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  • GSA Selects MIT as Transportation Dept Volpe Center Redevelopment Partner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Selects MIT as Transportation Dept Volpe Center Redevelopment Partner

    The General Services Administration has selected the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to assist in the redevelopment project for the Transportation Department’s John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT will act as exchange partner for the project and help GSA pick a team to design a nearly 400,000-square-foot federal facility as a […] More

  • Battelle Supports Ohio Bid for USDOT Grant on Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Supports Ohio Bid for USDOT Grant on Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Research

    The Transportation Department has awarded a $6 million grant to a Battelle-backed team for a dedicated short-range communications system in central Ohio to support testing and research on connected and autonomous vehicles. Battelle said Thursday it has helped build the winning bid from the Dublin, Marysville and Union counties in Ohio to secure the grant to expand fiber optics and smart mobility technologies […] More

  • CH2M-Hill International Team to Help Amtrak Manage Northeast Corridor Rail Improvement Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M-Hill International Team to Help Amtrak Manage Northeast Corridor Rail Improvement Project

    Intercity passenger rail operator Amtrak has selected a team comprised of CH2M and Hill International to support management of a project to renovate and expand the Northeast Corridor rail infrastructure. The CH2M-Hill International team will work with Amtrak to help increase the capacity of tracks, tunnels, bridges and stations between Newark in New Jersey and New York City’s Penn […] More

  • Rigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract

    Rigil has received a $54.2 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide financial, accounting and other support services for the Enterprise Services Center — a governmentwide financial shared service provider based in Oklahoma City. The consulting firm said Tuesday it will support ESC’s financial services division out of the center’s headquarters at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center and help provide financial management services for up to […] 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

  • Samir Salman: Continental to Provide Transport Safety, Connectivity Tech for DOT's Smart City Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Samir Salman: Continental to Provide Transport Safety, Connectivity Tech for DOT’s Smart City Initiative

    Global automotive supplier Continental has pledged to spend at least $1 million to help the winning city in the Transportation Department‘s Smart City Challenge to build a modern transportation network. Continental said Friday DOT selected Columbus, Ohio, as the competition’s winner and the company will provide sensing, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to infrastructure communication technology for the city to manage traffic safety at intersections. The […] More

  • Fluor, Partners Reach Financial Agreement on $6B Maryland Light Rail Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor, Partners Reach Financial Agreement on $6B Maryland Light Rail Project

    A team comprised of Fluor, Meridiam Infrastructure Purple Line and Star America Purple Line has achieved financial close on Maryland’s $5.6 billion Purple Line Light Rail project. The Fluor-led Purple Line Transit Partners will finance, design, build, operate and maintain the project for Maryland’s transportation department and transit administration through a 36-year period, Fluor said Monday. The company added the team received financing […] More

  • Alliance for Transportation Innovation Launches; Paul Brubaker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alliance for Transportation Innovation Launches; Paul Brubaker Comments

    Washington business leaders have launched the Alliance for Transportation Innovation organization comprised of companies, advocates and experts in transportation technology who seek to improve the country’s transportation systems through innovative technologies. ATI21 will work with transportation innovation industry leaders, including the Consumer Technology Association, the consortium said Thursday. Paul Brubaker, ATI21 chairman and a former administrator of the Transportation […] More

  • FAA Receives 5,000th VHF-UHF Ground-to-Air Radio From General Dynamics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Receives 5,000th VHF-UHF Ground-to-Air Radio From General Dynamics

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit has delivered its 5,000th CM-300/350 V2 radio to the Transportation Department in support of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s NEXCOM 2 communications modernization program. The delivery is part of the 2012 NEXCOM 2 contract that sought to replace the existing ground-to-air radios at FAA facilities and military installations, General Dynamics said Tuesday. The company added that as a digital Voice over […] More

  • Inmarsat VP Joseph Teixeira Receives Aviation Safety Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat VP Joseph Teixeira Receives Aviation Safety Award

    Joseph Teixeira, Inmarsat aviation safety and cybersecurity vice president, has received the James L. Oberstar Sentinel of Safety Award from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association for his leadership in the field of aviation safety. Inmarsat said Thursday the award is given annually to recognize a non-NATCA member who has significantly contributed to aviation safety efforts. NATCA presented the award to Teixeira […] More

  • Michigan Tech Taps Woolpert for Road Project Drone Imagery Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michigan Tech Taps Woolpert for Road Project Drone Imagery Support

    Michigan Tech Research Institute has contracted Woolpert to capture images of Midwest roads through unmanned aerial systems to support a road analysis project sponsored by the state transportation department’s office of the assistant secretary for research and technology. Woolpert said Tuesday the “Characterization of Unpaved Road Conditions Through the Use of Remote Sensing” project seeks to detect road material damage with UAS-collected […] More

  • Executive Profile: Scott Gray, Lockheed Martin IT & Security VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Scott Gray, Lockheed Martin IT & Security VP

    Scott Gray serves as vice president for the information technology and security business at Lockheed Martin, where he oversees more than 1,200 employees and a portfolio of IT services for government clients including the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation and General Services Administration, among others. Before assuming his current role in April 2015, Gray served as program director of […] More