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  • L3 Gets Army FMS Contract Modification for M783 Mortar Fuzes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets Army FMS Contract Modification for M783 Mortar Fuzes

    The U.S. Army has awarded L3 Technologies a $32 million contract modification to supply M783 Point Detonating/Delay mortar fuzes to an international customer as part of a foreign military sales deal. L3 said Thursday its fuzing and ordnance systems unit will perform work under the modification through February 2018. Rich Hunter, L3 FOS president, said the company […] More

  • Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp

    The U.S. Navy plans to award Architecture Technology Corp. a one-year contract to develop 10 ruggedized router prototypes for carrier-based aircraft through a Small Business Innovation Research program, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the military branch will ask ATCorp to build small size, weight and power consumption routers called small-form-factor automated networking systems under the third phase of […] More

  • Airbus DS Communications to Implement 911 Call Processing System in Florida's Hillsborough County - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS Communications to Implement 911 Call Processing System in Florida’s Hillsborough County

    A business unit of Airbus‘ defense and space segment has been chosen to deploy an emergency call handling platform and an internet protocol network in Hillsborough County, Florida, in an effort to update the county’s public safety communications system. Airbus DS Communications‘ VESTA 911 system will work to help the Hillsborough County 9-1-1 Administration interconnect 10 public safety answering points […] More

  • United Tactical Systems Division Completes Delivery of Non-Lethal Launchers, Projectiles to Coast Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    United Tactical Systems Division Completes Delivery of Non-Lethal Launchers, Projectiles to Coast Guard

    A United Tactical Systems division has completed its delivery of non-lethal .68-caliber launchers, crowd control projectiles and related support equipment to the U.S. Coast Guard under a contract awarded in September 2016. PepperBall said Wednesday it was also tasked to provide certified operational and armorers training services to the Coast Guard as part of the contract. PepperBall […] More

  • DoD Taps Smartronix for On-Site Managed IT Services; John Parris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Taps Smartronix for On-Site Managed IT Services; John Parris Comments

    Smartronix has secured a task order through a National Institutes of Health-run information technology contract vehicle to provide on-site managed services to  the Defense Department. The company said Wednesday it will deliver cloud services such as infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service to DoD and department-approved mission partners on premises. Smartonix received the order under the Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3 governmentwide […] More

  • ManTech to Continue Navy Ship Maintenance & Logistics Info Systems Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Continue Navy Ship Maintenance & Logistics Info Systems Support

    ManTech International has secured an $11.2 million contract option to continue support work on the U.S. Navy‘s Ship Maintenance and Logistics Information Systems program. The exercised option covers engineering support in areas such as information technology life cycle planning, operations, sustainment, documentation, program management, application technical refresh, testing and training, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will occur […] More

  • Leidos to Continue Support for Army Simulation, Training Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Continue Support for Army Simulation, Training Systems

    The U.S. Army has awarded Leidos a one-year, $22 million delivery order to provide terrain data and battlefield equipment to support training environments for the military branch’s simulation systems. Leidos said Wednesday it will perform work in Orlando, Florida, under the delivery order that was awarded through the Army’s Synthetic Environment Core Common Virtual Environment Management indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Mike Chagnon, […] More

  • Leidos to Help Air Force Develop High Power Electromagnetic Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Help Air Force Develop High Power Electromagnetic Sources

    Leidos has won a potential five-year, $38 million contract to research and develop high power electromagnetic sources and components for the U.S. Air Force. Two bids were submitted to the Air Force Research Laboratory for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The company will perform work at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and is scheduled to finish […] More

  • Diligent Consulting to Support Air Force Logistics Data Security Module Implementation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diligent Consulting to Support Air Force Logistics Data Security Module Implementation

    Diligent Consulting has been awarded a $1.6 million contract to support the implementation of a U.S. Air Force module within the U.S. Army‘s existing web-based Information Security Systems Program Application. The company said Friday it will provide engineering, logistics and technical support services for the Communications Secure and Controlled Cryptographic Items Accountability and Tracking Tool program. The module will work to deliver […] More

  • Raytheon-Built GPS OCX Launch & Checkout System Completes Factory Qualification Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Built GPS OCX Launch & Checkout System Completes Factory Qualification Test

    Raytheon has completed factory qualification test on the launch and checkout system of an operational control system the company developed for the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS satellite constellation. The company said Tuesday it tested 74 segment requirements of the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System to verify whether LCS meets Air Force standards. Bill Sullivan, vice president and program manager […] More

  • SGT Subcontracts Earth Networks to Support NOAA Weather Data Acquisition Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SGT Subcontracts Earth Networks to Support NOAA Weather Data Acquisition Program

    SGT has awarded Earth Networks a subcontract to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s efforts to gather meteorological observational data from non-federal observing networks. NOAA awarded SGT a potential three-year, $45 million contract earlier this month to supply meteorological observational data to the agency and its National Weather Service organization. Earth Networks said Thursday the observations made […] More

  • Rocky Brands Receives New Military Combat Boot Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rocky Brands Receives New Military Combat Boot Orders

    Rocky Brands has secured a pair of new orders worth up to $38.4 million combined to supply hot and temperate weather combat boots to the U.S. military. The order for temperate weather boots is valued at $30 million over three years and the order for hot weather boots has a one-year performance period valued at $3.8 million, Rocky Brands said Friday. The company […] More