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  • Jacobs Engineering Moves to New Dallas HQ; Steve Demetriou Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Engineering Moves to New Dallas HQ; Steve Demetriou Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has relocated its global corporate headquarters to a 100,000-square-foot office in downtown Dallas from Pasadena, California. The company said Monday the relocation expands its footprint at Dallas’ Harwood Center in Texas, where Jacobs currently employs nearly 4,500 individuals who work in the aerospace, transportation, water, aviation, buildings, defense, oil and gas and power and energy industries. Jacobs […] More

  • Cubic, University of Melbourne Partner to Develop Urban Transportation Systems Test Bed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic, University of Melbourne Partner to Develop Urban Transportation Systems Test Bed

    Cubic‘s transportation systems business and the University of Melbourne in Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a national connected multimodal transport test bed. The NCMT platform will use the company’s surface transport management system and support large-scale tests of emerging technology in complex urban environments, Cubic said Thursday. Cubic and the University of Melbourne also seek to explore ways to […] More

  • Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments

    A Xerox study reports that 49 percent of respondents from 23 cities around the world believe one application will support all transportation needs while 27 percent see themselves using a self-driving car by 2020. Xerox said Monday the upcoming Global Transportation Survey report reflects citizens’ increased expectations for integrated transportation services and innovation over the coming years. “Mobility is complicated, infrastructure […] More

  • WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Opens New Boulder, Colorado Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Opens New Boulder, Colorado Office

    WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has opened a new office in Boulder, Colorado as the company works to expand its engineering and professional services into multiple market segments. The company’s facility at 4840 Pearl East Circle will support projects of clients across the buildings and transportation sectors in Colorado, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff said Monday. “The new office will expand our local base for the delivery of our […] More

  • FCi Federal Creates Advisory Board to Support Expansion Initiatives; Scott Miller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCi Federal Creates Advisory Board to Support Expansion Initiatives; Scott Miller Comments

    Ashburn, Virginia-based FCi Federal has established a board of advisers as the professional services company looks to expand its market footprint and grow its portfolio. The advisory board consists of public and private sector veterans with background in immigration, intelligence, diplomacy, transportation and homeland security, FCi Federal said Monday. “The formation of the board of advisers signals […] More

  • Tripwire Study: Govt IT Professionals Fear Cyber Attacks on City Infrastructure Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tripwire Study: Govt IT Professionals Fear Cyber Attacks on City Infrastructure Systems

    A study conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Tripwire says 88 percent out of 200 state and local government information technology professionals interviewed believe a cyber attack on city infrastructure systems poses a threat to public safety. Tripwire said Thursday 78 percent of respondents believe there will likely be a cyber attack against smart city services in […] More

  • Quantum Spatial Wins Photogrammetric Surveying and Mapping Contract From Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Quantum Spatial Wins Photogrammetric Surveying and Mapping Contract From Army

    Quantum Spatial has landed a five-year, $12.5 million contract to help the U.S. Army  design and engineer photogrammetric surveying and mapping systems. The Defense Department said Friday the Army Corps of Engineers received 25 bids for the contract via the internet and will determine funds and work location based on each order. The company will perform work […] More

  • Purdue University Prof Receives Energy Dept Grant to Support Aluminum Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Purdue University Prof Receives Energy Dept Grant to Support Aluminum Research

    The Energy Department‘s Office of Basic Energy Sciences has awarded a $450,000 grant to Xinghang Zhang, a professor at Purdue University’s school of materials engineering, to support his three-year research project on the strength of aluminum. Purdue said Aug. 9 the “Deformation Mechanisms of Nanotwinned Aluminum and Binary Aluminum Alloys” project will use a transmission electron microscope to analyze the […] More

  • Onvia Report Shows 2Q Decline on State, Local, Educational Procurements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onvia Report Shows 2Q Decline on State, Local, Educational Procurements

    An Onvia study has revealed nationwide state, local and educational procurements including bids and requests-for-proposals has declined by 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2016 from Q2 of 2015. Onvia said Thursday its “State & Local Procurement Snapshot for Q2 2016” report showed the year’s first half showed an 0.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 2015. “Onvia […] More

  • Lockheed, Submergence Group Partner for USSOCOM Combat Submersible Production; Erika Marshall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Submergence Group Partner for USSOCOM Combat Submersible Production; Erika Marshall Comments

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Submergence Group to build, integrate and test three undersea transport vehicles for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The companies will collaborate to produce Dry Combat Submersibles under a potential five-year, $166 million contract awarded by USSOCOM, Lockheed said Thursday. Erika Marshall, general manager and program director at Lockheed’s Palm Beach site, said the DCS vehicles […] More

  • AAR Unit Receives Task Order for Additional Airlift Services in Afghanistan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AAR Unit Receives Task Order for Additional Airlift Services in Afghanistan

    A business unit of AAR has received a $21.7 million task order from U.S. Transportation Command to provide additional rotary-wing airlift services in Afghanistan under an existing U.S. Central Command support contract. The company said Tuesday its airlift division will supply two helicopters, personnel and flight operations, maintenance and logistics services as part of the nine-month task order. AAR’s helicopter utility services cover external […] More

  • ICF Awarded 2 California DOT Environmental Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Awarded 2 California DOT Environmental Services Contracts

    California’s Transportation Department has awarded ICF International a pair of three-year contracts worth $13.6 million combined to provide environmental and biological support services for department’s district projects in the state. ICF said Friday it will perform on-call environmental services to support Caltrans’ transportation infrastructure development, construction and maintenance projects in District 8 as well as on-call biological services to the District 1 Willits Bypass project. […] More