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  • DHS Seeks Applications for 2017 STEM Summer Internship Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Applications for 2017 STEM Summer Internship Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has begun to accept applications for a 10-week internship program designed for students that specialize in national security-related science, technology, engineering and math courses. The Homeland Security STEM Summer Internship program seeks to help students connect with DHS professionals and gain research experiences at 12 federal research centers across the country, […] More

  • Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract

    Allied Associates International has secured a $23.4 million contract to advise and assist the Missile Defense Agency on the technical, engineering, advisory and management aspects of MDA’s international affairs and foreign military sales. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers studies, analyses, evaluations, management and professional services to support the Aegis, Sensors and Terminal High Altitude ballistic missile defense […] More

  • AECOM Lands Hong Kong Airport Design Consultancy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Lands Hong Kong Airport Design Consultancy Contract

    AECOM has received a contract to provide design consultancy services for Hong Kong International Airport’s new passenger building as part of the Three-runway System expansion project. The company said Monday it will perform research and benchmarking studies on potential information technology and airport systems, retail and advertising trends for the Third Runway Passenger Building‘s design team. “We look forward to leveraging […] More

  • NIH Awards SPARC Grant to Purdue to Aid Stomach Neural Circuitry Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Awards SPARC Grant to Purdue to Aid Stomach Neural Circuitry Research

    Purdue University will lead a $10 million study to research the stomach’s neural circuitry and discover if bioelectronics medicine could help treat conditions such as diabetes or obesity. Purdue said Tuesday the grant was received from the National Institutes of Health‘s Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions program, which supports research projects that focus on the development […] More

  • Susan Eustis: Global Military Drone Market to Reach $8.6B by 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Susan Eustis: Global Military Drone Market to Reach $8.6B by 2022

    Susan Eustis, lead author of the “Military Drones: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts Worldwide, 2016 to 2022” report, has said the global market for military drones will increase to $8.6 billion by 2022 from $4.4 billion recorded in 2015, Inside Unmanned Systems reported Monday. Eustis told the publication the U.S. accounts for 73 percent of the worldwide […] More

  • Engility Awarded $71M Naval Aircraft Engineering Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Awarded $71M Naval Aircraft Engineering Services Contract

    Engility has received a 21-month, $71 million contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division to provide systems engineering services on U.S. aerial platforms and weapons systems. The company said Friday it will assess the technical performance, suitability and risks of NAWCAD’s aircraft, weapons and integrated systems as part of the contract and perform a […] More

  • Deloitte Opens Research & Collaboration Center to Address Government Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Opens Research & Collaboration Center to Address Government Challenges

    Deloitte has opened a center that aims to produce research and foster collaboration to address problems facing the government. The company said Tuesday its new Center for Government Insights will engage with public sector leaders through publications, forums and workshops in efforts to provide insights on local, state and federal government issues. William Eggers, managing director for services at Deloitte, […] More

  • ICF Awarded 3-Year NIH IT Mgmt Services Task Order; Terry McKittrick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Awarded 3-Year NIH IT Mgmt Services Task Order; Terry McKittrick Comments

    ICF has secured a potential three-year, $14 million recompete task order for information technology support to National Institutes of Health‘s office of the chief information officer. ICF said Monday it will provide IT management, strategic advisory, planning and research services intended to help the NIH OCIO address technology requirements across the agency. The company will also conduct market research, studies […] More

  • Commerce Dept Picks 35 Companies as Data Project JV Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Commerce Dept Picks 35 Companies as Data Project JV Partners

    The Commerce Department‘s National Technical Information Service has selected 35 organizations via a merit-based process to serve as joint venture partners tasked to work with NTIS on data projects to be performed for federal agencies. Commerce said Wednesday the NTIS JV private sector partners, that include small and large businesses, nonprofit and research groups, were selected as a result […] More

  • Sutter Health, Validic Collaborate to Support Federal Health Data Delivery Pilot Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sutter Health, Validic Collaborate to Support Federal Health Data Delivery Pilot Project

    Sutter Health and Validic have teamed up to support a federal pilot project that aims  to identify strategies for the delivery of patient-generated health data to medical service  providers and researchers. Validic said Wednesday results of the collaborative effort will help inform government policy and provide insight on how the industry can implement remotely-collected patient health information in the U.S. The […] More

  • ASEC to Support Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASEC to Support Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One

    Aviation Systems Engineering Co. has secured a potential six-year, $35.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy for technical, analytical, administrative and material support services to the military branch’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One. The Defense Department said Tuesday the service branch will obligate $635,299 in fiscal 2017 research, development, test and evaluation, operations and maintenance funds at the time […] More

  • Recombinetics to Develop Alzheimer's, Neurofibromatosis Swine Models for NIH - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Recombinetics to Develop Alzheimer’s, Neurofibromatosis Swine Models for NIH

    Recombinetics has secured a pair of grants worth more than $700,000 combined from two National Institutes of Health organizations to create humanized swine models of Alzheimer’s disease and Neurofibromatosis type 2. The biotechnology company will develop the swine models for the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke under NIH’s Small Business Innovative Research […] More