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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
The Department of Defense's F-35 Joint Program Office intends to start negotiations with Lockheed Martin on potential multiple contracts for the production of 485 fighter jets for U.S. and foreign military customers, Flightglobal reported Thursday.
Drone Aviation has begun to update a tactical aerostat platform with a new technology designed to secure communication waveforms that soldiers use to connect during battlefield missions.
Senseonics Holdings and service-disabled veteran-owned small business Geo-Med have teamed up to provide over 9M veterans and U.S. government employees access to an implantable device built to monitor glucose levels in patients with diabetes. Senseonics said Thursday its Eversense continuous glucose monitoring system uses a fluorescence-based sensor, a mobile application and a smart transmitter for data communication.
L3 Technologies has received a $29.6M delivery order to provide equipment and support services for the U.S. Navy’s tactical data link shipboard terminal system. The order covers equipment, program management, integration and fitting services for the military branch's Tactical Common Data Link Maritime Shipboard Terminal Surface Terminal Equipment system, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
The Aerospace Industries Association has called on the Pentagon to implement the same standards that defense and aerospace companies currently use for cybersecurity to help reduce vulnerabilities in its supply chain, Fifth Domain reported Thursday. "We’re not always seeking less regulation – I know you don’t hear that from industry every day, but [aerospace and defense] has benefited from smart government regulations, often developed with industry,†AIA CEO Eric Fanning told reporters Thursday during a media briefing on the trade group's 2019 agenda.
Global accreditation body NQA has recommended Cambridge International Systems for an ISO 9001:2015 recertification following an assessment of the latter’s management systems. NQA conducted an external audit of Cambridge’s management systems supporting defense and national security services, Cambridge said Wednesday.
Northrop Grumman has won an eight-year, $20M contract to build, demonstrate and transition turbine propulsion, thermal and power technologies for the U.S. Air Force. The company will work on the first phase of the service’s Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission capability program, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
Capella Space has appointed three new vice presidents to lead the company’s product engineering, go-to-market and business strategy and U.S. government services. Scott Soenen, a 15-year veteran in geospatial intelligence, joined the aerospace company as VP of product engineering, Capella said Thursday.
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CDM Smith has secured a potential $33M contract modification to provide utilities engineering and management services at Naval Facilities Engineering Command installations worldwide. The company will also provide utility master plans, modeling, life cycle and safety hazard analysis, relay coordination, design, documentation, process development, organizational evaluation, risk assessment, training as well as creation of preventive maintenance plans, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
General Electric's aviation business has secured a potential five-year, $87.1M contract from the U.S. Navy to repair 33 G2 and G3 generator converter components aboard F/A-18 fighter aircraft. Contract work will run through February 2022 and may extend to two more years if the service exercises the additional option, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
