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  • L3 Subsidiary to Continue Lifecycle Support for Navy Towed Array Assets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Continue Lifecycle Support for Navy Towed Array Assets

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has received a $19.8 million contract modification to continue to help the U.S. Navy manage a facility that provides lifecycle support for the service branch’s towed arrays. L3 Unidyne will perform services at the Naval Array Technical Support Center in Newport, Rhode Island, through July 2018 under the modification, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Naval Undersea […] More

  • Navy Awards BAE Unit $76M Air Expendable Countermeasures Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards BAE Unit $76M Air Expendable Countermeasures Delivery Order

    A business unit of BAE Systems has received a potential $75.9 million delivery order to manufacture T-1687/ALE-70(V) electronic warfare devices as part of the U.S. Navy‘s PMA272 Air Expendable Countermeasures program. The Defense Department said Wednesday BAE’s information and electronic systems integration unit will produce the countermeasures designed to protect aircraft from radio frequency and infrared […] More

  • Raytheon Lands $60M Air Force Laser-Guided Weapons Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Lands $60M Air Force Laser-Guided Weapons Support Contract

    Raytheon has received a potential $59.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide support equipment and services for the service branch’s Enhanced Paveway II laser-guided bombs. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company’s missile systems business will perform work under the sole-source contract in Tucson, Arizona through Feb. 28, 2019. Modern variants of the Raytheon-built Paveway bomb […] More

  • Northrop to Update Navy H-1 Aircraft Mission Computers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Update Navy H-1 Aircraft Mission Computers

    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $10.7 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy update mission computers of the H-1 aircraft fleet. The company will incorporate 54 technical refresh mission computers into the H-1 production line, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The firm-fixed-price order falls under a previously issued basic ordering agreement and work runs […] More

  • BAE Unit to Design, Build Army Steam & Gas Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Design, Build Army Steam & Gas Plant

    A business unit of BAE Systems has secured a $51.9 million contract modification to design, build and commission a combined gas and steam plant at a U.S. Army facility that supplies explosive materials to the Defense Department. BAE Systems Ordnance Systems will construct the power plant at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant located in Kingsport, Tennessee, DoD said Tuesday. […] More

  • National Academy of Sciences to Help Army Form Science & Technical Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Academy of Sciences to Help Army Form Science & Technical Board

    The National Academy of Sciences has received a potential five-year, $30 million contract to establish a board that would tackle science and technical matters of interest to the U.S. Army. NAS will form the group to serve as the convening authority to lead periodic discussions, workshops and studies for the military branch, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Air Force Accepts STEM Scholarship Applications for 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Accepts STEM Scholarship Applications for 2018

    The U.S. Air Force is accepting scholarship applications from students who aim to pursue a science, technology, engineering and math degree. The military service said Monday it offers between $25,000 and $38,000 a year to help students major in one of the 19 STEM disciplines through the branch’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service […] More

  • DoD's Innovation Unit Taps ICEYE for Earth Observation Data Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Unit Taps ICEYE for Earth Observation Data Support

    ICEYE‘s U.S. subsidiary has secured a contract to provide Earth observation data support services to the Defense Department‘s innovation unit. Mike Lyons, CEO of ICEYE U.S., said in a statement published Monday the company aims to help the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental address national security challenges through the use of data. ICEEYE is headquartered in Espoo, […] More

  • Booz Allen-NVIDIA Team to Develop AI Training Program for Federal Employees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen-NVIDIA Team to Develop AI Training Program for Federal Employees

    Booz Allen Hamilton will team up with NVIDIA to establish a hands-on training program designed to help federal employees hone their artificial intelligence skills, Nextgov reported Monday. The NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute and Booz Allen team aims to launch the program in early 2018 to help employees understand the basics of emerging technologies and create […] More

  • IAP to Support Navy Base Operations in Annapolis, Maryland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAP to Support Navy Base Operations in Annapolis, Maryland

    The U.S. Navy has awarded IAP Worldwide Services a potential $19.4 million contract to help operate the Naval Support Activity base in Annapolis, Maryland. IAP will provide management, supervision and labor services as well as training, equipment and supplies to NSA Annapolis under the contract, the Defense Department said Friday. Work covers facility investment, service calls, pest control, […] More

  • Navy Taps Iridium for DoD Network Services Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Iridium for DoD Network Services Support

    Iridium has received a potential $45.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide commercial satellite-based network services support for Defense Department satellite, ground node, user equipment/terminal software and hardware development, integration and testing activities. DoD said Monday the contract will cover continued communication support services that can aid tactical, operational and strategic-level activities of […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures Air Force Funds to Continue Booster Engine Development Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures Air Force Funds to Continue Booster Engine Development Work

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a $22.7 million contract modification for the development of a reusable oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle booster engine designed to use liquid oxygen baseline propellants. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification will increase cumulative value of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s contract to $218.4 million. Services under the contract include booster engine design, construction and testing. The company […] More