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  • Favor TechConsulting Tasked to Provide IT Support for VA Benefits Delivery Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Favor TechConsulting Tasked to Provide IT Support for VA Benefits Delivery Programs

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Favor TechConsulting a 30-month, $8.29 million task order to provide information technology and other services in support of the VA office of information and technology’s benefits delivery programs. FTC said Friday it will deliver IT program and project management, strategic planning and analysis, risk management, schedule management, logistics, technical, acquisition and fiscal […] More

  • Lockheed to Equip US, Japan, South Korea Destroyers with New Aegis Baseline; Jim Sheridan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Equip US, Japan, South Korea Destroyers with New Aegis Baseline; Jim Sheridan Comments

    Lockheed Martin will integrate a new Aegis baseline system onto the destroyers ships operated by the U.S. Navy, Japan and South Korea under a $490 million contract awarded on Friday. The company said Monday it will equip the ships with the latest version of the combat system called Aegis Baseline 9 as well as the SPY-1 radar technology. “We will […] More

  • Army Looks for Wireless Network Support Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Looks for Wireless Network Support Provider

    The U.S. Army has begun to look for potential vendors that could help administer the military service’s wireless network system. A presolicitation notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps stated the Army Contracting Command-New Jersey-Warfighter Support seeks an industry partner to provide personnel, equipment and knowledge for the continuous operation of the network. The Army plans to award a small business set-aside contract […] More

  • MellingMedical Offers Kerecis Fish Skin Wound Treatment Product Via Federal Supply Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MellingMedical Offers Kerecis Fish Skin Wound Treatment Product Via Federal Supply Schedule

    MellingMedical will offer Kerecis‘ fish-skin-based wound treatment product to the Department of Veterans Affairs through the Federal Supply Schedule contract vehicle. The Kerecis Omega3 Wound product works to utilize patented fish-skin-based material for skin grafting and tissue repair operations among military veteran patients, Kerecis said Friday. The company noted that minimally processed fish skin retains natural elements such as Omega3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to support the treatment of chronic and […] More

  • IRS Extends Software Maintenance Contract With Cyber Armed Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Extends Software Maintenance Contract With Cyber Armed Security

    Cyber Armed Security will continue its software maintenance services to the Internal Revenue Service‘s sign-on system through a six-month performance period. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday states the IRS exercised an option to extend maintenance services for 100,500 licenses of Passlogix-built v-GO Single Sign-On system. v-GO SSO is an enterprise single sign-on platform that works to automate username and password entry […] More

  • Applied Research Associates to Help DHS Build Roadway Safety Tech for First Responders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Research Associates to Help DHS Build Roadway Safety Tech for First Responders

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Applied Research Associates a two-month, $648,880 contract to develop a technology that would help increase first responders’ safety awareness during roadway operations. ARA and DHS’ science and technology directorate will collaborate to produce a two-pronged approach to minimize the risk of vehicles hitting emergency personnel when they respond to road incidents, the department said Friday. The approach seeks to reduce distraction, glare or […] More

  • SolarCity, Balfour Beatty Complete Solar Panel Installation at 2 Army Bases - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SolarCity, Balfour Beatty Complete Solar Panel Installation at 2 Army Bases

    Balfour Beatty Communities and SolarCity have installed more than 18,000 solar panels at U.S. Army multi-family housing, community and maintenance facilities at Fort Detrick in Maryland and Fort Carson in Colorado. Balfour Beatty said Friday the SolarCity-built power systems will work to generate more than 4.7 megawatts of solar energy to power approximately 1,200 housing units across […] More

  • Raytheon to Update Air Force GPS Receivers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Update Air Force GPS Receivers

    Raytheon has secured a $52.6 million task order to modernize the U.S. Air Force‘s miniature airborne global positioning system receiver 2000 in accordance with Defense Department and civil regulations. DoD said Friday the company will develop, test and deliver a military code/automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast capable and propose engineering changes to the baseline configuration. The MAGR 2000 design […] More

  • Saab to Build Electronics for Sweden's Main Battle Tanks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Build Electronics for Sweden’s Main Battle Tanks

    Saab has secured a $15.4 million contract to produce vehicle electronics for integration into Sweden’s fleet of Stridsvagn 122 main battle tanks. The company will design, develop and deliver the electronics to Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh, which serves as the primary tank supplier to the Swedish military, Saab said Wednesday. The contract also covers training and documentation services. Saab noted it will also integrate its Swedish battalion combat management system […] More

  • Raytheon Partners With Air Force, Navy to Test-Fire 3 Sidewinder Missiles From F-35 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Partners With Air Force, Navy to Test-Fire 3 Sidewinder Missiles From F-35

    Raytheon has worked with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to test-fire three short-range, air-to-air missiles launched from an F-35A aircraft that resulted in direct hits against airborne targets. Raytheon said Wednesday the tests were conducted to assess the AIM-9X Block I Sidewinder‘s end-to-end system, which includes loading, in-flight carriage and guidance, launch initiation, separation, impact/proximity fuzing and target acquisition functions. […] More

  • Saab to Deliver Carl-Gustaf Ammo to Swedish Army; Gorgen Johansson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Deliver Carl-Gustaf Ammo to Swedish Army; Gorgen Johansson Comments

    Saab has received a potential $14.5 million order to supply Carl-Gustaf weapon system ammunition to the Swedish army. The Swedish defense material administration, FMV, made the contract award and expects deliveries to conclude in 2017, Saab said Tuesday. Gorgen Johansson, head of Saab’s dynamics business area, said the order covers the delivery of both training and […] More

  • Compusearch Unveils General Availability of Reverse Auctions Tool on Prism Acquisition Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Compusearch Unveils General Availability of Reverse Auctions Tool on Prism Acquisition Platform

    Compusearch will offer its reverse auction technology to the Defense Department and civilian agency clients through the company’s Prism acquisition platform as part of the Reverse Auctions system’s full general availability. Compusearch said Tuesday the addition of the tool to the Prism platform follows a series of pilot programs at four federal agencies during the limited availability period for Reverse Auctions. […] More