Jacobs wins $128M expansion of Air Force advisory, assistance contract

Jacobs Engineering Group has won a $128 million contract option to provide advisory and assistance services to the Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida

The option was awarded under Technical and Engineering Acquisition Support 6 contract.

The scope of work includes systems engineering and integration support for air-delivered munitions. The company also supports test and training range systems and numerous air combat support systems, Jacobs said in a release.

The company has been supporting the Air Force at Elgin since 1986 and has 800 people working there.

NetCents protests grow to 14

More companies have filed protests against the Air Force and its troubled NetCents 2 Products contract. The total has now reached 14 protestors.

If my sources are correct, then all the losing bidders, except for two, have filed protests. The is round two for NetCents 2 Products, which last year was awarded to nine companies, but a flood of protests forced the Air Force back off and try again.

TASC revs its strategy engine

TASC Inc.’s hiring this week of Randy Phillips as its first chief strategy officer got me thinking that the company is getting ready to accelerate its merger and acquisition activities.

Just look at his resume:

At Computer Sciences Corp., he led more than 25 transactions, with more than $3 billion in revenue.

Who won April's biggest contracts?

Looking at April’s contract round up, you’d hardly believe that contractors are beginning to be impacted by sequestration.

Just as with March, to make April’s list, you had to have a contract in the $150 million and above range.

Washington Technology covered 45 contract awards in April, a hefty increase over the 30 in March, and a significant increase over the 13 in February.

SAIC picks GD exec to lead national security business

Science Applications International Corp. has named Lou Von Thaer president of the company’s National Security Sector, effective June 6.

The National Security Sector, along with the company’s current health and engineering businesses, will be part of the spin-off company, Leidos, the company said in a release.

Exelis to add data tech into legacy command system

ITT Exelis has won a $6.1 million contract modification with the U.S. Air Force to insert a modern data storage and memory technology system into the Strategic Automated Command Control System.

The system provides orders and pass codes authentication for Air Force nuclear weapons platforms, bombers and support units, the company said in a release.

ITT Exelis will insert a modern data storage system that will improve retrieval and verification of critical data for decision makers, the company said.

CGI wins $38.8M California contract for a voter database system

CGI Group has won a four-year, $38.8 million contract with California to implement a centralized, statewide voter registration database system.

The system, known as VoteCal, will provide a single, official source of voter registration information, and will connect to multiple state agencies as well as all 58 county election official offices to improve registration efficiency, CGI said in a release.

Booz Allen, Coherent Technical Services win Navy command, control contracts

Booz Allen Hamilton and Coherent Technical Services have won three-year task order contracts with the U.S. Navy to support emerging navigation technologies for air and shipboard C4ISR system applications.

The contract values are:

Booz Allen Hamilton -- $30.9 million
Coherent Technical Services -- $29 million

Joe Theismann's 5 lessons for life and business

Next week, former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann will be a keynote speaker at FOSE, the massive government technology trade show that my company produces each year.

It begs the question, what can a former professional football player, known during his playing days for being brash and cocky, teach government executives and federal contractors?

DIA hunts for innovation at industry day

The Defense Intelligence Agency wants your help with innovation and is inviting industry participation at its Innovation Day 2013, which will be held at its headquarters on June 27.

The event will be unclassified, and is an opportunity for industry to hear presentations from agency senior leadership on the agency’s current and emerging challenges in a tight fiscal environment that getting even tighter.