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  • US Military Buys Additional DragonFly 3D Printers From Nano Dimension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Military Buys Additional DragonFly 3D Printers From Nano Dimension

    The U.S. military has purchased two more DragonFly Pro 3D printers from Israel-based additive electronics firm Nano Dimension. The multi-material additive manufacturing platform enables users to facilitate in-house prototyping or manufacturing of functional electronic units such as sensors, antennas, molded interconnect devices, circuit boards and other circuitry within a short time span, Nano Dimension said Tuesday. […] More

  • Janus’ Steve Priestley Speaks at Middle East Institute’s Conference on Explosive Hazards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus’ Steve Priestley Speaks at Middle East Institute’s Conference on Explosive Hazards

    Steve Priestley, director of mine action programs at Janus Global Operations, joined a panel discussion during the Middle East Institute’s inaugural conference on explosive hazard removal efforts held on Sept. 13 in Washington, D.C. “Our purpose is to help people displaced by conflict resume their normal lives,” Priestley said in a statement published Monday. “Together, […] More

  • Al Whitmore: BAE Aims to Help DoD Address Mission Challenges Through $28B Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Al Whitmore: BAE Aims to Help DoD Address Mission Challenges Through $28B Contract Vehicle

    Al Whitmore, president of the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, has said the company will leverage internal research-and-development efforts to help address mission challenges at the Defense Department as part of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. BAE said Monday it is eligible to compete for R&D and support task orders under the Defense Technical Information Center’s $28B Information Analysis Center […] More

  • Alion Secures Army Tech Development Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion Secures Army Tech Development Support Contract

    Alion Science and Technology has received a potential five-year, $49.9M contract to explore tools and methods for the U.S. Army to develop agile and adaptive systems. The Defense Department said Monday the company will work to increase knowledge and understanding of new technology development approaches that can support future Army missions. The Army Contracting Command received […] More

  • BAE's Diane Dempsey Wins 'Minority Supplier Development Leader' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s Diane Dempsey Wins ‘Minority Supplier Development Leader’ Award

    Diane Dempsey, director of small business programs at BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, accepted the 2018 Chairman’s Award for Minority Supplier Development Leader of the Year from the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council at a ceremony held last week in National Harbor, Md. Dempsey said in a statement released Friday the company partners with businesses that […] More

  • ECS Federal Secures $79M Army Machine Learning Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Federal Secures $79M Army Machine Learning Contract

    ECC Federal has received a potential $78.8M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Army to provide computer vision engineering and machine learning services. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the contract via an online solicitation process and will obligate $40M in fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of award, the […] More

  • Engility to Help Sustain Air Force Data Link Gateway Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Help Sustain Air Force Data Link Gateway Software

    Engility has secured a $49.5M contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain software for a tactical data exchange system used on airborne platforms. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide software sustainment support for the Joint Range Extension/Joint Range Extension Tactical Equipment Package under the requirements-type, cost-reimbursable contract. The Air Force will obligate $3.2M […] More

  • Report: DoD Requires JEDI Contract Bidders to Hand-Deliver Proposals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DoD Requires JEDI Contract Bidders to Hand-Deliver Proposals

    The Defense Department has again extended the deadline of bidding for a $10B cloud services contract and asked vendors to submit proposals in person, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Interested parties may contact procurement officials to arrange submission details through Oct. 10, and deliver their responses to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure solicitation on DVDs by Oct. 12. Bidders […] More

  • Alion to Help Update Army Engineers' Comms Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion to Help Update Army Engineers’ Comms Infrastructure

    Alion Science and Technology has received a $33M task order to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers modernize, secure and maintain USACE’s ground-based and satellite communications platforms. The company said Tuesday it aims to develop systems for USACE to protect systems used in the event of an emergency from radio frequency interference. Alion will also provide […] More

  • Northrop Receives Milestone C Approval for Common Infrared Countermeasure System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Receives Milestone C Approval for Common Infrared Countermeasure System

    Northrop Grumman has obtained Milestone C approval for a technology designed to help the U.S. military counter advanced infrared missile attacks, which means the technology is ready for manufacture and deployment. The Defense Department‘s Milestone Decision Authority cleared the Common Infrared Countermeasure system after Northrop and the U.S. Army assessed the performance of CIRCM in combat scenarios through […] More

  • Navy Orders $65M in Northrop Triton UAS Sensor Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Orders $65M in Northrop Triton UAS Sensor Spares

    Northrop Grumman has received a $64.8M delivery order to provide sensor spares for the service branch’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems. The company will provide low-rate initial production 3 spares to support organizational-level maintenance of the Multi-Function Active Sensors, the Defense Department said Friday. The order covers the delivery of six antenna group assemblies, six wideband receivers […] More

  • HackerOne to Help Run GSA's New Bug Bounty Program; Marten Mickos Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HackerOne to Help Run GSA’s New Bug Bounty Program; Marten Mickos Quoted

    HackerOne has received a multiyear contract to help the General Services Administration‘s Technology Transformation Service administer a program aimed at identifying security vulnerabilities in digital assets within the agency. The award comes one year after the company completed a bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure program with GSA’s 18F organization, HackerOne said Friday. GSA became the first federal […] More