Orbital Sciences Corp. and Space Exploration Technologies have won billion-dollar contracts from NASA to resupply the International Space Station after the space shuttle retires.
Northrop Grumman Corp. will help the Coast Guard with its continued efforts to build a national identification system to track marine vessels under a new contract.
For a story that comes out Jan. 12, I had the opportunity to interview Dennis Stolkey, senior vice president, U.S. public sector for EDS.
The story will be about challenges and opportunities for government contractors in 2009. While Stolkey contributed greatly to the piece and my understanding of what contractors face in the coming year, two days before Christmas I'm thinking more about the end of our conversation.
The presidential transition means few, if any, new projects will be announced in the coming months, according to a panel put together by the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
The government must certify that the chosen companies qualify as small businesses before they can begin bidding for orders on the $15 billion contract.
