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  • Jacobs Books GSA Award for Maine Port Construction Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Books GSA Award for Maine Port Construction Work

    Jacobs will provide construction management and consulting services along the Maine border with Canada as part of a recently awarded blanket purchase agreement with the General Services Administration. Under the potential five-year, $15.1 million BPA, the engineering services company will conduct construction project management, project scheduling, cost estimating and claims analysis for the land port […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Logs Milestone in Patriot Missile Attitude Control Motor Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Logs Milestone in Patriot Missile Attitude Control Motor Delivery

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has marked a milestone in its supply of attitude control motors for the Patriot air defense missile system, including the Lockheed Martin-designed Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement.  The delivery is the 830,000th ACM Aerojet Rocketdyne provided since it started supporting the program in 2004, the aerospace company said Monday. Upgrades and investments […] More

  • 10 Teams Win DOE Contest for Energy Storage Innovations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    10 Teams Win DOE Contest for Energy Storage Innovations

    The Department of Energy has named the ten winners of its first contest for innovations in energy storage that could support its decarbonization goals. The Energy Storage Innovations Prize is collectively worth $300,000, with five teams receiving $50,000 each and the rest securing $10,000 each, DOE said Monday. The Office of Electricity-led challenge recognizes emerging […] More

  • General Dynamics to Develop Digital IT Platform for Space Force; Brian Sheridan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Develop Digital IT Platform for Space Force; Brian Sheridan Quoted

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has booked an $18 million other transaction agreement from the U.S. Space Force to carry out digital architecture prototyping work. Under the 18-month project, GDIT will aim to build a cloud-based platform for the service branch to share protected data with public and private sector partners, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Austal USA Christens 14th Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Christens 14th Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel

    Austal USA conducted the christening for the future USNS Cody, the 14th expeditionary fast transport vessel for delivery to the U.S. Navy.  The Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder said Saturday Cody is one of the two EPF Flight II vessels currently under construction to increase the number of naval expeditionary medical platforms. EPF Flight II is designed […] More

  • Mark Kratz Assumes Investor Relations VP Post at L3Harris - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Kratz Assumes Investor Relations VP Post at L3Harris

    L3Harris Technologies named Mark Kratz as vice president for investor relations, Kratz shared via LinkedIn post. He brings with him over 15 years of experience in strategy, finance and investor relations in the aerospace and defense industry.  Prior to the appointment, Kratz held a similar role at BWX Technologies, where he was responsible for leading […] More

  • Optima Wins $90M Air Force Reserve Command IT Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Optima Wins $90M Air Force Reserve Command IT Support Contract

    A joint venture between Tyto Athene and Veterans First Initiative has won a five-year, $90.1 million contract to support information technology operations at the Air Force Reserve Command headquarters in Georgia. Optima Government Solutions will help AFRC plan, operate, sustain and modernize the command’s IT environment under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Friday.  […] More

  • Boeing Looks to Wrap Up F/A-18 Aircraft Production by 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Looks to Wrap Up F/A-18 Aircraft Production by 2025

    Boeing intends to halt the production of F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters in late 2025 after delivering the last batch of the fighter jets to the U.S. Navy. The move comes as the aerospace company is looking to invest in next-generation military aircraft programs and services, Boeing said Thursday.  Manufacturing of the Super Hornet could extend […] More

  • Northrop Integrating, Testing New Multifunction Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Integrating, Testing New Multifunction Sensor

    Northrop Grumman has started integration and testing activities for its maiden Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated Sensor. The ultra-wideband sensor, called EMRIS, is envisioned to perform simultaneous radar, electronic warfare and communication functions in support of warfighter operations, the aerospace and defense company said Thursday.  The digital active electronically scanned array of EMRIS builds on a […] More

  • ManTech to Upgrade Navy’s Towed Acoustic Sensors; David Hathaway Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Upgrade Navy’s Towed Acoustic Sensors; David Hathaway Quoted

    ManTech will use its intelligent systems engineering capabilities to help the U.S. Navy modernize sensors for detecting ship acoustic emissions. Under the $28 million recompete contract, ManTech will test and calibrate vessel-towed sensors to monitor surface vessels, submarines and underwater drones, the defense contractor said Wednesday.  Work is in support of the Naval Surface Warfare […] More

  • Group W Awarded $70M Washington Headquarters Services Contract for Info Management, Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Group W Awarded $70M Washington Headquarters Services Contract for Info Management, Analysis

    The Washington Headquarters Services awarded analysis, modeling and research company Group W a hybrid contract of up to $69.7 million to provide the Office of the Defense Secretary with information management and analysis group support services.  Under the five-year contract, the Vienna, Virginia-headquartered company will help the staff of the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation […] More

  • John Peterson Joins Accenture Federal Arm as Business Development Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Peterson Joins Accenture Federal Arm as Business Development Director

    John Peterson, a former executive at Booz Allen Hamilton and Science Applications International Corp., has joined Accenture‘s federal arm as director of business development. Peterson announced his new role at Accenture Federal Services in a LinkedIn post Tuesday and comes to AFS from Falls Church, Virginia-based management consulting firm Sierra7, where he served as chief operating […] More