Mantech to assist Navy on warfare analysis

ManTech Systems Engineering will help support warfare analysis for the Naval Air Systems Command on a contract valued at up to $83 million.

DOD to double-check contract type

Defense Department officials must determine if they have been using time-and-materials contracts and task orders when other types of contracts might have worked just as well.

CSC to aid EPA research office

Computer Sciences Corp. will supply information technology and information management services to the Environmental Protection Agency under a $110 million contract.

GD to build data system for Marines

General Dynamics C4 Systems will put together a data distribution system for the Marine Corps under a $375 million contract.

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Northrop to upgrade FAA airspace system

Northrop Grumman will help the Federal Aviation Administration continue to improve air traffic control operations under a new contract.

Raytheon gets NASA training extension

A subsidiary of Raytheon Co. will continue providing services to NASA's astronaut training facilities in Houston under a contract extension.

Motorola splits off two business units

Motorola Inc. will create two independent, publicly traded companies in a structural and strategic realignment of its business units.

In-Q-Tel invests in CoreStreet

In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community's investment arm, is putting funds into a company that makes a new type of access control system.

MPC to sell computers to DLA

MPC Corp. will continue to supply desktop, notebook and tablet computers to the Defense Logistics Agency through a new sole-source contract.

Advocacy groups cry foul over spectrum auction

Advocacy groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate claims that an official adviser asked for millions of dollars in fees that might have scared off bidders for the D Block of radio spectrum.

BAE wins more Navy communications work

BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc. won a contract modification to provide the Navy with work related to shipboard communications.

NCI to support Transportation Command

NCI Inc. will provide support for classified information systems to the U.S. Transportation Command.

Feds issue disaster plan blueprint

The Bush administration has revised its blueprint for dealing with natural and man-made disasters, with a focus on gaps identified by state and local emergency managers and other stakeholders.

Ariz. lawmakers balk at new driver's licenses

Opposition is building in Arizona's Legislature to a plan to authorize a hybrid driver's license that also would serve as a border-crossing card and would comply with the Real ID Act.

Datapath to maintain Army satellite systems

DataPath won an Army contract to continue working on satellite systems that provide advanced battlefield communications capabilities.

Odyssey Systems gets Air Force task order

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group will provide advisory and assistance services to part of the Air Force Electronic Systems Center.

DCS wins Navy R&D work

DCS Corp. will provide research and development services to the Navy in an effort to refine sophisticated sensor technologies.

Legislators: DHS doing a poor job with data sharing

DHS is at risk for losing support for funding because it is not doing a good enough job of sharing information with state, local and federal homeland security officials.

L-1 to buy Digimarc's ID assets

L-1 Identity Solutions will purchase the identification systems business that belongs to Digimarc for $250 million in a cash and stock deal.