I feel your pain brother.
I have been out since September of O9.
All you can do is stay motivated, it ain't easy, but you can do it.
I was let go for the same reason, more or less, a lack of new contracts. The following day the entire engineering staff walked in protest.
Now the company is no more.
If Congress can get their act together and the Fed. Chief takes some economics classes, the economy should improve after the New Year.
Keep your head up!
Lawrence