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NASA TV will show a live broadcast of an Orbital Sciences-built spacecraft’s launch on Tuesday as the vehicle starts a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Cygnus cargo shuttle is scheduled to liftoff at 1:55 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday from the NASA flight range on Wallops Island, Va.  Tuesday and enter space onboard an Antares […] More

Carahsoft has been awarded a $544,388 contract to help the U.S. Justice Department create a LinkedIn profile to find new talent with knowledge of federal criminal laws, the Washington Free Beacon reported Thursday. Elizabeth Harrington writes DOJ’s Criminal Division awarded Carahsoft the contract on Dec. 24 to administer recruitment efforts for that division through the social […] More

The General Services Administration is seeking to acquire computer games for training government contracting personnel, Nextgov reported Friday. Joseph Marks writes the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service wants users to access the games through a mobile application and for contractors to experiment and make decisions in a risk-free environment. GSA intends for users to paths based […] More

Executives at some information technology contractors identified sequestration, tougher regulations and the government shutdown as factors affecting the industry in 2013, CRN reported Thursday. “The reality is the government contracting community [got it] harder than … federal employees,” Steve Halligan, chief operating officer at n2Grate Government Technology Solutions, told CRN. Sarah Kuranda writes that sequester cuts […] More

Motorola Solutions has purchased software communications company Twisted Pair Solutions for an undisclosed amount in an effort to grow push-to-talk over broadband offerings. Twisted Pair will become a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions and be a part of the latter company’s government solutions business, the companies said Thursday. “We recognize that our customers have multiple communications […] More

Private sector construction projects have raised spending in the industry to its highest level in five years, the Commerce Department told Reuters Thursday. Lucia Mutikani writes the one percent annual rate increase brought construction spending to $934.4 billion despite the drop in federal, state and local government projects. Spending for private construction projects rose 2.2 […] More

CEO Mike Gregoire says CA Technologies wants to be known as the leading provider of mainframe computing software, which currently accounts for half of the company’s revenues, Times of India reported Friday. Shilpa Phadnis writes Gregorie told the Indian publication in an interview that CA continues to invest in virtualization platforms and intends to focus […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to kick off a year-long celebration to honor the company’s 100th anniversary. The management and technology consulting firm was founded by Edwin Booz in 1914 and has worked with clients such as the U.S. Navy, American Red Cross and NASA, […] More

Astrium has won a $266 million contract to help the European Space Agency run and exploit the International Space Station’s European components in an effort to enhance functions of ESA’s space laboratory. The contract covers a $60 million spare parts purchase and Astrium will work to develop services for maintaining the European Columbus space laboratory, […] More

General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has signed a new lease agreement with real estate firm Quonset Development Corp. to add nearly 42 acres to the existing 100 acres of leased space at Quonset business park in Rhode Island. QDC’s board of directors approved the 25-year agreement as Electric Boat seeks to meet the U.S. Navy’s submarine program […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has acquired Australian professional services company Sinclair Knight Merz for $1.2 billion in an effort to expand in various regions, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Stuart Pfeifer writes that Jacobs anticipates its annual revenue to grow by 10 percent due to the transaction. Craig Martin, Jacobs CEO, told the newspaper the company […] More