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  • Sikorsky Gets Canada's OK for S-92 Helicopter Gross Weight Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Gets Canada’s OK for S-92 Helicopter Gross Weight Expansion

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received approval from Canadian regulators for a gross weight expansion of the S-92 helicopter platform. The company said Tuesday the certification allows Sikorsky to increase the helicopter’s payload capacity from 26,500 pounds to 27,700 pounds. The Federal Aviation Administration approved a similar modification three years ago. Sikorsky aims to obtain European Aviation Safety Agency certification […] More

  • DEA Plans Contract Award to SOSi for Continued Linguistic Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DEA Plans Contract Award to SOSi for Continued Linguistic Services

    The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to negotiate a potential one-year, sole-source contract for continued linguistic services with SOS International to support DEA field divisions in the Caribbean, Miami, New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and nearby regions. The contract includes a three-month base period and three options of three months each, the Justice Department said Monday in […] More

  • HHS Orders Elusys Anthrax Treatment for Strategic National Stockpile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Orders Elusys Anthrax Treatment for Strategic National Stockpile

    The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Elusys Therapeutics a $25.2 million contract to supply an anthrax treatment for the country’s national repository of medical countermeasures for public health emergency use. HHS said Monday its Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority provided funds for the company to produce the Anthim monoclonal antibody injection as part of Project BioShield. Elusys will […] More

  • GSA Adds Deimos Satellite Imagery Products, Services to IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Adds Deimos Satellite Imagery Products, Services to IT Schedule 70

    Deimos Imaging has secured a position on the General Service Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle to offer satellite imagery services and products to government agencies. The company said Monday its offerings are designed to help federal, state, local, tribal and regional agencies access make decisions concerning agricultural, oil and gas, maritime surveillance, defense and security efforts. Deimos Imaging and […] More

  • Esri Unveils Intelligence Configuration for Desktop Geospatial Data Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Unveils Intelligence Configuration for Desktop Geospatial Data Mgmt Platform

    Esri has released a new desktop version of its geospational data management platform customized for intelligence community analysts. The Intelligence Configuration for ArcGIS Pro is designed with multiple tools for analysts to study relationships between objects, people and groups as well as predict a target’s potential activity, Esri said Monday. ICAP works to help users visualize data […] More

  • NTT Data, GTA Extend Georgia IT Infrastructure Support Partnership; Chris Merdon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Data, GTA Extend Georgia IT Infrastructure Support Partnership; Chris Merdon Comments

    NTT Data‘s services division and the Georgia Technology Authority have extended a partnership agreement to help the state’s government entities manage information technology assets. The company said Monday it has supported more than 41,000 computers and operating systems built for public sector employees throughout Georgia over the past nine years. “We’re extremely proud of our work with […] More

  • AT&T Secures Year 2 Option Under DISA Comms Network Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Secures Year 2 Option Under DISA Comms Network Support Contract

    AT&T will continue to support the the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s ultra-high-frequency/line-of-sight communications network under a $13.7 million contract modification. DISA exercised option year 2 under the company’s sole-source contract that covers the provision of Northstar long-haul telecommunications services and related transmission circuits for the UHF/LOS communications system, the Defense Department said Monday. Work under the modification will begin May 1 and […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Adds WorldView-4 Satellite Imagery to Cloud-Based GEOINT Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Adds WorldView-4 Satellite Imagery to Cloud-Based GEOINT Platform

    Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe has incorporated imagery from the WorldView-4 Earth observation satellite into a cloud-based technology designed to help customers access geospatial intelligence. DigitalGlobe said Sunday its WorldView-4 imagery collections will more than double the daily volume of 30-centimeter imagery stored in the SecureWatch platform and help analysts monitor activity in multiple areas of interest. MDA, also a Maxar unit, plans to integrate […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary to Help Navy Expand Guantanamo Expeditionary Legal Complex - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Help Navy Expand Guantanamo Expeditionary Legal Complex

    An AECOM subsidiary has won a potential $18.9 million task order from the U.S. Navy to design and build structures at the Expeditionary Legal Complex located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Defense Department said Friday URS Group will construct general purpose administration and legal buildings, such as sensitive compartmented information facilities, as well as implement security measures in accordance with DoD’s […] More

  • Manhattan Construction to Build Instrument Developent Facility for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Manhattan Construction to Build Instrument Developent Facility for NASA

    Manhattan Construction has received a potential $31.1 million contract to build an instrument development facility at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. NASA said Saturday the company will construct a 54,200-square-foot multistory building to house Science and Exploration Directorate and the Planetary Environments Laboratory. The agency expects the facility to obtain the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership […] More

  • Army Engineers Tap ARDL for Environmental Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Engineers Tap ARDL for Environmental Services Contract

    Applied Research and Development Lab has received a potential five-year, $40 million contract to provide environmental services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE received four bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet and will determine locations and funds with each order, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will perform work through April 16, 2023. […] More

  • Raytheon Completes SDB II Developmental Test; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Completes SDB II Developmental Test; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon has finished the development testing phase for its Small Diameter Bomb II technology and started integrating the weapon on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet planes. The company said Thursday fighter pilots dropped and assessed 44 SDB II units to destroy maneuvering targets during the test. “SDB II can eliminate a wider range of targets with fewer […] More