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  • General Atomics, Pratt & Whitney Test Unmanned Tanker Engine; David Alexander Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Pratt & Whitney Test Unmanned Tanker Engine; David Alexander Comments

    Pratt & Whitney has provided an engine technology for an unmanned aerial refueling aircraft that an industry team led by General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business is offering to the U.S. Navy. Both companies tested the inlet and exhaust systems of General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc.‘s MQ-25A Stingray that features the PW815 engine technology, General Atomics said Thursday. P&W delivered its PW815 technology to a […] More

  • Raytheon Wins Army Mission Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Wins Army Mission Support Contract

    Raytheon has received a five-year, $25.3 million contract to provide mission support services to the U.S. Army. The service branch obligated $1.4 million at the time of award from its operations and maintenance funds for fiscal 2018, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will take place at Fort Irwin in California through June 29, 2023. The Army Contracting Command received […] More

  • Bloomberg Government Introduces Product for Contract Value Prediction; Donald Thomas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg Government Introduces Product for Contract Value Prediction; Donald Thomas Comments

    Bloomberg‘s government services arm has debuted a platform that works to forecast the dollar value of upcoming federal contracts with the aim to guide companies in their potential bids. The predicted value feature is designed with a proprietary algorithm that applies machine learning to evaluate and update information on government contract opportunities, Bloomberg Government said Wednesday. […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Supply Weather Radar System to Canadian Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Supply Weather Radar System to Canadian Air Force

    A Canada-based company has tapped Rockwell Collins to support the enhancement of the weather threat detection of the Canadian air force’s platform for rescue operations. Rockwell Collins said Thursday it will supply its WXR-2100 MultiScan and MFD-255 and MFD-268 Multi-Function Displays for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s C-130H fleet through Cascade Aerospace. The multi-scan technology […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Unveils New Targeting, Communications System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Unveils New Targeting, Communications System

    Rockwell Collins has announced a new platform designed to provide tactical combat targeting and communications capabilities in the digital battlefield. The FasTAK wearable system consists of a laser range finder, a tactical computer, a video downlink receiver and digital targeting software that work together to provide communications and awareness data for warfighters, the company said Wednesday. Users may access these […] More

  • Kratos Conducts UAS Demo Flight Series; Eric DeMarco Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Conducts UAS Demo Flight Series; Eric DeMarco Comments

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions division has demonstrated a company-built jet unmanned aircraft system during a series of flights. Kratos said Wednesday the flight series aimed to validate multiple functions that previous UAS platforms of the same category were not able to exhibit. The jet UAS is currently under production and has been deployed to multiple clients worldwide. Eric […] More

  • General Dynamics Gets $87M Contract for Navy Destroyer, Frigate Ship Planning Yard Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Gets $87M Contract for Navy Destroyer, Frigate Ship Planning Yard Services

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary will provide integrated planning yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s DDG-51 destroyer and FFG-7 frigate under a potential $87.2 million contract. Work covers design, material and planning support to facilitate the guided missile ships’ maintenance and modernization, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate $5.3 million in fiscal year […] More

  • NAVAIR Eyes Pratt & Whitney for E-6B Power Tech Upgrade Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVAIR Eyes Pratt & Whitney for E-6B Power Tech Upgrade Support Contract

    The Naval Air Systems Command plans to award United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary a sole-source contract to help install updated auxiliary power units into the U.S. Navy‘s E-6B Mercury planes. Work will cover APU installation, sustainment and engineering support for 16 E-6B aircraft units and training systems, the Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The service branch noted […] More

  • Leidos to Assist Navy in Undersea Medical Research Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Assist Navy in Undersea Medical Research Efforts

    Leidos has secured a potential five-year, $28.5 million contract to help a U.S. Navy  laboratory study the biomedical aspects of the military branch’s submarine fleet operations. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will support the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory in Groton, Conn., through May 31, 2023 under the  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Fiscal 2018 research, development, test […] More

  • VA Seeks Potential Sources of IT Enterprise Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Potential Sources of IT Enterprise Support Services

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on support services necessary to consolidate, transform and update VA’s information technology operations and services. VA plans to issue a task order under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract vehicle to procure IT enterprise support services, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday. The proposed order will […] More

  • Raytheon, Australia's Defense Science & Tech Org Partner for Electronic Warfare Tech Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Australia’s Defense Science & Tech Org Partner for Electronic Warfare Tech Project

    Raytheon and the Australian defense department’s science and technology group have agreed to jointly build electronic warfare systems under an interactive project agreement. The company said Monday it will collaborate with DST and local industry partners to establish a laboratory in Adelaide as part of efforts to create an integrated EW platform for the Australian defense force. As part […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense Gets Marine Vehicle Engineering Change Proposal Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Defense Gets Marine Vehicle Engineering Change Proposal Contract

    Oshkosh‘s defense business has received a potential five-year, $43.2 million contract to provide engineering change proposal tools for the U.S. Marine Corps‘s medium tactical vehicle replacement effort. The Defense Department said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers the provision of ECP kits, parts and hardware components to the Marine Corps Systems Command’s land systems program executive officer. Work will […] More