Following a growth period beginning in 2001 and ending with the recession of 2008, some of the largest defense contractors in the world are cutting thousands of jobs to remain competitive in today's fiscally tight environment.
STG Inc. has won a $67.3 million contract with the State Department to provide operations and maintenance of more than a dozen major application systems that support worldwide compensation and financial operations.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center in Corona, Calif., is seeking information assurance certification and accreditation (C&A) support and training services.
L-3 Communications has won a $61 million contract with the Air Force to improve the situational awareness capabilities on two King Air 350 aircraft to be used by Saudi Arabia.
Telecommunication Support Services has won an $8.9 million contract with the Air Force to provide technical support for the Mobile Air Surveillance System.
Three small businesses have won contracts to provide engineering support services to the Navy for the purposes of ensuring that Navy C4ISR systems are interoperable.
Northrop Grumman has won a $10 million contract to provide the Army with limited scope services in support of its Common Infrared Countermeasure Technology Development phase system.
Alion Science and Technology has won a $25.2 million contract with the Air Force to provide technical analysis, logistics and sustainment for Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps.
Five companies have won an eight-year $2.5 billion contract to provide the Navy with Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) production units.
Harris Corp. has won a $450 million contract to provide engineering, maintenance and program management support to the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Exelis has won a $517 million contract to provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with enterprise information management and information technology support services.
Due of a recent NASA contract loss amounting to up to $250 million, Vencore (formerly The SI Organization) may be looking to lay off about 200 employees and subcontractors.
Dell has won a $120 million contract with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide the agency with IT infrastructure, application and user support services.
