Northrop to manage AF weather systems

Northrop Grumman has won a $239 million contract to help the Air Force increase the effectiveness, reliability and performance of a variety of weather systems.

IBM protests Lockheed's FBI win

Government Accountability Office has until June to decide on the $1 billion fingerprint upgrade project.

GNS will help validate DOE systems

Global Network Systems Inc. will assist Energy Department's CIO with independent verification and validation support services.

AF stays with Booz Allen for virtual combat

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., of McLean, Va., will continue supporting the Air Force's Virtual Combat Environment for Electronic Conflict program under a new contract.

DRS to build vehicle computers for Army

DRS Technologies Inc. will deliver rugged computing and display systems to the Army to use for next-generation vehicles and systems.

ACS wins Ill. electronic benefits deal

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will provide electronic benefits transfer services to the Illinois Human Services Department under a newly awarded subcontract.

ManTech to aid Navy with warfare analysis

Mantech International Corp. won a $15.7 million contract to help the Naval Air Systems Command with warfare analysis, the Defense Department said.

L-3 to aid CDC with hazard response

The CDC awarded L-3 subsidiary MPRI Inc. a blanket purchase agreement potentially worth $215 million to provide strategic and operational planning, training, simulations and exercise programs.

Tyler gets ERP work in Mo. county

Tyler Technologies Inc. will install financial management and human resources software for St. Louis County, Mo., under a new contract.

Three win HSPD-12 services work

DHS has awarded five-year blanket purchase agreement contracts to BearingPoint Inc., EDS Corp. and Xtec Inc. to provide services to comply with HSPD-12.

Telos to expand AF network

Telos Corp. will expand wireless local-area networks at 98 Air Force locations worldwide under a task order that could be worth more than $100 million.

Verizon designs IP network for Postal Service

Verizon Business has completed the design and implementation of a new, fully managed IP-based network for the U.S. Postal Service.

General Dynamics to build robot vehicles

General Dynamics will build robotic vehicles to conduct surveillance and other security tasks for the Army under a new contract.

ACI to upgrade DOD travel office

Advanced Concepts Inc. has won a blanket purchase agreement to help the Defense Department improve the Program Management Office's Defense Travel System.

L-3 to deploy tactical video for Marines

L-3 Services Inc. will provide tactical video systems to Marine Corps bases worldwide under a contract that will be worth up to $326 million over three years.

Sweet smell of success

Small businesses win through skilled planning, leadership and luck.

Cross-border deals take center stage

A flurry of international deals involving European buyers ofU.S. defense and civilian contractors has been under waysince early 2007. Of 292 transactions by strategic buyersof U.S.-based defense companies in 2007, 50 buyerswere foreign ? 17 percent. So far in 2008, two of 17 deals involveforeign buyers.

Contract roundup

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $1 billion FBI contract to develop the agency's new biometric database, an upgrade to the agency's primary fingerprint collection system and database.

Contract roundup

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $1 billion FBI contract to develop the agency's new biometric database, an upgrade to the agency's primary fingerprint collection system and database.

Mantech wins Eagle task order

A unit of ManTech International will provide independent verification and validation and security services to DHS' Science and Technology Directorate.