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  • Mutualink Attains DoD Interoperability, Information Assurance Certification; Joe Mazzarella Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mutualink Attains DoD Interoperability, Information Assurance Certification; Joe Mazzarella Comments

    Mutualink has received a certification from the Defense Department for the company’s radio and multimedia communications interoperability offerings. DoD has added the Joint Interoperability Test Command-certified Mutualink interoperable multimedia gateway offerings to its products list for all defense services and agencies, Mutualink said Monday. “Obtaining this certification required that we meet the most stringent standards of […] More

  • SAP Registers as European Company - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Registers as European Company

    SAP has become officially a European company following a majority decision by shareholders to favor the move during the company’s annual general meeting in May. The company registered with the Commercial Register as a European firm and renamed its German subsidiary to SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG, SAP said Monday. SAP SE’s supervisory board includes […] More

  • BAE Scientists Eye 2014 Deployment for Self-Healing Parts in Aircraft Tech Family - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Scientists Eye 2014 Deployment for Self-Healing Parts in Aircraft Tech Family

    Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have revealed a series of aircraft technologies the company aims to have deployed by 2040. The team is working on technologies ranging from 3D printers and self-healing vehicle parts, to long-range multi-stage aircraft and directed energy weapons that could search and destroy missiles at the speed of light. said that the company’s experts […] More

  • Dan Allen: Serco Inc. Adds Parking, Traffic Control Support Work in LA Suburb - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Allen: Serco Inc. Adds Parking, Traffic Control Support Work in LA Suburb

    Serco Inc., the Britain-based contractor’s North American subsidiary, has won a 10-year, $25 million contract to provide parking enforcement services and manage parking meter and traffic control operations in Inglewood, California. The company said Monday it will support daily traffic, parking, dispatch and customer services in the Los Angeles suburb as well as monitor scofflaws using license plate recognition technology. […] More

  • Matt Desch: Int'l Maritime Agency Subcommittee Backs Iridium's Proposed Mobile Satcom Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Int’l Maritime Agency Subcommittee Backs Iridium’s Proposed Mobile Satcom Offering

    An International Maritime Organization subcommittee has endorsed the approval of Iridium‘s application to offer satellite communication services through the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. The application is still subject to review by an independent expert panel before final approval by IMO’s maritime safety committee, Iridium said Monday. “The overwhelming support for our application to […] More

  • Richard Simonian: Harris CapRock Division Reveals VSAT Offering to Meet Shipping Market's Bandwidth Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Simonian: Harris CapRock Division Reveals VSAT Offering to Meet Shipping Market’s Bandwidth Demand

    Maritime Solutions has introduced a new satellite antenna offering for customers to set up bandwidth services according to the requirements of end users, Maritime Global News reported June 19. Greg Trauthwein writes the Harris CapRock Communications company teamed up with equipment manufacturers and invested in new technologies to develop the VSAT network architecture for bandwidth […] More

  • Subsystem Technologies to Support Army's Armament R&D Center; Indra Nayee Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Subsystem Technologies to Support Army’s Armament R&D Center; Indra Nayee Comments

    The U.S. Army‘s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center has selected Subsystem Technologies to provide support services for the towed artillery digitization program under a $4.4 million task order. The company said Monday that it will support engineering, technical, design and development of hardware and software and testing for the towed artillery weapons systems’ Digital Fire Control Systems. Indra Nayee, […] More

  • L-3 Division to Help Maintain Navy Ship Control Systems; Jon Miller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Division to Help Maintain Navy Ship Control Systems; Jon Miller Comments

    An L-3 Communications division has been awarded a potential five-year, $2.8 million contract to help the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command maintain bridge and machinery control products on MSC vessels. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers technical and engineering support work on board the T-AO 187/199-class and other MSC vessels, L-3 Henschel said Wednesday. “We recognize our customers’ growing need […] More

  • Leidos Building Autonomous Unmanned Vessel to Track Submarines; John Fratamico Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Building Autonomous Unmanned Vessel to Track Submarines; John Fratamico Comments

    Leidos is building an Autonomous Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel for long-term monitoring of submarines as part of an anti-submarine warfare program by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. ACTUV will be equipped with sensors, electro-optics and radars, as well as sensor control, navigation and status reporting features to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Leidos said Monday. “It would […] More

  • HP Launches Cloud Encryption Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP Launches Cloud Encryption Offering

    Hewlett-Packard Co. has unveiled a new cloud encryption tool for customers to protect sensitive data, Infotech Lead reported Thursday. HP designed the Atalla cloud encryption system to secure data residing in the cloud and on enterprise premises such as emails, payment data and electronic health records, according to the report. Financial institutions, retailers, energy firms, […] More

  • Boeing, Northrop Answer Air Force's Call for GPS III Satellite Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Northrop Answer Air Force’s Call for GPS III Satellite Contractors

    Northrop Grumman and Boeing have sent their responses to a U.S. Air Force notice that seeks a vendor to build the branch’s next set of GPS satellites under a potential $200 million contract, Space News reported Thursday. Mike Gruss writes the Air Force’s acquisition arm released a solicitation in search of interested vendors to develop the next batch of GPS III satellites and […] More

  • Christopher Bogdan: F-35 Program Office Forms Global Sustainment Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christopher Bogdan: F-35 Program Office Forms Global Sustainment Plan

    Christopher Bogdan, head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, has said the organization has developed a framework to sustain F-35 fighter jets and boost competition globally, Defense News reported Sunday. Aaron Mehta writes that JPO plans to group the F-35 user base into North America, Europe and Pacific regional categories and evaluate required sustainment work […] More