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The San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission has selected Cubic as the agency’s preferred contractor to update the fare collection system in California’s Bay Area. Cubic said Friday its transportation systems business aims to modernize the Clipper electronic fare payment being used by 22 transit agencies across the region if the commission awards the project to the company after a three-stage approval […] More

Northrop Grumman has won a potential $17.2M contract to produce and engineer a software platform for integration into the U.S. Navy’s primary computer-based navigation plotting system. The company will provide the software as part of a project to modernize the hardware and cyber operating system of the Electronic Chart and Display Information System, the Defense […] More

Engility has won a pair of task orders under a potential five-year, $45M contract for support services to the U.S. Army’s Armament Software Engineering Center. The company said Friday it seeks to help the center develop and sustain software as well as provide process assurance support for military weapons, training and combat support platforms. Scott Whatmough, senior vice […] More

DLT Solutions has received access to a national purchasing medium that includes Google and Amazon Web Services among its members. The company will now be able to offer a wide range of technology services to state and local public sector customers via competitive contracts acquired through The Interlocal Purchasing System vehicle, DLT said Thursday. The Herndon, […] More

A consortium of defense publications has recognized Leidos for its contributions to the industry and public sector. The company said Thursday it was selected for the industry innovator and public sector innovation categories in this year’s Government Innovation Awards. Leidos was bestowed the “Industry Innovator” award for its cloud-based Leidos Enterprise Application Framework system containing reusable software development applications. […] More

NASA wants input from the aviation industry and related sectors on the agency’s plan to formulate a service-based air traffic management system meant to support autonomous and collaborative flight operations. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says NASA looks to levearage fast-time and human-in-the-loop simulations that will focus on the National Airspace System’s northeast region as part of the eXploration initiative’s increasing […] More

The Department of Homeland Security has sought information on potential contractors that can provide the Immigration and Customs Enforcement with an enterprise training management platform. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says ICE wants a training management system designed to handle various training formats, course curriculums, accreditation requirements, evaluation, analytical and reporting tools in support of […] More

The Defense Department and federal civilian agencies have obligated $46.7B on information technology contracts during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year and have $13.3B in remaining funds to spend on IT through the end of this month, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. BGOV estimates that DoD’s IT contract obligations for September will reach $7.1B. The […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a potential $67.5M contract to provide engineering and technical services to U.S. Navy radar programs. The company said Tuesday its advanced naval weapon system business will support the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Dahlgren Division’s radar division in efforts to develop requirements, analyze and engineer systems, develop software, design antennas. Work under the single-award contract also […] More

Boeing has completed the Federal Aviation Administration’s airworthiness accreditation for the KC-46 tanker program after the company received a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft. The company said Tuesday its team kicked off in 2015 a series of ground, lab and flight tests to evaluate the performance of the aircraft’s boom and drogue systems for aerial refueling […] More

T-Rex Solutions has garnered a spot in Inc. magazine’s list of the United States’ top privately held companies undergoing rapid growth. The company said Tuesday it ranked 349th in this year’s Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. It came in second among government contractors with $100M to $200M in annual revenue and 28th in the […] More