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  • Celsius to Offer Energy Drink at US Military Retail Stores Globally - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Celsius to Offer Energy Drink at US Military Retail Stores Globally

    Celsius Holdings has partnered with the military retailers to market the company’s calorie-burning beverage product at U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps installations worldwide. Celsius said Tuesday its distributor Eurpac Service will ship the drinks to global base stores operated by exchange services. Gerry David, Celsius CEO, said the company aims to help troops “get through the long and demanding hours they spend […] More

  • Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Army Partner for Omadacycline Biodefense Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Army Partner for Omadacycline Biodefense Studies

    Paratek Pharmaceuticals has partnered with the U.S. Army to conduct research on the efficiency of omadacycline treatments against pathogenic agents under a cooperative research-and-development agreement. The studies will work to determine if omadacycline can help treat biodefense pathogens such as Yersinia Pestis and Bacillus Anthracis, Paratek said Tuesday. The company will provide omadacycline and technical expertise in support of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of […] More

  • USAF Taps Canadian Commercial Corp. for Pave Hawk Control Display Replacement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps Canadian Commercial Corp. for Pave Hawk Control Display Replacement Contract

    Canadian Commercial Corp. has received a $7 million contract to produce, integrate and test a control display unit replacement for the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the sole-source contract covers the production of 42 non-developmental CDUs with the same form, fit and function as the current Pave Hawk display system. Work will occur […] More

  • Lockheed to Update Army Apache Helicopter Sensors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Update Army Apache Helicopter Sensors

    Lockheed Martin has secured a $49 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide sensor upgrades for AH-64E Apache helicopters. The company said Monday the contract covers 42 Modernized Day Sensor Assembly kits and spares to update the Apache aircraft’s Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor. Lockheed will carry out Lot 1 production at the company’s Orlando and […] More

  • Netizen Corp. to Provide Cyber, Risk Assessment Services for Army Tech Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Netizen Corp. to Provide Cyber, Risk Assessment Services for Army Tech Systems

    Netizen Corp. has landed a five-year, $9.9 million contract to provide cybersecurity, compliance and risk assessment services for the U.S. Army‘s technology systems on classified and unclassified networks. Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Netizen said Monday it will support the Army’s efforts under the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Risk Management Framework Security Control Assessor-Validator. NIST RMF contains a series of processes […] More

  • Honeywell-Pratt & Whitney JV to Develop Engine Tech for Vertical Lift Combat Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell-Pratt & Whitney JV to Develop Engine Tech for Vertical Lift Combat Helicopters

    A Honeywell–Pratt & Whitney joint venture has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to develop and demonstrate new engine technologies to power a new fleet of vertical lift combat helicopters. Advanced Turbine Engine Co. aims to build and test a new engine that will work to increase the vertical lift function, range, speed, payload, endurance and reliability […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Repair Display Units on Army Black Hawk Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Repair Display Units on Army Black Hawk Helicopters

    Rockwell Collins has received a five-year contract of an undisclosed value to repair the primary flight and mission display units on the U.S. Army‘s fleet of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. The company said Wednesday it will fix and provide service bulletins for all Black Hawks MFD-268C4 displays used by the U.S. Army as well as foreign military customers. Work […] More

  • Elbit Systems Unit to Provide Gunner Hand Stations for Army's Bradley Combat Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Unit to Provide Gunner Hand Stations for Army’s Bradley Combat Vehicles

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded an Elbit Systems subsidiary a two-year, $7.3 million contract to provide the U.S. Army gunner hand stations for the BAE Systems-built Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Elbit Systems of America will deliver Gunner’s Hand Stations that will operate alongside Commander’s Hand Stations to relay control signals to the Bradley M2A3/M3A3 turret fire control systems to support turret movement […] More

  • PAE, Vectrus Subsidiary Form JV to Pursue Army Logistics Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE, Vectrus Subsidiary Form JV to Pursue Army Logistics Support Contract

    PAE and Vectrus‘ Vectrus Systems Corporation subsidiary have formed a joint venture to bid for the U.S. Army‘s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program V contract vehicle. PAE said Tuesday Scott Welker, former deputy commander of the U.S. Army‘s Joint Munitions Command, will lead the PAE Vectrus JV as president. Welker said the PAE Vectrus team offers experience in international contingency mission support with operations on all continents. […] More

  • Honeywell Chosen to Build Ballistic Composite Materials for ArmorSource, KDH Defense, Short Bark Industries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Chosen to Build Ballistic Composite Materials for ArmorSource, KDH Defense, Short Bark Industries

    Honeywell will provide ballistic composite materials to ArmorSource, Short Bark Industries and KDH Defense Systems‘ for efforts by the latter three companies to build military protection products. KDH Defense will use Honeywell’s Gold Shield and Spectra Shield products to create soft armor vest systems for the U.S. Army‘s next-generation Soldier Protection System, Honeywell said Tuesday. Honeywell added KDH Defense […] More

  • Saab Intros Land-Based Compact Radar Tech Offering; Erik Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Intros Land-Based Compact Radar Tech Offering; Erik Smith Comments

    Saab has released a ground-based compact radar system in the U.S. market in efforts to help military customers address multiple types of threat when they conduct missions. Sweden-based Saab said Monday it will transfer rights to the Giraffe 1X radar that mounts on vehicles, vessels and fixed installations to its subsidiary Saab Defense and Security USA in a push to help address emerging requirements […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Provide US Allies Non-Standard Munitions Worth $126M - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Provide US Allies Non-Standard Munitions Worth $126M

    Orbital ATK has secured nearly $126 million in delivery orders from the U.S. government to manufacture a range of ammunition systems for the Defense Department‘s foreign allies. The orders are for non-U.S. standard munitions and fall under a pair of previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and basic ordering agreement contracts, Orbital ATK said Monday. The company currently operates a U.S. Army-owned ammunition plant in Independence, Missouri, where it also  […] More