Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Lockheed Martin has landed a potential four-year, $131 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manage naval aviation tires with partner company Michelin North America. The performance-based logistics contract has a base value of $52 million and base period of three years as well as options for two six-month extensions and for F-35 tires support, Lockheed said Wednesday. Laura […] More
CSRA has won a seven-year, $54 million contract to help create simulations for research initiatives at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‘s research and development office. The EPA re-competed task orders held by CSRA’s predecessor companies for the Scientific Models, Applications, Visualization, Computational Science and Statistical Support contract to support research at multiple locations, CSRA said Wednesday. Falls Church, Virginia-based technology services […] More
A Northrop Grumman U.K.-based subsidiary will help expand the air traffic control communications systems at the Dubai International and Dubai World Central airports in the United Arab Emirates. Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will provide Park Air Sapphire products, such as the Park Air T6 Radio, to the Dubai Air Navigation Services agency as part of a contract won by Bayanat […] More
Irvine, Calif.-based software company Cylance has been accredited to carry out independent reviews of cloud computing technologies for federal agencies as part of the government-wide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Cylance is now one of 33 companies to be certified as a FedRAMP program third-party assessment organization by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, Cylance said Tuesday. “The Cylance mission is to protect […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has landed a subcontract from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions for telecommunications operations and maintenance services provided to the Energy Department‘s Savannah River Site facility. Jacobs will provide materials, transportation, equipment and services for the site’s telecommunications systems, Jacobs said Tuesday. The subcontract covers support to help operate and maintain voice switching equipment, unified […] More
A PaR Systems subsidiary has concluded a series of tests on an electric aircraft elevator to be installed on the USS John F. Kennedy carrier for the U.S. Navy. PaR Marine will install the elevator for carrier constructor Huntington Ingalls Industries and additional qualification tests will take place sometime in mid-2016, PaR Systems said Thursday. “Passing the performance […] More
Accenture‘s U.S. federal government subsidiary plans to hire up to 300 workers by the end of 2016 as the business works to expand its technology and innovation center in San Antonio, Texas. The San Antonio facility will also house an organization dedicated to SAP‘s HANA in-memory technology platform designed to help users apply analytics in functions such as logistics, […] More
U.S. Central Command has awarded an Intelsat subsidiary a contract to deliver Ku-band satellite services to support operations across Centcom’s areas of responsibility in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Intelsat General will work to provide Centcom up to 288 megahertz of Ku-band connectivity via the subsidiary’s satellite communications technology, the company said Monday. Skot Butler, Intelsat General vice president of satellite networks and […] More
The U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force have conducted joint close air support exercises with two Lockheed Martin-built F-35A Lightning II aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base. Members of the 3rd Ranger Battalion visited Eglin to simulate the communication operations, fire support planning as well as laser range and target location operations during a close air support mission, the Army […] More
Northrop Grumman has landed a $71 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide hardware and support services for rocket, artillery and mortar warning technology that combat brigades use. The Army Contracting Command awarded the contract via Internet solicitation with one received response for the services estimated to complete on Feb. 28, 2019, the Defense Department said […] More
General Dynamics‘ U.K. subsidiary has opened a new facility in South Wales to carry out assembly, integration and testing functions for the Armored Fighting Vehicle program in Britain. The facility was declared open and will undergo refurbishment through 2016 and is projected to be fully operational by 2017, General Dynamics said Monday. General Dynamics Land Systems U.K. […] More
A Northrop Grumman subsidiary based in Germany has worked with Saab Aerosystems to develop a navigation, flight guidance and control system for an unmanned combat air vehicle prototype that flew over France, Italy and Sweden in flight tests. Northrop Grumman LITEF helped build the Attitude and Heading Reference System for the nEUROn drone that a six-country cooperative developed as an experimental, stealth platform to help build and test […] More
