The government shutdown put a damper on contract awards in October, as did the traditional slowdown of awards at the start of a new fiscal year. Despite those conditions, though, there were several significant awards in October, and we rank the biggest for the month.
General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a $475 million contract to provide the U.S. Army with research and development support for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 3.
General Dynamics Information Technology has won a $16 million task order to provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with information technology management services for its work in Afghanistan.
General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a $25 million order to provide the Federal Aviation Administration with air traffic control radios, related accessories and training materials.
General Dynamics has won a $12 million task order to provide NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability support to the FAA and its efforts to modernize the National Airspace System.
General Dynamics had its bid protest involving the NetCents II Applications contract dismissed. This usually means a correction action, such as a new award, is in the works.
August saw a slight slow down in the number of contract awards that Washington Technology covered, but dollar values are up, and the pace is still strong compared to earlier in the year. Who are the big winners?
Eight companies have won extensions to their Advanced Technology Support Program III contracts by another $1.3 billion, allowing them to continue their work supporting obsolete and difficult to maintain technologies.
July continued the trend of increasing contract awards that Washington Technology has covered since the beginning of the year. Who stole the show this month?
General Dynamics Information Technology has won an option to provide contractor logistics support to the U.S. Navy with work spread out over a varity of locations.
Quarterly reports for the major defense companies show signs of relief that the biggest companies in the market are weathering sequestration just fine. Is now the time to celebrate?
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has won a $7.5 million task order with the Navy to provide engineering and management services for the post-shakedown availability of the USS Independence.
Thirteen companies have won a contract with the Navy to provide integrated cyber operations services in support of C4ISR systems. They'll now compete for task orders for a variety of services. Who captured this plum prize?
