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  • Rockwell Collins Helmet Offers F-35 Pilot 'Immediate' Situational Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Helmet Offers F-35 Pilot ‘Immediate’ Situational Awareness

    The Rockwell Collins-built helmet for F-35 Lightning II pilots features a head-up display that works to project information in the pilot’s line of sight, Air Force Times reported Saturday. Phillip Swarts writes that F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin said the display aims to give pilots immediate access to flight information such as speed, altitude and distance to […] More

  • PwC Wins $12M DHA Performance Mgmt Task Order Via GSA’s BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PwC Wins $12M DHA Performance Mgmt Task Order Via GSA’s BPA

    PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP will continue to provide process improvement and performance management support services for the Defense Health Agency under a $12.2 million task order awarded through a blanket purchase agreement of the General Services Administration. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers support for DHA’s Healthcare Operations Directorate, assistant defense secretary and […] More

  • Integrated Data Services Lands $17M Air Force SME Contract for Financial Mgmt Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Integrated Data Services Lands $17M Air Force SME Contract for Financial Mgmt Tool

    Integrated Data Services has secured a three-year, $16.9 million contract to provide subject matter expertise for the U.S. Air Force’s Web-based financial management system. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers the acquisition of services for the implementation and maintenance of the Web Comprehensive Cost and Requirements platform, the Defense Department said Friday. The contractor will perform work […] More

  • GSA Picks CorasCloud IT Portfolio Mgmt Platform; Jim Benson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Picks CorasCloud IT Portfolio Mgmt Platform; Jim Benson Comments

    The General Services Administration has purchased an information technology management platform from CorasCloud in an effort to fulfill various compliance and regulatory needs. CorasCloud will provide an enterprise-wide license of its EnLight offering to more than 17,000 users, CorasCloud said Tuesday. “IT is constantly challenged to meet the needs of customers and deliver quality service […] More

  • Veris Group to Provide Risk Management Framework Training to AF - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veris Group to Provide Risk Management Framework Training to AF

    Veris Group has secured a $54,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide security controls, Risk Management Framework and continuous monitoring training to the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center’s information technology support staff. The company said Thursday its customized training offering builds on its experience with the Defense Department‘s Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process. Rebecca Svec, manager […] More

  • Army Taps Motorola Solutions Software for VoIP Communications; Michael Thurston Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Motorola Solutions Software for VoIP Communications; Michael Thurston Comments

    The U.S. Army has purchased a Motorola Solutions-built software platform intended to facilitate communication between disparate devices, the branch website said Thursday. The service branch will integrate the WAVE software tool with its tactical communications network to meet program requirements of the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications – Tactical in Maryland. WAVE is designed to convert […] More

  • Northrop Completes Deformable Mirror for Solar Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Deformable Mirror for Solar Telescope

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has completed its work to design a deformable mirror for a solar telescope. AOA Xinetics engineered the ground-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui, Hawaii with funds from the National Science Foundation, Northrop said Thursday. The National Solar Observatory and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy led development work […] More

  • Navy Taps SAIC to Help Deploy New Mgmt Info System Release - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps SAIC to Help Deploy New Mgmt Info System Release

    Science Applications International Corp. will provide software development and other services to help deliver the U.S. Navy‘s Global-Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System Release 3 under a $11.4 million contract. The Defense Department said Thursday SAIC will carry out design, integration and testing services; technical and engineering support; configuration and program management; contract administration; and logistics services. SAIC will […] More

  • NCI to Maintain US Army Network Enterprise Center; Brian Clark Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI to Maintain US Army Network Enterprise Center; Brian Clark Comments

    NCI Inc. has been awarded a $9.4 million contract to maintain and operate the U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Center at Fort Benning in Georgia. The company will administer, install and engineer classified and unclassified communication systems for the center, NCI said Wednesday. The contract contains a one-year base period and one 12-month option year. “We […] More

  • Ric Lumbard: CenturyLink to Provide Unified Comm Services in Iowa's Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ric Lumbard: CenturyLink to Provide Unified Comm Services in Iowa’s Public Sector

    Iowa Communications Network has added CenturyLink as a provider of managed communication services and collaboration applications to the government sector in Iowa. CenturyLink will offer its unified communications-as-a-service platform to healthcare, public safety and educational organizations that use ICN’s fiber optic broadband network, CenturyLink said Wednesday. The company’s UCaaS portfolio includes managed data networking and […] More

  • SAIC Awarded California Judicial Council IT Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Awarded California Judicial Council IT Services Contract

    Science Applications International Corp. will continue its information technology services for the Judicial Council of California under a potential five-year, $59 million prime contract awarded by the state. The company said Tuesday it will provide IT managed services and help desk, remote server and desktop support to the council, which administers California’s judicial processes. “We are proud to […] More

  • CTC Gets US Patent for Magnesium Battery System; Michael Pollock Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Gets US Patent for Magnesium Battery System; Michael Pollock Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a U.S. patent for a magnesium-based battery intended to power water purification machines for the production of drinkable water in disaster-struck areas and remote locations. The MagC carbon battery is designed to produce energy through the use of magnesium and applies saltwater brine derived from reverse osmosis-based waste stream as an electrolyte, CTC said […] More