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  • GSA Grants VATC Spots on IT Schedule 70, Law Enforcement Schedule 84 Contract Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Grants VATC Spots on IT Schedule 70, Law Enforcement Schedule 84 Contract Vehicles

    The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded Tampa, Florida-based Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting positions on the IT Schedule 70 and Law Enforcement and Security Training Schedule 84 governmentwide contract vehicles for information technology procurements. Sara Moola, president and co-founder of VATC, said Thursday that federal agencies will have access to VATC’s operations training and other services and technologies […] More

  • Esri, Harris Form Federal GEOINT Data Production Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri, Harris Form Federal GEOINT Data Production Partnership

    Esri has partnered with Harris Corp. to develop new methods for the production of geospatial intelligence data within a web-based geographic information system in an effort to help federal agencies update their processes and outcomes. The companies seek to help agencies build new applications and tools through digital transformation initiatives and location-based technology, Esri said Tuesday. Esri’s WebGIS is a network designed to […] More

  • Harris to Incorporate Icaros Image Processing Software to Geospatial Analysis Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Incorporate Icaros Image Processing Software to Geospatial Analysis Tool

    A division of Harris Corp. will offer its geospatial analytics technology ENVI with the Icaros OneButton image processing software to support both manned and unmanned aerial sensor data extraction. Icaros said Wednesday it developed OneButton to provide geospatial end users with 2D maps and 3D models using frame-based imaging systems. Beau Legeer, data products business lead at the Harris geospatial solutions division, […] More

  • Ultra Electronics to Install Eectronic Intelligence Systems for NATO Country's UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ultra Electronics to Install Eectronic Intelligence Systems for NATO Country’s UAV

    Ultra Electronics‘ Ultra TCS business has received an $18 million contract from an unnamed NATO member country for a variant of the unit’s ALR-510 ELectronic INTelligence system and perform additional support services. The customer will use the ELINT system on unmanned aerial vehicles and control the UAV through Ultra TCS’ TALON software from a ground support center, Ultra said Thursday. Ultra TCS will […] More

  • NASA to Conduct 2nd Qualification Ground Test on SLS Rocket Booster - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Conduct 2nd Qualification Ground Test on SLS Rocket Booster

    NASA will conduct the second qualification ground booster test for the deep-space rocket Space Launch System on June 28 at an Orbital ATK test facility in Utah. The space agency set up 82 qualification test objectives that it will measure during the two-minute booster test, NASA said Thursday. The test will use approximately 530 instrumentation channels and operate at a […] More

  • USAID Deploys Agiloft's FedRAMP-Compliant Business Process Software Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID Deploys Agiloft’s FedRAMP-Compliant Business Process Software Platform

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has deployed Agiloft‘s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant business process software platform to support the agency’s workflow. The Agiloft platform utilizes code-free technology and custom configuration settings to facilitate business process agility and provide a system that is adaptable to federal standards like FedRAMP, Agiloft said Tuesday. Agiloft partner EliteBco developed the custom platform based […] More

  • Comtech Receives 1-Year DoD Managed Network Services Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Receives 1-Year DoD Managed Network Services Extension

    Comtech Telecommunications has received a $2 million order from the Defense Department to continue network services through May 2017. Stanton Sloane, Comtech president and CEO, said Tuesday that the company will support DoD’s mission critical operations through its managed network services. Comtech is a communications products, systems and services provider that works with both international commercial and government markets. More

  • Meggitt Training Systems Receives Second Delivery Order for Engagement Skills Trainer II System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Meggitt Training Systems Receives Second Delivery Order for Engagement Skills Trainer II System

    The U.S. Army‘s program executive Office for simulation and training has awarded Meggitt Training Systems a new $15 million second delivery order for the local and international installation of the company’s Engagement Skill Trainer II system. The company’s open architecture system is designed to integrate with third-party and Meggitt’s own module that works through a tablet-based coaching application to allow trainers […] More

  • Lockheed to Install Compass Systems on UK Navy Ships, Submarines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Install Compass Systems on UK Navy Ships, Submarines

    Lockheed Martin has received an estimated $25 million contract from Britain’s defense ministry to develop and install a new compass system for more than 30 U.K. navy ships and submarines. Lockheed said Tuesday the Navigation Compass Program‘s goal is to install a new solid-state, sensor-based compass system for the U.K. navy’s Type 23 Frigates, Hunt– and Sandown-class mine countermeasure vessels, Trafalgar– […] More

  • Northrop Finishes Preliminary Design Review of Inertial Sensor Module for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Finishes Preliminary Design Review of Inertial Sensor Module for Navy

    Northrop Grumman has completed the preliminary design review of the inertial sensor module in the U.S. Navy‘s WSN-12 Inertial Navigation System Replacement that will succeed the current WSN-7 system. “This is a critical system for both surface and subsurface platforms,” Todd Leavitt, vice president of Northrop’s maritime systems business unit, said Monday. He adds that the […] More

  • BAE Systems to Develop Undersea Navigation, Positioning System for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Develop Undersea Navigation, Positioning System for Navy

    BAE Systems has been chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an undersea navigation technology for the U.S. Navy under the Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation program. The goal of the program is to enable undersea vehicles to navigate underwater without having to periodically go above surface to access the space-based global positioning system, BAE said Monday. […] More

  • Leidos to Showcase Technologies at the GEOINT 2016 Symposium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Showcase Technologies at the GEOINT 2016 Symposium

    Leidos will feature its automated geospatial intelligence technologies at the GEOINT 2016 Symposium this week at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Florida. The company will demonstrate a number of technologies designed to support GEOINT analysis, real-time small satellite and open source data integration and risk predictions, Leidos said Friday. This includes its Publicly Available Information […] More