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  • Navy Taps HII to Modernize 2 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps HII to Modernize 2 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Ships

    Ingalls Shipbuilding, a unit of HII, will assist the U.S. Navy in planning the modernization work on two Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers under a $10.5 million contract. The advanced planning period will support updates and improvements for the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) and USSS Micheal Monsoor (DDG 1001), HII and the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Virgin Orbit, SSC in Final Launch Preparations for Space Force Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virgin Orbit, SSC in Final Launch Preparations for Space Force Mission

    Virgin Orbit‘s national systems division has begun final preparations with Space Systems Command to launch a pair of research and development satellites for the U.S. Space Force from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay, U.K.  The Space Test Program-27VPD mission will liftoff to orbit onboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket to perform R&D experiments to demonstrate the capability […] More

  • Former Northrop Exec Chris Kinman to Join Momentus as Chief Commercial Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Northrop Exec Chris Kinman to Join Momentus as Chief Commercial Officer

    Commercial space company Momentus named Chris Kinman, who has over 30 years of government and industry experience, as chief commercial officer, effective from Jan. 9.  Kinman previously served as senior business development executive for Northrop Grumman‘s space sector business, where he led the business development team in the capture of space-related opportunities with the intelligence and […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Fidelis Cybersecurity Platforms to DOD Under Expanded ESI Agreement; Alex Whitworth Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Fidelis Cybersecurity Platforms to DOD Under Expanded ESI Agreement; Alex Whitworth Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology will give the Department of Defense and intelligence community access to Fidelis Cybersecurity‘s threat detection platforms through a recent blanket purchase agreement for DOD Enterprise Software Initiative. Under the BPA, Carahsoft will offer Fidelis’ Elevate open and active eXtended detection and response tool and CloudPassage Halo unified cloud security and compliance platform to […] More

  • Kratos to Produce XQ-58A Valkyrie Drones for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Produce XQ-58A Valkyrie Drones for Navy

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions a nine-month, $15.5 million contract to manufacture and deliver two XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial systems. The drones will be equipped with sensor and weapon system payloads that support penetrating affordable autonomous collaborative killer objectives, the Defense Department said Friday.  Kratos’ unmanned aerial systems unit will receive the full […] More

  • General Dynamics to Support Development, Maintenance of Air Force's ISR Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Support Development, Maintenance of Air Force’s ISR Network

    General Dynamics‘ information technology segment has secured a $17.8 million contract modification to continue supporting the development and maintenance of the U.S. Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System network weapon system. The Department of Defense said Thursday General Dynamic Information Technology will help develop, integrate, maintain, assess and troubleshoot network and enterprise-level information technology assets […] More

  • General Atomics Books Order for Navy Aircraft Launch & Recovery System Sustainment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Books Order for Navy Aircraft Launch & Recovery System Sustainment

    Naval Air Systems Command has awarded General Atomics a five-year, $43.8 million order to help the U.S. Navy sustain its aircraft launch and recovery technology. General Atomics will perform configuration management, logistics product updates, program planning support, technical support and engineering for the electromagnetic aircraft launch system and advanced arresting gear systems sustainment effort, the […] More

  • CACI Secures $69M Deal to Extend Army Personnel Pay System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Secures $69M Deal to Extend Army Personnel Pay System Support

    CACI International‘s integrated security solutions business has received a $68.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for the continued assistance in fielding and sustainment of an online human resources system that manages personnel and pay procedures. The modification extends for one year the provision of training, deployment and maintenance support for the Integrated Personnel […] More

  • USACE to Launch Solicitation for ANSol Tank Farm Facility Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USACE to Launch Solicitation for ANSol Tank Farm Facility Construction

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to launch a full and open competition for the construction of a new ammonium nitrate solution tank farm facility at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Kingsport, Tennessee. In a notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov, USACE said the design-build project is estimated to cost between $100 million and […] More

  • Defense Innovation Unit Seeks Energy-Efficient Heaters for DOD Buildings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Innovation Unit Seeks Energy-Efficient Heaters for DOD Buildings

    The Defense Innovation Unit issued a commercial solutions opening for technologies that can reduce the carbon footprint of space and water heating systems in the Department of Defense’s buildings. DIU said it is looking to prototype cost-effective innovations that can improve on air-source heat pumps and HP water heaters and are usable in workspaces, barracks […] More