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  • Saab Receives DoD Order for Man-Portable Weapon System; Michael Andersson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Receives DoD Order for Man-Portable Weapon System; Michael Andersson Comments

    Saab has received a $5.4 million order from the Defense Department to supply a company-built man-portable weapon system to U.S. military agencies. The defense and security company said Thursday the order for Saab’s Carl-Gustaf was issued under a previously awarded DoD contract for 84-millimeter recoilless rifle systems. Michael Andersson, president and CEO of Saab’s North American business, said Carl-Gustaf features […] More

  • Raytheon Lands DISA Systems Engineering, Integration Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Lands DISA Systems Engineering, Integration Support IDIQ

    Raytheon has received a five-year, $40 million contract to support the activities of the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Joint System Engineering and Integration Office. The company will execute the task at its Arlington, Virginia-based facility from Aug. 1, 2016 through July 31, 2021, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains firm-fixed-price and cost […] More

  • Jacobs Receives UK Rail Link Project Support Contract Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Receives UK Rail Link Project Support Contract Extension

    Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a contract from Network Rail to support the latter’s development consent order submission on a proposed rail link project in the U.K. Jacobs said Wednesday the project seeks to update rail links from the Great Western main line to Heathrow Airport to provide direct travel to the airport from Reading and Slough. Jacobs added its team […] More

  • ICF to Support HUD Community-Focused Technical Assistance & Capacity Building Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Support HUD Community-Focused Technical Assistance & Capacity Building Program

    The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded three cooperative agreements worth a total of $11.2 million to ICF International to support the department’s technical assistance and capacity building program. ICF said Wednesday it will provide various services in support of the Community Compass program, manage the HUD Exchange platform, support group and self-directed learning among grantees and help public […] More

  • Cubic to Build Crewstation Subsystems for Army Fighting Vehicle Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Build Crewstation Subsystems for Army Fighting Vehicle Training System

    Cubic‘s global defense segment has received a potential $13.9 million contract from Oasis Advanced Engineering to supply crewstation subsystems for the U.S. Army‘s Bradley Fighting Vehicle conduct-of-fire trainers. The contract contains a $4.2 million base value for the production of nine mobile and four institutional crewstation subsystems as well as a $9.7 million option for the delivery of an additional […] More

  • PAE to Proceed With Navy F-5 Maintenance & Logistics Support; John Heller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE to Proceed With Navy F-5 Maintenance & Logistics Support; John Heller Comments

    PAE is set to provide maintenance and logistics support services for 44 F-5 aircraft of the U.S. Navy after the service branch cancelled a stop-work order on the company. PAE said Tuesday it began contract transition performance on May 25 and will continue work through a four-year period if all options are exercised. The contract awarded by the […] More

  • Bollinger Shipyards Orders $160M in L-3 Coast Guard Ship C4ISR Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bollinger Shipyards Orders $160M in L-3 Coast Guard Ship C4ISR Systems

    L-3 Communications has received a nine-year $160 million, subcontract from Bollinger Shipyards to provide an integrated C4ISR system for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s future Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters. L-3 said Monday it will provide initial design updates to the FRC ships such as antenna arrangement and analysis, exterior communications and other situation awareness platforms. The company will also deliver, […] More

  • DLA Orders Laser-Protected Periscopes From Optex Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Orders Laser-Protected Periscopes From Optex Systems

    Optex Systems has received a five-year, $5.99 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver laser-protected periscopes across the U.S. military. The optical sighting systems manufacturer said Friday its glass and plastic periscopes work to support a range of vehicle platforms. Optex CEO Danny Schoening said the award builds on the company’s efforts to grow its footprint in the armored vehicle […] More

  • Astronics to Produce Night-Vision Lighting Systems for Intl Customer's F-16 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Astronics to Produce Night-Vision Lighting Systems for Intl Customer’s F-16 Fleet

    Astronics has received a 24-month, $5 million contract to supply night-vision lighting systems for the F-16 jets of an unnamed country through the U.S. foreign military sales program. The contract calls for Astronics to design and develop a complete lighting system that will work to help pilots fly F-16s with night-vision goggles, the company said Wednesday. Astronics added the system will incorporate exterior and […] More

  • ProSol Associates to Provide Curriculum Services for Marine Corps Communication Electronic School - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProSol Associates to Provide Curriculum Services for Marine Corps Communication Electronic School

    ProSol Associates has won a potential five-year, $23 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide curriculum services for the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Communication Electronics School. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers course instruction for approximately 57 information technology software programs, certification testing conducted by test administrators and curricula development and management. Work will occur at […] More

  • Comtech to Install, Manage Washington State's 911 Emergency System; Stanton Sloane Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech to Install, Manage Washington State’s 911 Emergency System; Stanton Sloane Comments

    Comtech Telecommunications‘ commercial solutions business unit has secured a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide IP-based next-generation 9-1-1 technology to support emergency communications across Washington state. The company said Wednesday will install and manage a statewide enterprise system designed to comply with the National Emergency Number Association’s NG911 geospatial call routing and reporting standards. Comtech President and CEO Stanton […] More

  • Army Taps Georgia Tech Applied Research for Technical Support to Natl Ground Intell Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Georgia Tech Applied Research for Technical Support to Natl Ground Intell Center

    The Georgia Institute of Technology’s applied research organization has secured a five-year, $35 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide offsite technical support for the foreign materiel division of the National Ground Intelligence Center. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. will analyze and exploit foreign military hardware in an effort to help the NGIC’s foreign materiel division access intelligence and […] More