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  • France Selects Thales for Submarine Sonar Tech R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    France Selects Thales for Submarine Sonar Tech R&D Contract

    Thales has secured a potential 42-month contract to research and develop sonar technology for the French navy’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. France’s defense procurement agency asked Thales to build a sonar system for installation on the future SNLE 3G SSBN submarine, Thales said Feb. 7. The company will also assess fourth-generation flank arrays as well as create a […] More

  • Michael Niggel, Neil Albert, Claudio Monticelli Speak at ACT I’s 20th Anniversary Celebration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Niggel, Neil Albert, Claudio Monticelli Speak at ACT I’s 20th Anniversary Celebration

    Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, addressed a crowd of approximately 200 attendees during the company’s 20th anniversary celebration on Jan. 20 at Fort Myer in Virginia. Niggel discussed ACT I’s efforts to deliver total acquisition management and foreign military sales platforms and services to government clients across defense, health care and homeland […] More

  • Telos VP Paul Capasso Named to AFC4A Cyberspace Operations & Support Hall of Fame - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos VP Paul Capasso Named to AFC4A Cyberspace Operations & Support Hall of Fame

    Paul Capasso, a 33-year U.S. Air Force veteran and vice president of strategic programs at Telos, has been selected for the Air Force Command, Control, Communications and Computers Association’s Cyberspace Operations and Support Hall of Fame. The retired major general continued to support multiple efforts at USAF and the Defense Department after he retired from military […] More

  • Tetra Tech to Help FAA Build Aerospace Medical Info System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech to Help FAA Build Aerospace Medical Info System

    Tetra Tech has received a potential five-year, $40 million contract to develop an aviation personnel medical information tracking system for the Federal Aviation Administration. The company said Tuesday it will provide design, architecture development, test, data analysis, training and deployment support services to FAA under the Aerospace Medicine Safety Information System contract. Dan Batrack, chairman and CEO […] More

  • BAE to Modernize USS Philippine Sea Cruiser Under Potential $72M Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Modernize USS Philippine Sea Cruiser Under Potential $72M Navy Contract

    BAE Systems has received a potential $72 million contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser ship. BAE said Monday the contract contains a $9.6 million initial value and covers USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) docking selected restricted availability efforts. “We will utilize our cruiser experience to accomplish the DSRA and return the ship back to […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Help Mexican Airports Implement Passenger Processing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Help Mexican Airports Implement Passenger Processing System

    A Mexico-based airline operator has selected a Rockwell Collins-built technology platform to help expedite the check-in process for travelers who arrive at eight airports in the country. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will provide ARINC vMulti-User System Environment Common Use Passenger Processing Systems to Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, also called OMA, for implementation at the Mexican airports. […] More

  • SAP Unveils Asset Strategy & Performance Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Unveils Asset Strategy & Performance Mgmt Platform

    SAP SE has launched a platform that works to help customers manage strategies for physical assets and monitor asset performance in real time. The company said Monday the SAP Asset Strategy and Performance Management system is designed to connect assets and support management across business functions, including maintenance management, manufacturing, finance and human resources. Tanja Rueckert, SAP president of the […] More

  • Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has delivered its 400th C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Friday. The aircraft comes in the MC-130J Commando II Special Operations variant and is assigned to the Air Force’s Special Operations Command, the company said Monday. The 400th C-130J is also the 13th MC-130J to be modified into an AC-130J […] More

  • Report: Orbital ATK Showcases Airborne Gun System at Singapore Airshow 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Orbital ATK Showcases Airborne Gun System at Singapore Airshow 2018

    Orbital ATK has showcased its side-mounted airborne gun platform to Asia-Pacific customers at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, AIN Online reported Sunday. Byron Foster, a director at Orbital ATK, said the company sees opportunities to sell the 30mm Palletized Weapon System to customers in the region. “There are threats such as those in north Asia that make it […] More

  • Cubic Eyes Simulation Support for Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Eyes Simulation Support for Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic’s Australian arm is expected to expand development work on combat training simulation systems in support of Australia’s potential $1.77 billion military training program with Singapore, Townsville Bulletin reported Tuesday. The Australia Singapore Military Training Initiative seeks to provide the Asian country’s armed forces with increased access to Australia’s military training areas as part of […] More

  • DARPA Partners With 2 Firms for Sonar Tech Devt Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Partners With 2 Firms for Sonar Tech Devt Project

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with Systems and Technology Research and Applied Physical Sciences to build a phased-array sonar technology compatible with unmanned naval vessels, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. Sonars to result from the project are expected to be installed on small underwater and surface vessels, as well as on surveillance systems deployed on […] More

  • Tauri Group to Support Medical Initiatives Under DoD's Chemical & Biological Defense Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tauri Group to Support Medical Initiatives Under DoD’s Chemical & Biological Defense Program

    Tauri Group has received a pair of task orders to provide support services for the medical domain of a Defense Department program that seeks to help U.S. warfighters counter chemical and biological threats. The company said Monday it will provide bioengineering and scientific expertise to DoD’s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense under the […] More