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  • L3Harris and Epirus Partner for Tactical Communications Enhancement Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris and Epirus Partner for Tactical Communications Enhancement Initiative

    L3Harris Technologies and electronic warfare developer Epirus have partnered to integrate the former’s tactical communications systems with the latter’s advanced electronics technology to develop high-efficiency tactical radios. The team will work towards improving the range, battery life and heat management of communication systems to meet modern combat demands, L3Harris said Thursday. The partnership is in support of […] More

  • ICF to Provide Cloud Data Migration Support Under $88M CMS Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Provide Cloud Data Migration Support Under $88M CMS Subcontract

    ICF has secured a potential five-year, $88 million subcontract to continue modernizing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Quality Payment Program by providing cloud data migration services. Under the award, the company said it will enhance QPP’s functionality, improve customer experience and reduce administrative burdens on clinicians to allow more time for patient care and […] More

  • Maxar Intelligence Showcases Worldview Legion Satellite Images; Dan Smoot Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Intelligence Showcases Worldview Legion Satellite Images; Dan Smoot Quoted

    Maxar Technologies‘ intelligence business has released the first high-resolution images from its WorldView Legion satellites, designed for precision mapping, site monitoring and geospatial analytics. The company said Thursday the 30 centimeter-class images, collected on July 16, feature detailed views of urban areas, transportation routes and logistics hubs in San Francisco and Sacramento, California. Dan Smoot, CEO […] More

  • Akima Subsidiary to Provide Fire & Emergency Logistics Support Under $79M Army Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Akima Subsidiary to Provide Fire & Emergency Logistics Support Under $79M Army Contract

    Akima’s logistics services unit has secured a $78.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide fire and emergency services for Fort Irwin in California’s Mojave Desert, where the Department of Emergency Services responds to emergencies such as wildfires.  The company said Thursday Akima Intra-Data will deliver 24-hour fire suppression services as well as operations, fire prevention […] More

  • Airbus UH-72 Helicopter Achieves Flight Hour Milestone With US Military; Rob Geckle Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus UH-72 Helicopter Achieves Flight Hour Milestone With US Military; Rob Geckle Quoted

    An Airbus-built light utility and reconfigurable helicopter has logged over 1.5 million flight hours since its first delivery to the U.S. military in 2006. In a statement Wednesday, Rob Geckle, chairman and CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense and a past Wash100 awardee, said, “This milestone is an incredible achievement for the Lakota fleet and reflects its impressive reliability […] More

  • Imtiaz Uddin Promoted as ND Defense CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Imtiaz Uddin Promoted as ND Defense CEO

    Imtiaz Uddin has been promoted to chief executive officer from chief operating officer of ND Defense – formally Navistar Defense – succeeding Ted Wright, who served as CEO for five years. In a statement Monday, Uddin said, “My commitment is to drive growth, build market share and expand into emerging markets by fostering innovation in product development […] More

  • Parsons Books BAE Contract to Upgrade Army Ammo Facility; Jon Moretta Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Books BAE Contract to Upgrade Army Ammo Facility; Jon Moretta Quoted

    Parsons has received a two-year, $15.4 million contract from BAE Systems to prepare preliminary designs for the modernization of the alternate nitrate ester manufacturing facility at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia. BAE said Tuesday that Parsons will enhance safety, increase operational efficiencies and prioritize environmental improvements under the award. Jon Moretta, president of engineered systems […] More

  • AWS Gets FedRAMP High Authorization for App Migration Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Gets FedRAMP High Authorization for App Migration Offering

    Amazon Web Services has secured a High designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its application migration and modernization product available for AWS GovCloud customers in the eastern and western regions of the U.S. The AWS Application Migration Service works to streamline application modernization with preconfigured and custom optimization options as well as […] More

  • Rancher Government Solutions’ Cloud-Native Service Added to DOD Enterprise Software Initiative Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rancher Government Solutions’ Cloud-Native Service Added to DOD Enterprise Software Initiative Vehicle

    Rancher Government Solutions will begin offering its cloud-native Kubernetes and container technologies to the Department of Defense through the DOD Enterprise Software Initiative DevSecOps Phase II Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement Marketplace. The company said Monday that it will collaborate with FCN IT, GovSmart, Thundercat Technologies, Carahsoft Technology and DLT Solutions as part of being an ESI SEWP Marketplace […] More

  • Kevin McCombs Elevated to Vice President & General Manager Role at Aerojet Rocketdyne - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin McCombs Elevated to Vice President & General Manager Role at Aerojet Rocketdyne

    Kevin McCombs announced on LinkedIn Sunday his promotion to vice president and general manager of strategic systems at Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company. He joined Aerojet in April 2023 as senior director. Before that, he was a senior program director at BAE Systems.  McCombs also previously served as vice president and senior director of mission systems at Teledyne Brown […] More

  • Oddball & Wilcore Technologies Form Joint Venture to Enhance Government Digital Modernization Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oddball & Wilcore Technologies Form Joint Venture to Enhance Government Digital Modernization Services

    Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses Oddball and Wilcore Technologies have partnered to deliver advanced government digital services. The joint venture entails combining the firms’ capabilities to tackle complex problems as well as create and deliver innovative digital services to clients, Oddball said Friday. Travis Sorensen, co-founder and CEO of Oddball, said the companies will be able to streamline operations […] More

  • KBR Books $52M Navy Task Order to Counter Improvised Threats; Byron Bright Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Books $52M Navy Task Order to Counter Improvised Threats; Byron Bright Quoted

    KBR has secured a five-year, $52 million follow-on task order from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division to support the counter improvised threat systems test and evaluation for the division’s Quick Reaction Capability Office. The contract entails conducting research, development, testing and evaluation activities to reduce improvised threats, the company said Thursday. Work will include […] More