NASA to host Lunar Lander face-off

NASA plans to return to the moon, and officials are looking for help in developing technology for the mission.

SRA nails down Army range facility system work

SRA International Inc. won a five-year, $16.6 million contract from the Army to deliver a variety of technical services to support a computerized system that helps manage activities at Army and Marine Corps range facilities.

Logistics Applications prevails in DOE bid protest

The second time around might be the charm for Logistics Applications Inc., which has had to wait more than a year to take over its largest contract win ever.

DHS taps Lockheed Martin for call center support

Lockheed Martin Corp. announced it has been awarded a five-year, $120 million contract to run two call centers for the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services bureau.

AT&T lands Army personnel forecasting system work

AT&T Government Solutions Inc. won a five-year, $11.8 million contract to provide operations and maintenance support for a Web-based system for forecasting and tracking Army personnel.

Harris wins weapon data link subcontract

Harris Corp. has won a two-year, $10 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide a weapon data-link transceiver for the extended range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.

DOT in search of financial-management support

The Transportation Department is looking to the private sector for help with certain financial-management support functions.

Raytheon snares NOAA high-performance computing contract

Raytheon Co. has won a contract worth up to $368 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for high-performance computing resources to support advances in NOAA's environmental modeling capabilities.

Protests filed over Army's ITES-2S award

Five companies have protested the Army's recent $20 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract award.

FBI stumbled on Trilogy cost oversight: GAO

The FBI paid at least $10.1 million in questionable contractor costs related to its controversial Trilogy IT modernization program, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Florida case offers lessons-learned for outsourcing

While Florida's contract with Convergys Corp. of Cincinnati to consolidate and process human resource services for 32 state agencies has produced substantial benefits, it also serves as a stark example of what can go wrong when a government agency outsources certain functions to the private sector.

Tyler hooks two Ohio county property reassessment deals

Tyler Technologies Inc. has won two contracts totaling $3.5 million to supply two counties in southwestern Ohio with property reassessment services.

Lockheed Martin to direct Patriot Missile upgrade

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $379 million contract from the Army Aviation and Missile Command to build 112 Patriot missiles and furnish related program management and engineering services.

L-3 wins B-52H communications subcontract

Under a contract with Boeing Co., L-3 Communications will work on a program to modernize the B-52H, focusing on delivering a broadband connection to the aircraft.

GTSI wins U.S. Communities cooperative purchasing deal

GTSI Corp. won a two-year contract renewal to supply state and local governments and related agencies with a broad range of IT products and services.

SPC wins Defense health management deal

System Planning Corp. has been awarded an $11.5 million contract from the Defense Department for force health protection and readiness.

Net-enabled command program moving ahead

The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving forward on a program to implement Net-enabled command capabilities, with a request for information due for release shortly.

Hewitt Associates wins $290m OPM modernization deal

Hewitt Associates of Lincolnshire, Ill., has won the Office of Personnel Management's long-awaited Retirement Systems Modernization contract?a program OPM hopes will revolutionize how the agency computes and releases federal retirement benefits.

Telos, Air Force strike SmartBuy deal

The Defense Department late last week officially extended its enterprise software agreement with Telos Corp. for two of its titles to the rest of the federal government, offering discounts between 5 percent and 40 percent off of the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service schedule.

Navy deals awarded to Milcom Systems, Amsec

Milcom Systems Corp. was awarded a $108.7 million contract that could grow to $577 million if all options are exercised. Amsec LLC walked away with $58.9 million for the first year, with a ceiling of $312 million.