BBN Technologies of Cambridge, Mass., has won a $16.4 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a system that will transcribe foreign languages and computer encoded text directly into English text for military personnel.
The Defense Department is expected to release as early as today the request for proposals for converting its legacy systems to the Network Centric Enterprise Services program.
The Labor Department is looking for offers to host Web sites and components related to its GovBenefits program, an online portal that gives citizens access to government benefit eligibility information.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a five-year contract worth more than $230 million to modernize the Jordanian armed forces' communications and IT networks and help secure the country against border threats.
Police officers in Burbank, Calif., will be spending more time fighting crime and less time filling out paperwork because of a new public safety IT system the city has contracted with CompuDyne Corp.
Telos Corp. will assist the General Service Administration with IT security in the agency's effort to merge the Federal Technology and Federal Supply services.
KEI Pearson Inc. won a four-year, $4.2 million contract from the Army to provide a range of technical and administrative services to support the global war on terrorism and other Army programs.
The Health and Human Services Department has formed agreements with two organizations that will plan for and promote the widespread use of electronic health records in the Gulf Coast region as it rebuilds after recent hurricanes.
The Homeland Security Department has released its request for proposals for the FirstSource contract vehicle worth up to $3 billion for acquiring IT commodities.
After months of careful preparations using a new bid process, Virginia has awarded one mega outsourcing deal and is on the verge of announcing another to two technology powerhouses.
The Treasury Department has tapped 21 companies to develop new software applications, provide support and introduce technologies under a five-year, $3 billion deal.
The Army needs a local telephone-exchange services provider for Fort Gordon, Ga,; the Air Force is looking for software tools to help analyze data collected from various survey instruments distributed to personnel throughout the service; and The U.S. Geological Survey requires technical support services for the National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette, La.
In just one year, the Network-Centric Solutions program has brought a windfall of $429.7 million to the eight prime contractors allowed to bid on the work.
For this issue, I interviewed science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury. At 85, he's lost none of his enthusiasm and optimism for the future of science and technology as well as for humankind. For Bradbury, space is not a business opportunity, but destiny.
