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  • Tom Watson: SAIC to Continue Engineering, Technical Support for SPAWAR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Watson: SAIC to Continue Engineering, Technical Support for SPAWAR

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential three-year, $62 million task order to provide technical and engineering services to the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. SAIC said Monday it will provide support for SPAWAR’s office of chief engineer, program executive office for C4I systems, fleet readiness directorate and C4ISR programs. “This […] More

  • Lou Von Thaer Keynotes K-12 Intro to STEM Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lou Von Thaer Keynotes K-12 Intro to STEM Event

    Lou Von Thaer, president of the national security sector business at Leidos, will be a co-keynote speaker at a company-sponsored symposium on how parents can best engage kids in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Von Thaer, a Wash100 inductee, headlines the WashingtonExec 2015 K-12 STEM Symposium on March 7 with Evan Glazer, principal at Thomas […] More

  • BANC3 to Support Army's Tech R&D, Engineering Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BANC3 to Support Army’s Tech R&D, Engineering Programs

    BANC3 has secured $35 million in contract funds to help the U.S. Army research, develop and engineer mission-based systems for military personnel. The technology firm said Monday it will work with the Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command to build imaging sensors, microdisplays, advanced optical materials, lasers, digital image processors and related software programs. The Army […] More

  • Jacobs Awarded Multiple TxDOT Professional Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Awarded Multiple TxDOT Professional Services Contracts

    Jacobs Engineering Group has landed three contracts to provide professional and technical services for multiple projects run by the Texas Department of Transportation. Jacobs said Tuesday it will conduct research on transport corridors and systems, traffic counts, travel times and highway tolls within the El Paso district through the first contract. The second contract is […] More

  • Varley Group Eyes Engineering Partnership, Acquisition Deals to Expand US Footprint - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Varley Group Eyes Engineering Partnership, Acquisition Deals to Expand US Footprint

    Australian engineering firm Varley Group aims to expand its presence in the U.S. aerospace and defense market by acquiring and partnering with U.S.-based companies. Varley is seeking a strategic partnership that would leverage synergies and help the parties market offerings across the U.S. and Pacific Rim, the company said Wednesday. The Australian firm says it […] More

  • Mark Signorelli: BAE to Produce Armored Vehicles to Upgrade Army's Personnel Carriers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Signorelli: BAE to Produce Armored Vehicles to Upgrade Army’s Personnel Carriers

    BAE Systems will provide the U.S. Army with engineering, manufacturing and development and low-rate initial production support for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle under a potential $1.2 billion contract. The company said Tuesday that it will produce 29 AMPVs for the EMD phase of the project and another 289 units for the LRIP phase to replace the Army’s fleet of M113 armored […] More

  • Executive Profile: Mona Bates, Director of Strategy, Architecture for Raytheon's IT Org - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Mona Bates, Director of Strategy, Architecture for Raytheon’s IT Org

    Mona Bates serves as director of strategy and architecture for the information technology organization within Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business segment. She also leads Raytheon’s engineering automation council, which develops engineering automation and service best practices. The 16-year IT veteran previously led integrated missile defense  programs for the Missile Defense Agency and Joint Functional Component Command. Bates helped […] More

  • Jacobs to Help Texas Dept Oversee Design-Build Projects; Randy Pierce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Help Texas Dept Oversee Design-Build Projects; Randy Pierce Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a six-year, $20 million contract to help the Texas Department of Transportation oversee design-build and public-private partnership projects across the state. Jacobs said Tuesday it will implement design, construction oversight and owner verification testing procedures for the department under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. “Using lessons learned from our work on the Dallas-Fort Worth Connector, Chisholm […] More

  • Raytheon, Student Veterans of America Award $10k Scholarships to 3 Vets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Student Veterans of America Award $10k Scholarships to 3 Vets

    Raytheon and Student Veterans of America will award $10,000 in scholarships to three student veterans who will take cybersecurity and engineering university courses. Damien Calderon of the U.S. Army, Megan Freeman of the U.S. Navy and Edward Thiemann of the U.S. Air Force have received study grants under the annual joint scholarship program, Raytheon said Tuesday. “These scholarships will help them […] More

  • Raytheon VP Mark Russell Named an IEEE Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon VP Mark Russell Named an IEEE Fellow

    Mark Russell, vice president of engineering, technology and mission assurance at Raytheon, has been selected to join the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellowship program. The IEEE Fellow committee recognized Russell’s work on projects to develop radio frequency and microwave technologies for national security and defense applications, Raytheon said Thursday. IEEE awards the fellow […] More

  • Bassim Shebaro: Jacobs to Help Saudi Arabia Build Industrial Cities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bassim Shebaro: Jacobs to Help Saudi Arabia Build Industrial Cities

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won a two-year contract of an undisclosed amount with the Saudi Industry Property Authority to design and develop industrial cities in the country. The company will provide concept and design services for three new industrial cities in Saudi Arabia, the company said Tuesday. “We look forward to supporting MODON’s goal to create a lasting and […] More