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  • CACI to Help Update Navy's Supply Chain, Logistics IT Infrastructure; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Help Update Navy’s Supply Chain, Logistics IT Infrastructure; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has received a three-year, $60.7 million task order to modernize a set of information technology systems the U.S. Navy uses to manage the military branch’s supply chain and logistics activities ashore and afloat. The company said Thursday it will provide life cycle development and engineering services for the Naval Tactical Command Support System modernization effort. NTSS is […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Help Navy Develop Seasonal Weather Forecasting Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Help Navy Develop Seasonal Weather Forecasting Tool

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Charles River Analytics a follow-on contract to help the Office of Naval Research develop a tool for the military branch to generate probability forecasts of weather. Charles River Analytics said Tuesday it aims to produce big data-based machine learning software for an extended-range weather prediction tool through the Climatological Observations for Maritime Prediction and Analysis Support Service initiative. The company will […] More

  • Raytheon Lands Contract to Demo EW Upgrades for Air Force Decoy Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Lands Contract to Demo EW Upgrades for Air Force Decoy Missile

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a potential $34.8 million contract to demonstrate an updated electronic warfare technology for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer. Raytheon said Sunday it is scheduled to complete development of MALD-X, successor of the current MALD-J model, within a 24-month period and will conduct two flight demonstrations to showcase the aerial decoy’s EW upgrades. MALD-X will feature an EW payload, a low-altitude flight mode and […] More

  • MBDA-Led Consortium to Demo Laser Capacity for UK Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA-Led Consortium to Demo Laser Capacity for UK Military

    The U.K. military has selected MBDA to demonstrate a capacity to field laser-directed weapons that can potentially urge the country’s navy and other services to utilize similar systems, Defense News reported Sunday. Andrew Chuter writes MBDA leads a bid team called UK Dragonfire that includes BAE Systems, Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Marshall Defense and Aerospace and Qinetiq to develop a solid state high power demonstrator weapon […] More

  • BAE Secures Navy Comm, Computer O&M Services Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Secures Navy Comm, Computer O&M Services Contract Option

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received a potential $12.9 million task order modification to provide operations and maintenance support to the U.S. Navy ‘s communication, electronic and computer systems. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification exercises a one-year option on a previously awarded contract to BAE Systems Inc. and will increase cumulative task order value to $34 million. DoD noted the […] More

  • Engility to Provide Technical Services for NAVAIR's Flight Safety Program; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Provide Technical Services for NAVAIR’s Flight Safety Program; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has been awarded a potential four-year, $38 million contract to help the U.S. Navy determine aircraft safety requirements and prepare flight clearances. The company said Thursday it will provide aircraft worthiness recommendations to the Naval Air Systems Command Airworthiness and CYBERSAFE Office as well as convert the flight and technical manuals of the Navy into an electronic format. “This new work builds upon Engility’s long-standing system engineering […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary to Continue Navy Submarine C5I Enterprise Systems Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Continue Navy Submarine C5I Enterprise Systems Support

    An AECOM subsidiary has received a nine-month, $24.7 million contract modification to support the U.S. Navy‘s submarine command, control, communications, computers, collaboration and intelligence enterprise infrastructure. The Defense Department said Wednesday URS Federal Services will continue to provide test, evaluation, engineering, technical, logistics and management services for submarine C5I system-of-systems and subsystems as well as operation authority, shore […] More

  • John Mancuso Joins PAR Technology's Govt Systems Business as Mission Systems BD Senior Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Mancuso Joins PAR Technology’s Govt Systems Business as Mission Systems BD Senior Director

    John Mancuso, former director of business development at Sciolex, has joined PAR Technology subsidiary PAR Government Systems Corp. as senior director of business development for mission systems. Mancuso will report to PGSC President Matt Cicchinelli and be responsible for business development initiatives in the unit’s core and adjacent market areas, PAR said Wednesday. “John’s experience qualifying and capturing opportunities in […] More

  • Cubic to Provide Split Radios For Navy's Common Data Link System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Provide Split Radios For Navy’s Common Data Link System

    Cubic has been awarded a $1 million contract by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific to deliver split radio subsystems in support of the U.S. Navy‘s AN/USQ-167 Common Data Link system. The company said Wednesday its mission solutions division will provide switchable CDL split above and below decks radio systems for installation on Navy aircraft carriers in an effort to help the military branch secure […] More

  • ViaSat to Provide Hardware, Software for Joint UHF SATCOM Network Integrated Control System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat to Provide Hardware, Software for Joint UHF SATCOM Network Integrated Control System

    The U.S. Navy has awarded ViaSat a potential 10-year, $48 million contract to supply hardware and software for the Joint Ultra-High Frequency Military Satellite Communications Network Integrated Control System. ViaSat provide engineering, technical services and ancillary hardware and software technologies to the UHF SATCOM’s channel controllers and user terminals under the contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The contract contains a […] More

  • Capstone Lands Task Order for Navy Fleet Forces Command Training Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capstone Lands Task Order for Navy Fleet Forces Command Training Support Services

    Capstone has received a task order from the Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Philadelphia Contracting Officer to provide various technical services in support of the U.S. Navy fleet forces command N357. The company said Sunday that it will supply services designed to manage the gaps within the joint exercise planning, the defense readiness reporting system, […] More

  • Exide Receives DoD Grant to Expand Submarine Batteries Production at Fort Smith - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exide Receives DoD Grant to Expand Submarine Batteries Production at Fort Smith

    Exide Technologies has signed a five-year, $30.7 million cost-sharing agreement with the U.S. government under the Defense Production Act Title III program to automate and modernize submarine batteries manufacturing processes at a company facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Under the agreement, the company will receive $18.7 million in DPA grant funds and invest $12 million to adopt new systems designed to […] More