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.
The government must certify that the chosen companies qualify as small businesses before they can begin bidding for orders on the $15 billion contract.
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will help Air Combat Command evaluate modeling and simulation technologies and develop a master plan for their implementation.