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  • Marine Corps Eyes 65% Increase in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Eyes 65% Increase in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Procurement

    Andrew Rodgers, program manager for light tactical vehicles at PEO Land Systems Marine Corps, said the U.S. Marine Corps plans to increase the number of joint light tactical vehicles it intends to buy from 5,500 to 9,092 units, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Rodgers told reporters Wednesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia that the […] More

  • 2 Boeing Subsidiaries Partner for VIP Flight Services to Air Mobility Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    2 Boeing Subsidiaries Partner for VIP Flight Services to Air Mobility Command

    A team composed of Boeing subsidiaries Tapestry Solutions and Jeppesen has secured a potential five-year, $28 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide  executive airlift flight dispatch services to the Air Mobility Command. Tapestry said Wednesday the team will help AMC transport very important persons such as the U.S. president, vice president, first lady, cabinet leaders, Congress members, senior military leaders […] More

  • Air Force Taps MacAulay-Brown for Rapid Assessment Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps MacAulay-Brown for Rapid Assessment Services Contract

    MacAulay-Brown has won a potential five-year, $49 million contract to perform rapid assessments on various project areas and systems for the Defense Department and other government agencies. The company will research, execute, and assess system features, technical parameters, vulnerabilities and threats under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, DoD said Wednesday. MacB will carry out work at Kirtland Air Force Base […] More

  • CTC, SAIC Vet Michael Genseal Joins TechFlow as Energy Solutions Business Senior Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC, SAIC Vet Michael Genseal Joins TechFlow as Energy Solutions Business Senior Director

    Michael Genseal, a former executive director at Concurrent Technologies Corp. and vice president at Science Applications International Corp., has been named senior director of the energy solutions business at technology and professional services provider TechFlow. The 35-year energy business development and management veteran will be responsible for overseeing the unit’s business activities and functions in his new position, TechFlow said Monday. […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI to Support Air Force Test Systems Under $94M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI to Support Air Force Test Systems Under $94M Contract

    CACI International will carry out automated testing system support services for the U.S. Air Force‘s 309th electronics maintenance group under a five-year, $94 million contract awarded in May. The company said Monday it will integrate, update and consolidate computer-based analytical software tools, database repositories, test fixtures, test program sets and associated network communications for aircraft as part of the service […] More

  • Heather Wilson: Air Force’s X-35B Spaceplane to Take Off Aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Heather Wilson: Air Force’s X-35B Spaceplane to Take Off Aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket

    The U.S. Air Force plans to launch a Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in August, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced Tuesday the fifth mission of the spaceplane, also called the Orbital Test Vehicle, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The announcement came a month after one […] More

  • Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Composite Aerostructure Fabrication, Repair Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Composite Aerostructure Fabrication, Repair Partnership

    Orbital ATK has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to determine opportunities to address design, fabrication, repair and inspection of composite aerostructures of military aircraft. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will also collaborate with the service branch to facilitate future aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul activities at the Air Force Ogden Air Logistics Complex and […] More

  • CSRA Lands $61M Air Force ISR Mission Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Lands $61M Air Force ISR Mission Support Contract

    CSRA has secured a potential five-year, $61 million contract to support a global intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance mission of the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it will work to integrate systems, support budget and resources and offer operational scheduling services and technologies to the Air Force’s Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR and the Air Combat Command’s Directorate of […] More

  • CTC-UDRI JV to Help Manage Air Force Installation Energy Resilience; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC-UDRI JV to Help Manage Air Force Installation Energy Resilience; Ed Sheehan Comments

    A Concurrent Technologies Corp.-University of Dayton Research Institute joint venture has been awarded a two-year, $2.4 million task order to examine, install and record upgrades to U.S. Air Force installations as part of the service branch’s energy management efforts. It marks the 25th task order E2 Technologies received under a potential $99 million contract with the Air Force […] More

  • Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Elected to Textron Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Elected to Textron Board

    Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, will officially join Textron on July 1 as a member of the board of directors. Textron said Thursday she will bring three decades of homeland and national security experience in the public and private sectors to the company. “Deborah’s deep expertise in national security, government procurement, strategic planning, cybersecurity, logistics […] More

  • Sikorsky Wraps Up Combat Rescue Helicopter Critical Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Wraps Up Combat Rescue Helicopter Critical Design Review

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed a critical design review for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program that aims to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR’s conclusion will move the HH-60W helicopter toward the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Tuesday. A joint team of experts from Sikorsky and the Air Force’s helicopter program developed and evaluated […] More

  • Orbital ATK Gets $90M Contract to Supply Northrop Bomber Aircraft Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Gets $90M Contract to Supply Northrop Bomber Aircraft Components

    Northrop Grumman has awarded Orbital ATK a potential five-year, $90 million contract to manufacture aircraft composite parts in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s B-2 Spirit aircraft modernization effort. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will produce 17 hot trailing edge structures and provide non-recurring engineering services for B-2 bombers. The contract has an option for follow-on orders. Steve Earl, vice president and general manager of […] More