Who won September's biggest contracts?

As expected, contract award momentum picked up a great deal in September as the fourth and final quarter of fiscal 2014 came to a close.

In September we reported on 58 contract awards, a head-and-shoulders increase over August’s 46.

To make the top 10 list this time around, you had to have won a contract more than $118.1 million.

Of all of the top 10 contracts, nine were awarded by some branch of the military.

The top contract awards for September kicks off at number 10:

10. AAI Corp. to assist Navy with unmanned minesweep system

AAI Corp. has won a potentially $118.1 million contract to support the Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS).

9. Leidos nabs $150M contract to support Army anti-IED system

Leidos has won a $150 million contract to support the Army’s Saturn Arch effort to battle improvised explosive devices.

8. Lockheed wins $158.8M Navy contract for radar systems

Lockheed Martin has won a potentially $158.8 million contract to produce and field Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 systems for the Navy.

7. CACI International nabs $212M enterprise IT BPA to support DHS

CACI International has nabbed a $212 million blanket purchase agreement to provide desktop support services to the Homeland Security department.

6. GD captures $311M sub design, support work

General Dynamics’ wholly owned subsidiary Electric Boat received a $311 million contract from the Navy to providing engineering and technical support for nuclear submarines.

5. Northrop Grumman wins $354M contract to increase Air Force's Global Hawk fleet

Northrop Grumman has won a $354 million contract to add three more RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs to the Air Force’s fleet.

4. PAE wins $359M contract to support Navy test range

PAE has won a potentially $359 million contract to support the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Atlantic Test Range and Atlantic Targets and Marine Operations Division.

3. SAIC wins $423.8M recompete

Science Applications International Corp. has hung on to a lucrative contract to provide the military with a variety of logistics support and base maintenance services.

2. Eleven companies win spots on $444M T&E contract

Eleven companies have won spots on a $444 million contract to provide test and evaluation support to the Army.

The winners are:

• American Systems Corp.
• Beshenich Muir Associates LLC
• DIGIFLIGHT Inc.
• Dynamics Research Corp.
• Geeks and Nerds Corp.
• Joint Research and Development Inc.
• Logistics Systems Inc.
• Man-Machine Systems Assessment Inc.
• Survice Engineering Company LLC
• TASC Inc.
• V.R.C. Corp.

1. 21 win $7.2B Army intell contract

In an effort to acquire the best global intelligence support it can, the Army has awarded eleven large and ten small businesses spots on a five-year, $7.2 billion contract for global intelligence support services acquisition.

The large business portion of the contract is worth $5 billion. The winners are:

The winners are:

• BAE Systems
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• CACI International
• DynCorp International
• Invertix Corp.
• Lockheed Martin
• ManTech
• Northrop Grumman
• Six3 Intelligence Solutions (now part of CACI)
• Sotera Defense Solutions
• SRA International

The small business portion of the contract is worth $2.2 billion. The winners are:

• Absolute Business Corp.
• Archimedes Global
• Calhoun International
• Circinus LLC
• Charles F. Day & Associates
• E&M Technologies
• Integral Consulting Services
• K-3 Enterprises
• Pluribus International Corp.
• The Buffalo Group