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  • DLA Picks CACI for Defense Agencies Initiative Configuration, Compliance Mgmt Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Picks CACI for Defense Agencies Initiative Configuration, Compliance Mgmt Support Contract

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded CACI International a potential 39-month, $36 million contract to provide compliance and configuration management support to federal civilian agencies in support of the Defense Agencies Initiative. The contract has an initial base period worth $11 million and includes two one-year options with an additional three-month transition-out option period, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • Sikorsky Receives $85M FMS Contract Modification From Army for Black Hawk Retrofitting - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Receives $85M FMS Contract Modification From Army for Black Hawk Retrofitting

    Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has received an $85 million modification to a foreign military sale contract from the U.S. Army to restore Mexico’s UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to full operations. Sikorsky will conduct the retrofitting of the helicopters in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a planned end date of April 2019, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army […] More

  • Nika Selected as Architect-Engineer Support Representative for New Weed Army Community Hospital - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nika Selected as Architect-Engineer Support Representative for New Weed Army Community Hospital

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Nika a four-year, $10 million to provide architect-engineer support representative services during the construction of the future Weed Army Community Hospital in Fort Irwin, California. Nika will provide multidisciplinary personnel and full-time on-site representatives such as mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, cost estimators, commissioning managers and master schedulers as the company oversees major construction work on […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets Forecasts 8.3% CAGR for Airport, Marine Port Security Market Through 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets Forecasts 8.3% CAGR for Airport, Marine Port Security Market Through 2025

    A MarketsandMarkets report forecasts the airport and marine port security market’s value will grow from $53.84 billion this year to $110.52 billion in 2025, representing an 8.3 percent compound annual growth rate. The research firm said Friday the market growth will be driven by governmental efforts to implement advanced security systems at various ports of entry. The surveillance technology segment is projected […] More

  • Schafer Forms Commercial Space Situational Awareness Business Unit Under New VP, GM Donald Greiman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Schafer Forms Commercial Space Situational Awareness Business Unit Under New VP, GM Donald Greiman

    Schafer Corp. has established a commercial space situational awareness business unit that will be led by Donald Greiman, a former National Air and Space Intelligence Center vice commander for the U.S. Air Force. Greiman will serve as vice president and general manager for CSSA and work with former astronaut Mark Brown to lead a team that will support Schafer’s space situational […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue Development, Tests on Japan's Aegis Computer Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Continue Development, Tests on Japan’s Aegis Computer Systems

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $33 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification to sustain test and development services for Japan’s Aegis modernization baseline computer programs and equipment. The award exercises options on a previous contract to support the Japanese maritime self-defense force’s efforts to update Atago-class destroyers from Baseline 7 Phase 1R to Advanced Capability Build 12 with Technology Insertion […] More

  • Saab Receives Estimated $130M Order for Airborne Early Warning & Control System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Receives Estimated $130M Order for Airborne Early Warning & Control System

    An unnamed customer has placed an estimated $130 million order with Saab‘s airborne early warning and control division for the delivery of an AEW&C system. The contract covers work for Saab’s surveillance and support services business areas, the defense and security company said Monday. Deliveries will run from 2016 to 2018, Saab added. Saab’s AEW&C system is designed to facilitate situational […] More

  • CFM International to Provide Supplies, Services for P-8 Aircraft CFM56 Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CFM International to Provide Supplies, Services for P-8 Aircraft CFM56 Engines

    The Navy has awarded CFM International a $32.5 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver field assessment, repairs and replacement support for CFM56 engines on the Boeing Poseidon P-8 aircraft. Services include unscheduled depot maintenance and repair, Sermetel protective coatings and other required non-standard repairs, the Defense Department said Thursday. CFM will conduct work in Cincinnati, Ohio, with an […] More

  • Mercury Systems to Deploy Digital EW Transceivers to U.S. Gov't Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems to Deploy Digital EW Transceivers to U.S. Gov’t Facility

    Mercury Systems has been awarded a $4.7 million contract to build digital transceivers intended to support electronic warfare missions at a government-run facility. The company said Wednesday it booked the order in the fourth quarter of its 2016 fiscal year 2016 and is scheduled to deliver the transceivers to the facility over the next several quarters. Charlie Hudnall, vice president and general manager for the embedded sensor products […] More

  • Optex Systems Receives Domestic Order to Deliver Optical Assemblies, Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Optex Systems Receives Domestic Order to Deliver Optical Assemblies, Components

    A U.S. client has placed a purchase order worth $1.1 million to Optex Systems for its applied optics center to provide optical assemblies. Optex Systems said Tuesday the order is under a multi-year supply agreement with expected revenues of more than $6 million. The company added it works to provide military consumers with optical systems and components that utilize thin film […] More

  • eGlobalTech to Provide Enterprise Architecture Services to TSA's IT Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    eGlobalTech to Provide Enterprise Architecture Services to TSA’s IT Office

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded eGlobalTech a contract of an undisclosed value to provide enterprise architecture services to the information technology office within DHS’ Transportation Security Administration agency. Allan Potter, eGlobalTech senior director for homeland security, said Thursday the company aims to help TSA innovate, make decisions and manage investments. The company will also support efforts of […] More

  • NASA Awards Contract to Honeywell for Safety, Mission Assurance Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Awards Contract to Honeywell for Safety, Mission Assurance Support

    A Honeywell business unit has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract potentially worth $54.5 million from NASA to provide safety and mission assurance, audits and assessment support services. Honeywell Technology Solutions will conduct a range of services, such as agency  and center audits, institutional safety assessments and hazard analysis, training and outreach, information system support, NASA said Friday. The contract covers support for […] More