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  • Army Taps Raytheon to Supply Egypt Air Defense Radars Under FMS Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Raytheon to Supply Egypt Air Defense Radars Under FMS Deal

    A Raytheon business unit has secured a four-year, $44.5 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Army to provide air defense radar systems and support services to Egypt. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems will provide eight F1 Sentinel radars, eight Ethernet extender kits and concurrent and diagnostic spare parts packages, the Defense Department said Thursday. […] More

  • Airdyne to Supply Army Aircraft Mounting System Under Potential $79M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airdyne to Supply Army Aircraft Mounting System Under Potential $79M Contract

    Airdyne Aerospace has received a potential five-year, $79 million contract from the U.S. Army to build an aircraft mounting platform designed to aid various military operations. The company will provide a Special Airborne Mission Installation and Response System to the service branch under the hybrid contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The SABIR system was originally designed […] More

  • Subsystem Technologies Lands Army Technical Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Subsystem Technologies Lands Army Technical Services Contract

    Subsystem Technologies has received a contract to provide technical support services to the U.S. Army program manager for weapons systems. The company said Wednesday it will support Army PM SW in efforts to develop weapons technology and update current systems for soldiers. Work covers research and development, logistics and program support services. Dustin DeFee, chief operating officer of Subsystem […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Subsidiary to Supply Weapon Systems Parts Under DLA Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Subsidiary to Supply Weapon Systems Parts Under DLA Contract Modification

    A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has received a potential $49 million contract modification to supply weapon systems parts to the Defense Logistics Agency. Sikorsky Aircraft will provide consumable spare parts for various weapon systems under the modification to a five-year base contract, which can extend another five years to cover the option period, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • Cox Construction Help Build Army Reserve, Vehicle Maintenance Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cox Construction Help Build Army Reserve, Vehicle Maintenance Facilities

    Cox Construction has won two contracts worth up to $29 million combined to help construct a U.S. Army reserve facility and replace a vehicle maintenance facility for the service branch. The company will support the design, bid and construction of a 400-member Army Reserve Center in Marimar, California, under a $21.2 million contract, the Defense Department […] More

  • Army Vet David Turner to Join American Water as Military Services Group President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Vet David Turner to Join American Water as Military Services Group President

    David Turner, a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, will officially join American Water on Nov. 20 as president of the water and wastewater utility company’s military services business group. The more than 20-year Army veteran will succeed Todd Duerr, who is due to leave the company Jan. 1, 2018, American Water said Tuesday. Turner will lead MSG’s efforts to […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Aerial High-Energy Laser Weapon Under Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Aerial High-Energy Laser Weapon Under Air Force Contract

    Lockheed Martin has received a $26.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to design, develop and produce a high-energy fiber laser weapon system. AFRL plans to test the weapon system aboard a tactical fighter aircraft by 2021 as part of the Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator program, Lockheed said Monday. The SHiELD program […] More

  • Orbital ATK Test-Fires Prototype Rocket Motor Built With 3D-Printed Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Test-Fires Prototype Rocket Motor Built With 3D-Printed Parts

    Orbital ATK has test-fired a prototype solid rocket motor that includes metal components built through an additive manufacturing process. The company said Wednesday it developed the prototype motor in collaboration with the U.S. Army‘s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center in an effort to help meet the military branch’s missile science and technology enterprise […] More

  • DynCorp, Army Eye Partnership to Help Soldiers Find After-Service Careers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp, Army Eye Partnership to Help Soldiers Find After-Service Careers

    DynCorp International and the U.S. Army are set to ink a strategic partnership agreement on Nov. 12 to drive efforts to assist service members in finding employment after they leave the military. The agreement is part of the Army’s Partnership for Youth Success program that seeks to involve private industry, academia and state and local public […] More

  • Advanced IT Concepts to Help Update Army Test Range Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Advanced IT Concepts to Help Update Army Test Range Network

    Advanced IT Concepts has secured a potential four-year, $4 million contract to support modernization of the U.S. Army‘s test center networks. AITC said Tuesday it will collaborate with the Army’s Product Management for Instrumentation, Targets, Threat Simulators and SOF Training Systems under the Test Network Modernization effort. The company will research, identify, verify and validate communication infrastructure technologies to help […] More

  • General Atomics Receives Aviation Week Award for Extended-Range Gray Eagle UAS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Receives Aviation Week Award for Extended-Range Gray Eagle UAS Program

    A General Atomics subsidiary has won a Program Excellence award from Aviation Week magazine in recognition of its Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system program. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.‘s program team that oversees GE-ER development efforts for the U.S. Army received the award in the original equipment manufacturer research and development/system design and development category during the publication’s Annual […] More

  • ISOA Adds SOSi SVP Frank Helmick to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISOA Adds SOSi SVP Frank Helmick to Advisory Board

    Frank Helmick, senior vice president of the mission solutions group at SOS International, has been appointed to the International Stability Operations Association’s advisory board. SOSi said Monday Helmick will work with other ISOA advisory council members, executive staff and board of directors in efforts to help formulate and implement the association’s strategic vision. ISOA represents multiple nongovernmental […] More