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  • Iron Mountain Opens Wichita, Kansas Info Mgmt Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Opens Wichita, Kansas Info Mgmt Facility

    Iron Mountain has opened an information management facility in Wichita, Kansas, that will offer document storage and shredding to enterprise customers. The 22,000-square-foot building is designed to store up to 350,000 storage boxes to support businesses in south Central Kansas, Iron Mountain said Wednesday. Jim Dodson, senior vice president and general manager of Iron Mountain’s records management business, […] More

  • VectorNav HQ Gets Int'l Aerospace Standard Accreditation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VectorNav HQ Gets Int’l Aerospace Standard Accreditation

    VectorNav Technologies‘ headquarters in Dallas, Texas, has received AS9100 Revision D international aerospace standard accreditation that recognize the inertial navigation system developer’s manufacturing, quality management and customer service processes. AS9100 is based on the International Organization for Standardization’s 9001 certification and established by industry in a push to comply with requirements from the Defense Department, NASA and […] More

  • Orbital ATK Delivers 100,000th Motor for Hellfire Missile; Mike Kahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Delivers 100,000th Motor for Hellfire Missile; Mike Kahn Comments

    Orbital ATK has delivered the 100,000th unit of its tactical motor for the AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles that the U.S. military and 16 allied countries currently use. The company said Wednesday it conducted a ceremony early October in recognition of the delivery numbers and the more than 250 employees and partners who have worked under the Hellfire program. Mike […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Orbital ATK to Produce F-35 Composite Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Orbital ATK to Produce F-35 Composite Parts

    Lockheed Martin has awarded Orbital ATK a three-year, $24 million initial contract to manufacture composite components for the F-35 aircraft. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will produce bullnose and blade seals in addition to upper and lower wing skins, engine nacelles and access covers the company is manufacturing under the Joint Strike Fighter program. Production of the composite […] More

  • Cobham Gets Contract for KF-X Conformal Antenna Suite Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham Gets Contract for KF-X Conformal Antenna Suite Production

    Korean Aerospace Industries has awarded Cobham‘s antenna systems business a contract to provide conformal antenna for South Korea’s future multirole fighter aircraft. The antenna suite is designed to provide communication, navigation and identification functionalities to the KF-X jet, Cobham said Oct. 17. David Bulley, vice president and general manager at Cobham Antenna Systems, noted the strategic […] More

  • Report: Orbital ATK Develops Medium-Calibre Munition for Bushmaster Chain Guns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Orbital ATK Develops Medium-Calibre Munition for Bushmaster Chain Guns

    Orbital ATK has begun to create a line of medium-caliber ammunition for MK44 XM813 and XM914 Bushmaster Chain Guns, Jane’s 360 reported Friday. The new ammunition variants are designed to feature command-guided, proximity fuze and air burst functions as well as deliver support for various land and air combat platforms, the report noted. Orbital ATK is producing new munition types […] More

  • XAP to Help DoD Org Implement Education & Career Planning System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    XAP to Help DoD Org Implement Education & Career Planning System

    XAP has secured a five-year contract to develop a virtual system for the Defense Department‘s educational organization to electronically offer postsecondary-planning resources for students in grades 7 to 12 with DoD military and civilian parents. The Department of Defense Education Activity chose XAP’s Choices360 as a platform for high students studying at DoDEA-managed schools to access tools […] More

  • MTSI to Develop Interceptor, Sensor Concept Models for MDA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI to Develop Interceptor, Sensor Concept Models for MDA

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has received a $10 million contract modification to help the Missile Defense Agency develop interceptor and sensor concept models. MTSI will also create algorithms for interceptor and sensor on-board systems as well as simulate methods and tools for the agency to define, execute and aggregate data sets, the Defense Department said Monday. […] More

  • WidePoint Gets Telecom Mgmt Support Orders From US Govt Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Gets Telecom Mgmt Support Orders From US Govt Agencies

    WidePoint has booked task orders worth a combined $608,000 to provide telecommunication lifecycle management services to multiple U.S. federal customers during the government’s 2018 fiscal year. The company said Monday it received TLM orders from the Customs and Border Protection, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the U.S. Coast Guard. Todd […] More

  • ProSol Wins DISA Contract for Distributed Tactical Comm System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProSol Wins DISA Contract for Distributed Tactical Comm System Support

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Professional Solutions1 a potential five-year, $48 million contract to provide global logistical services management support for DISA’s Distributed Tactical Communication System. ProSol will also deploy field service representatives to support the Defense Department‘s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service Gateway program under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, DoD said Friday. The Defense Information Technology Contracting […] More

  • Harris Unveils Mobile Radio Tech for Public Safety Professionals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Unveils Mobile Radio Tech for Public Safety Professionals

    Harris has introduced a land mobile radio technology designed to help public safety professionals transmit data and voice communications over a single-band channel. The XL-185P radio is based on open standards architecture and works to converge LMR voice and date through through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and wireless LTE networks, Harris said Sunday. The company also unveiled its XL-200Pi multiband radio […] More

  • Saab Tapped for MBDA's 'Meteor' Missile Radar Subsystem - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Tapped for MBDA’s ‘Meteor’ Missile Radar Subsystem

    Saab has received a contract worth approximately $18.35 million for the delivery of radar subsystems to be incorporated into air-to-air missiles that MBDA is developing under a European multi-lateral program. The order covers the delivery of Saab’s radar proximity fuze subsystems for integration with Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missiles through 2021, Saab said Thursday. Saab’s PFS is designed […] More