Quoted

    The sixth rotation mission of SpaceX and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has landed safely off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida after 186 days in orbit. NASA said Monday the four-member team, who flew on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon spacecraft, consisted of astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg of NASA, Sultan Alneyadi representing the United […] More

  • HPE, Los Alamos National Lab Test 'Crossroads' Supercomputer Ahead of Fall 2023 Rollout - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE, Los Alamos National Lab Test ‘Crossroads’ Supercomputer Ahead of Fall 2023 Rollout

    Los Alamos National Laboratory is in the process of testing Crossroads, the successor to a high-performance computing machine used by the National Nuclear Security Administration to monitor U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The Hewlett Packard Enterprise-built system will replace the aging Trinity supercomputer as part of NNSA’s continuous upgrades to support large data sets for stockpile […] More

  • Orion Space Solutions Unveils Consortium for Space Quantum Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orion Space Solutions Unveils Consortium for Space Quantum Innovation

    Orion Space Solutions has established a consortium of experts from the government, industry and academia to advance the development of quantum technology for space and national defense applications. The Consortium for Space Quantum Innovation will facilitate research, development and deployment of an integrated ecosystem of quantum spacecraft, sensors and data platforms to address current and […] More

  • Carahsoft's Government Contracts Now Include Livestream Learning Studio's Virtual Platform; Tim Boltz Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Government Contracts Now Include Livestream Learning Studio’s Virtual Platform; Tim Boltz Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology will use its reseller network and government contract vehicles to distribute a virtual live events portal from Livestream Learning Studio to U.S. primary schools. Educational institutions nationwide can subscribe to the virtual learning platform through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, E&I Cooperative Services Contract, National Association of State […] More

  • REI Systems, TechSur Form JV to Offer Government IT Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    REI Systems, TechSur Form JV to Offer Government IT Services

    REI Systems has formed a joint venture with Herndon, Virginia-headquartered software company TechSur Solutions to provide information technology products and services to U.S. government customers. FusionEdge Solutions was established through the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege Program as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business supporting the civilian, defense and health sectors, REI Systems said Thursday. The […] More

  • Air Force Plans Base Pilot Run of Oklo's Microreactor; Ravi Chaudhary Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Plans Base Pilot Run of Oklo’s Microreactor; Ravi Chaudhary Quoted

    The Department of the Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency’s energy organization plan to initiate a contracting process with fission power plant developer Oklo to install a microreactor at Eielson AF Base in Alaska. Santa Clara, California-based Oklo could receive a potential firm-fixed-price contract once the Nuclear Regulatory Commission grants a license for the […] More

  • Accenture's Federal Arm to Provide DLA With Professional Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture’s Federal Arm to Provide DLA With Professional Support Services

    Accenture‘s government business arm was tapped to deliver business development office professional support services to the Defense Logistics Agency over a five-year period. The Department of Defense said Thursday Accenture Federal Services will conduct services under a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling amount of $26.8 million. Work will be performed in Pennsylvania, with the […] More

  • NGA Extends Booz Allen's Research Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Extends Booz Allen’s Research Contract

    Booz Allen Hamilton will continue to provide subject matter expertise to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in research and development under a one-year, $52 million contract modification. NGA said Wednesday the company will explore pathbreaking technologies and transition innovations into the agency mission. The award represents a task order extension and brings the overall contract value […] More