Small business contracting hits 23 percent; 8(a) numbers fall

Small businesses reaped a record $69.2 billion in federal prime contracts in fiscal 2004, up nearly 6 percent from the previous high, according to the Small Business Administration.

Northrop Grumman wins Navy training range support work

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a contract to provide operations, maintenance and engineering support for the Navy and Marine Corps East Coast and West Coast training ranges.

Anteon wins Navy systems engineering work

Anteon International Corp. will provide surveillance systems engineering, software development and test and evaluation support to the Joint and National Systems Division Space and Naval Warfare Center.

MTC tapped for F-16 fire control computer

MTC Technologies Inc. won a task order from the Ogden Air Logistics Center to modify F-16 aircraft with a commercial fire control computer that guides missiles in combat.

BearingPoint embarks on new port security work

BearingPoint Inc. won a contract from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to implement the third phase of a program to improve security procedures for cargo entering the United States.

Lockheed wins Big Apple transit project

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $212 million prime contract from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to upgrade its electronic security operations infrastructure.

Louisville, Ky., taps Integraph for incident response work

Intergraph Corp. won a contract from the city of Louisville, Ky., to provide an incident response and management system for the city's MetroSafe Communications and Emergency Management program.

Perot Systems inks Education data network deal

Perot Systems Corp. won a contract potentially worth $20 million from the Education Department to operate, maintain and enhance ED's Data Exchange Network.

Alion nabs Defense IT services subcontract

Alion Science and Technology Corp. won a subcontract to provide IT services to the Defense Department's Joint Spectrum Center.

Maximus wins New Mexico ERP implementation

Maximus Inc. won a two-year deal from the state to implement an enterprise resource planning application for New Mexico's human resources system.

Providence, R.I., taps Motorola for mesh network

Motorola Inc. won a contract from Providence, R.I., for a mobile mesh network that will serve the city's public safety departments.

AlphaInsight wins Coast Guard portal deal

AlphaInsight Corp. won a contract from the Coast Guard to provide IT support services for a Web portal solution for sharing maritime data.

Treasury reopens TCE contract over lawmaker's objections

The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee is critical of the Treasury Department's plan to accept new submissions for the Treasury Communications Enterprise contract.

Networx deadlines pushed back again

The General Services Administration is granting another one-month extension for industry responses to its 10-year, $20 billion Networx telecommunications contract.

Army turns to SYColeman for communications support

SYColeman Corp. won a seven-year, $71 million contract from the Army for strategic and public communications support.

General Dynamics wins secure phone-PDA contract

General Dynamics Corp. won a contract from the National Security Agency to design and develop a secure mobile phone-personal digital assistant

Northrop Grumman lands Air Force communications deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $19 million contract from the Air Force to integrate the service's telephone and network operations.

VBrick Systems wins digital video R&D grant

VBrick Systems Inc. won a National Science Foundation grant to develop new technology for digital video applications.

Raytheon wins incident command subcontract

Raytheon Co. has won a subcontract from iXP Corp. to help modernize the New York City Fire Department's incident command system.

HHS taps Baltimore firm for Web support

Mind Over Machines Inc. won a contract from the Health and Human Services Department to provide database administration, operations support and help-desk services.