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  • Telos Opens 8 New TSA PreCheck Enrollment Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Opens 8 New TSA PreCheck Enrollment Centers

    Telos has opened enrollment and renewal centers for the Transportation Security Administration PreCheck expedited airport screening service at eight new locations across the U.S. As part of its ongoing expansion, the company said Monday it added sites in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas, with enrollment operations starting on Aug. 19. Earlier this month, […] More

  • State Department Greenlights Canada’s Potential $264M FMS Request for Sidewinder Missiles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Greenlights Canada’s Potential $264M FMS Request for Sidewinder Missiles

    The Department of State has approved a potential $264.6 million foreign military sales request from Canada to purchase AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II+ and Block II tactical missiles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday RTX, a multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate based in Tucson, Arizona, will be the principal contractor. The proposed sale is intended to help […] More

  • Austal USA Completes Expansion of Research Center in Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Completes Expansion of Research Center in Virginia

    Austal USA held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its expanded research center at the Austal USA Advanced Technologies facility in Charlottesville, Virginia. The company said Monday that it had increased the facility’s size by 10,000 square feet, allowing the research center to accommodate equipment for Industry 4.0 application development. Michelle Kruger, Austal USA president, said, “The […] More

  • Istari Digital's Flyer One X-Plane On Track for Digital Certification; Will Roper Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Istari Digital’s Flyer One X-Plane On Track for Digital Certification; Will Roper Quoted

    Istari Digital’s Flyer One, a modified version of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ X-56A, is on track to become the first digitally certified aircraft in the world. Will Roper, founder and CEO of Istari Digital and a Wash100 winner, said in a press release issued Monday that the X-plane recently passed a design review, a major […] More

  • GovCon Index Bounced Back Last Week - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Index Bounced Back Last Week

    Last week, Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose by 2.36%, recovering from an earlier slip into negative territory. The week was shaped by steady gains, with five straight days of growth lifting the average to $5,342.51. GovCon Index is a tool that tracks and displays stock market data from 30 notable government contracting enterprises in real time. […] More

  • HPE to Acquire Morpheus Data to Expand Hybrid Cloud Capabilities; Fidelma Russo Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE to Acquire Morpheus Data to Expand Hybrid Cloud Capabilities; Fidelma Russo Quoted

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has agreed to purchase Morpheus Data as part of efforts to deliver a comprehensive suite of capabilities and services across the hybrid cloud stack and expand its presence in the intelligent cloud operations market. HPE said Thursday it expects the transaction to conclude in the fourth quarter of its 2024 fiscal year […] More

  • How Common Goals Are Strengthening the IC-DOD Relationship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    How Common Goals Are Strengthening the IC-DOD Relationship

    Today, threats against the United States are characterized by the forces of great power competition, emerging technologies and evolving global conflicts. Both the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense are working to realign their priorities to address these challenges, and a shared goal of ensuring national security has tied these organizations together. Successfully coordinating activities […] More

  • Naval Research Laboratory Awards KBR Space Science Instruments R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Naval Research Laboratory Awards KBR Space Science Instruments R&D Contract

    KBR will provide research and development support to the Naval Research Laboratory’s space science instruments and experimental payloads under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a potential total value of nearly $40 million if all options are exercised. Work on the contract, which has a base value of $7.6 million, will be done at the NRL’s headquarters […] More

  • Matthew Liba Named Compute Line of Business VP at Mercury Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matthew Liba Named Compute Line of Business VP at Mercury Systems

    Matthew Liba, formerly general manager of Sionyx’s government business unit, has joined aerospace and defense company Mercury Systems as vice president of the compute line of business. In a statement on Sunday, Liba expressed his excitement, saying, “I’m thrilled to be a part of the Mercury team, providing our warfighters with a competitive advantage on the battlefield.” […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Deploys 10th Cluster of RF Monitoring Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Deploys 10th Cluster of RF Monitoring Satellites

    HawkEye 360 has launched three radio frequency-sensing satellites into orbit aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 Rideshare mission via launch integrator Exolaunch, bringing the company’s satellite constellation to 31. The company said Friday the Cluster 10 satellites will enhance HawkEye 360’s ability to frequently revisit strategically important areas as well as improve data collection efforts. Rob Rainhart, president at […] More

  • SandboxAQ Recruits Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SandboxAQ Recruits Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers to Advisory Board

    Former Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers has joined the advisory board of artificial intelligence and quantum technology company SandboxAQ. “I am excited to join the board of advisors at SandboxAQ, a company at the forefront of integrating AI and advanced compute to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges,” the renowned economist said […] More

  • Comtech Moves to New Headquarters in Arizona - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Moves to New Headquarters in Arizona

    Comtech, a global technology company, has officially moved to its new corporate headquarters in Chandler, Arizona. The relocation from Melville, New York to Comtech’s new HQ is part of its commitment to upgrade its corporate infrastructure and boost its culture of innovation, the company said Friday. The new location has approximately 150,000 square feet of strategically […] More