To Mars and back

Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. were among eight companies winning $6 million in NASA contracts to help develop the architecture of space transportation systems that will once again send astronauts to the moon and -- one day -- to Mars.

Eight win Netcents awards

The Air Force awarded eight contracts to small and large businesses under its $9 billion Network Centric Solutions program.

Eight win Netcents awards

The Air Force awarded eight contracts to small and large businesses under its $9 billion Network Centric Solutions program.

Boeing, Lockheed vie for deal

Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. will split $105 million in contracts over 15 months while battling it out in the pre-system development and demonstration phase of the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System, which is jointly managed by the Air Force and Navy.

BearingPoint wins Emerge2

BearingPoint Inc. of McLean, Va., will help the Homeland Security Department build a consolidated administrative and financial management system under a $229 million contract.

No performance without partnership

The U.S. military has a reputation for opposing change and espousing a "my way or the highway" attitude. But when it comes to using performance-based contracting, the U.S. Strategic Command, known as Stratcom, is a harbinger of change.

SRA wins large contract consolidation

SRA International Inc. won a five-year, $341 million contract from the General Services Administration to provide IT services and support for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s technology infrastructure.

Planning Systems alliance aims for airdrop-dead accuracy

Planning Systems Inc. inked a $5 million deal with Capewell Components Company that would let Capewell market PSI's Precision Air Drop System overseas, minimizing the risk of airdrops missing their targets.

General Dynamics takes on sub work

General Dynamics Corp. won a $50 million contract from the Navy to provide systems engineering, operational support and repair, installation and checkout work on the Trident II fire control system.

DigitalNet wins DHS fingerprint ID work

DigitalNet Holdings Inc. won a Homeland Security Department contract worth up to $25 million for fingerprint identification services, officials of the Herndon, Va., company announced today.

Eagan, McAllister wins its biggest prize

A five-year, $195 million follow-on contract for command and control systems engineering and technical support services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Systems Center is Eagan, McAllister's largest contract win ever.

Northrop tapped to help Slovakia

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a contract from the Air Force to build a national military command-and-control system for Slovakia, the company said today.

BearingPoint scores $229 million Emerge2

BearingPoint Inc. is the winner of the Homeland Security Department's deal to build the consolidated administrative and financial management system known as Emerge2, the agency announced today.

Anteon to work on joint training technologies

Anteon International Corp. won a five-year contract to help train Defense Department personnel at the Joint Forces' Command Advanced Training Technology Laborator.

SBA awards $13.6m system modernization deal to SRA

SRA International Inc. is going to help the Small Business Administration upgrade its Disaster Credit Management System under a $13.9 million task order.

AT&T to extend victim notification system

AT&T Government Solutions has received a $1.4 million contract modification from the Justice Department to make the department's Victim Notification System available to the public.

General Dynamics to install communications infrastructure in Baghdad

General Dynamics Network Systems will install a voice, video and data network infrastructure for the Army at Camp Victory in Baghdad.

CSC takes on Australian Navy work

Computer Sciences Corp. won a four-year, $10.4 million contract to design and install a shipboard and shore-based information technology infrastructure for the Royal Australian Navy.

Industry supports Networx, with some reservations

Industry representatives say GSA is on the right track with its revised Networx acquisition strategy, but urged additional changes.

HP lands $290 million DLA data center deal

Hewlett-Packard Co. has won a 10-year, $290 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide data center consolidation services for the agency's Enterprise Data Center program.