48 firms to compete for almost $6B in Air Force work

Two firm-fixed-price contracts call for a variety of management and professional support services with large and small companies poised to compete.

Jacobs’ award continues tech support at AF armament center

Jacobs will provide systems engineering and integration support for virtually all Air Force air-launched weapon systems at the Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

Harris continues groundwork for AF satellite program

Harris continues hardware and software support for the Air Force’s weather satellite system under a new five-year, $25 million contract.

Raytheon wins Air Force radio work

In the first technology upgrade of the military’s portable radio devices in more than two decades, Raytheon Co. will design new lighter, power-efficient transmitter devices with more secure encryption technology.

Air Force suspends three firms for bad, unfinished work

The IT companies are accused of walking off the job, doing shoddy work and not helping their customer fix the problems.

Air Force procurement contests take wing

The Air Force discovers the value of contests as a route to innovation.

Harris provides network support to Air Force LA center

Harris Corp. has been awarded a 16-month, $9.7 million contract by the Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center to deliver network support services at Los Angeles Air Force Base in California.

Booz Allen hits trifecta with $70m in AF contracts

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has won three research and development contracts from the Air Force that have a combined total value of approximately $70 million.

NCI tasked with supporting AFNet electronics systems

NCI Inc. will provide engineering and other IT support services to the Air Force Electronic Systems Center under a 22-month competitive task order valued at approximately $23 million.

Lockheed wins $791M contract for AF combat systems IT

Work includes integrating commercial, open source and government software components.

BAE provides computer, software upgrades for AF transports

BAE Systems Inc. will design and test computers for 37 C-130 aircraft under an Air Force Materiel Command contract worth approximately $23 million.

Buying commercial items is back -- or is it?

Some ideas for saving costs would be good ideas even when budgets aren't tight, writes Steve Kelman. Buying commercial items is one of them.

Harris' 4 contracts call for Air Force base IT upgrades

Harris Corp. has won a quartet of Air Force contracts worth a combined more than $12 million to upgrade the service's IT infrastructure at four bases.

ICF hires retired AF doctor to spur health care sector growth

Retired Air Force Col. Deborah Burgess, a physician, has joined ICF International Inc. as senior vice president to oversee the company’s health care technology programs.

General Dynamics supports Air Force with imagery intelligence analysis

General Dynamics Corp. will provide battlespace awareness and other support to the Air Force under a task order worth $4.7 million.

Finmeccanica battles American defense giants for Air Force contract

Competition heats up for a U.S. Air Force contract to build jet trainers.

Senate outlines $6.4B in cuts to defense spending

The Senate Armed Services Committee is calling for $6.4 billion in defense spending cuts as it pushes forward its proposed DOD authorization for full Senate consideration.

Air Force signs contract with General Dynamics to provide top brass with secure smart phones

Spectra Edge handheld phones feature encryption approved by the National Security Agency.

Raytheon gets Air Force order for secure communications units

Raytheon Co. will supply the Air Force with almost 2,000 additional encrypted communications systems that will cost the military branch $20.7 million.

L-3 takes on $300M worth of logistics tasks for Navy, Air Force

L-3 Communications Corp. will provide logistics support to the Navy and Air Force under a series of contracts valued at more than $300 million over five years. The initial contract, valued at $32.9 million, calls for life-cycle support and maintenance of Navy and Air Force C-12 aircraft.