Army backs off $243M enterprise e-mail contract

The Army is putting on hold its plans to pursue an enterprise-wide e-mail system and calling an about-face on the project.

STG provides IT support to Army signal center

STG Inc. will provide information technology services to the Army’s 4th Signal Center Pacific-Theater Network Operations and Security Center under a three-year contract valued at $17.4 million.

9 win awards for $2B in DOD tech support work

Nine government contractors will now compete for work under the the Defense Department’s Software, Networks, Information, Modeling and Simulation Technology Support contract.

Northrop lands FAA communications maintenance award

Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide maintenance services and logistics support to the Federal Aviation Administration under a five-year, $32 million contract.

CSC takes on Navy network services work abroad

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide network services to the Navy under a five-year contract that could ultimately be worth $25 million.

Harris' new cyber center cloaked in secrecy

Harris Corp. is building what it calls the nation’s first cyber integration center to provide government and commercial customers with a unique managed hosting service in a trusted environment.

Raytheon sees a new market in public safety

Raytheon Co., which has been supplying communications electronics to the Defense Department for decades, is using that expertise in an aggressive attempt to widen its footprint in the civilian market.

Avaya prevails on Air Force $64M recompete award

Avaya Government Solutions has won a recompete contract from the Air Force valued at approximately $64 million to provide information assurance, network assessment and network engineering support.

SAIC to help Navy with integrated communications

Science Applications International Corp. will help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division develop and refine communications and information systems under a new task order.

Top DISA information strategist John Garing retires

DISA's director of strategic planning and information, John Garing, was instrumental in developing and advancing the information technology services DISA's provides the military through its Defense Enterprise Computing Centers.

Catapult on call to keep communication going during disasters

Catapult signes a $58.8 million contract with USAID to help the agency with its international disaster relief efforts.

7 hot IT projects for 2011

An analysis of the 2011 budget proposal finds a few gems inside what is otherwise a slow-growth budget.

NCI will supply IT services at Georgia Army facilities

NCI Inc. will provide information technology support services at a pair of Army bases under a five-year task order that could be worth as much as $14 million if all option periods are exercised.

Harris dials up $100M radio upgrade project for Miami-Dade

Harris Corp. will upgrade public safety and public service communications for Miami-Dade County, Fla., as part of an improvement project that could be worth as much as $100 million.

CACI wins $219M Navy C4ISR contract

CACI International Inc. will outfit the Navy with a variety of information technology and software services under a $219 million prime contract.

FCC's broadband plan is out; now for the hard part

It's going to be many months, if not years, before we see just where this plan leads, writes blogger Brian Robinson.

General Dynamics rings up $228M telephony award

General Dynamics Corp. will modernize the Federal Aviation Administration’s Administrative Voice Enterprise Services program, known as FAVES, under a single-award contract valued at $228 million over 10 years.

Harris and partners radio intent to pursue FAA gold

Harris Corp. is teaming with two aviation technology companies to pursue Federal Aviation Administration awards for advanced communications systems.

Netcents-2 stalls with new delays

A series of delays has kept the Air Force’s Network Centric Solutions-2 program in a holding pattern. Two of the four request for proposals expected at the end of January have still not emerged, and the remaining RFPs might be months away.

CSC provides range of data link support to DOD

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide tactical data link support to the Defense Department under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $6.9 million.