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  • Eaton to Help Update Navy, Marine Corps Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eaton to Help Update Navy, Marine Corps Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems

    The U.S. Army‘s Engineering and Support Center has awarded Eaton a contract to support the modernization of supervisory control and data acquisition systems installed at U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps facilities in San Diego, California. Eaton said Tuesday it will supply equipment and provide project management, labor, engineering, supervision and transportation services to help the Naval […] More

  • Viavi Solutions to Supply Navy With Telecom Test Set - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viavi Solutions to Supply Navy With Telecom Test Set

    Viavi Solutions has received a potential five-year, $26.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide a telecommunication test set to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday that Viavi will perform work in California and Mexico under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The contract has a three-year base period will run through Feb. 1, 2020, and two one-year options. DLA’s land and […] More

  • Air Force Taps PTC for Supply Chain Mgmt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps PTC for Supply Chain Mgmt Support

    PTC will provide a service parts management platform to the U.S. Air Force in an effort to help the military branch manage supply chain planning and weapon systems support activities at Air Force Sustainment Centers worldwide. The company said Tuesday its PTC Service Parts Management Software-as-a-Service  platform will work to optimize demand forecast accuracy, logistics cost estimation and aircraft availability as well as […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Navy MH-60R Radar Kit Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy MH-60R Radar Kit Delivery Order

    Lockheed Martin has received a $45.8 million delivery order to provide 29 automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination standard retrofit p-kits for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of MH-60R helicopters. The Defense Department said Monday Lockheed’s mission systems and training business will perform work in New York and Florida through September 2020. The Navy used fiscal 2017 aircraft procurement funds to cover the […] More

  • Navy, Nammo's US Subsidiary Form Rocket Motor, Warhead Manufacturing Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Nammo’s US Subsidiary Form Rocket Motor, Warhead Manufacturing Partnership

    The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Indian Head explosive ordnance disposal technology division has partnered with Nammo Group‘s U.S.-based subsidiary Nammo Energetics Indian Head to produce rocket motors and warheads. The public-private collaboration is authorized under NSWC IHEODTD’s Center for Industrial and Technical Excellence designation, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Jan. 20. “Under this 30-year partnership, Nammo Energetics Indian Head will address […] More

  • Draper Lab Receives $54M Navy Contract for Trident Missile Guidance System Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draper Lab Receives $54M Navy Contract for Trident Missile Guidance System Production

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Charles Stark Draper Laboratory a five-year, $53.5 million contract to produce the MK 6 guidance system for Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missiles. Draper Lab will also support failure verification, test, repair and recertification of inertial measurement units, electronic assemblies and electronic modules under the contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will occur […] More

  • Northrop Receives Navy Contract Modification on Development of Common Missile Compartment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Receives Navy Contract Modification on Development of Common Missile Compartment

    Northrop Grumman has received a $22.7 million contract modification to a previously awarded contract to support the development and production of the U.S. Navy‘s Common Missile Compartment. The modification covers support for tactical underwater launcher hardware production as well as technical, design, development, component, full-scale test and evaluation engineering, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More

  • DCS to Support Navy Air Vehicle Test & Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCS to Support Navy Air Vehicle Test & Evaluation

    DCS Corp. has won a one-year, $10.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of technical services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s air vehicle test and evaluation division. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers up to 166,848 man-hours of test engineering, test support, ground and flight test conduct, test […] More

  • Joe Kopfman on AMERICAN SYSTEMS' Market Strategies in Testing, Health IT & Human Capital Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joe Kopfman on AMERICAN SYSTEMS’ Market Strategies in Testing, Health IT & Human Capital Services

    Chantilly, Va.-based AMERICAN SYSTEMS had an active 2016 with key events that included a major fifth-generation fighter jet testing services contract win and new health information technology services offerings for agencies — two key areas of growth for the government services contractor. Joe Kopfman, a four-decade company veteran, is one of the key leaders over those endeavors in his dual […] More

  • Navy Taps BAE Unit for Potential $68M USS Roosevelt Modernization Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps BAE Unit for Potential $68M USS Roosevelt Modernization Contract

    BAE Systems‘ Southeast Shipyard Mayport business in Jacksonville, Florida, has won a potential $68.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide facilities and human resources for the modernization, repair and maintenance of the USS Roosevelt guided missile destroyer. The Defense Department said Thursday the Navy obligated $51.4 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds at the […] More

  • Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp

    The U.S. Navy plans to award Architecture Technology Corp. a one-year contract to develop 10 ruggedized router prototypes for carrier-based aircraft through a Small Business Innovation Research program, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the military branch will ask ATCorp to build small size, weight and power consumption routers called small-form-factor automated networking systems under the third phase of […] More

  • ISS Federal Lead Rob Rogers on Agencies' Open Source Moves & 'Information Advantage' Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISS Federal Lead Rob Rogers on Agencies’ Open Source Moves & ‘Information Advantage’ Efforts

    Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners unveiled its new Polaris Alpha portfolio holding company in November through the merger of three government contracting businesses that included data services provider Intelligent Software Solutions. Based in Colorado Springs, ISS works with agencies on initiatives in data visualization, mobile software and other technology areas in efforts to help decision-makers capture […] More