DOD re-ups with ICF's Synergy division

ICF Consulting's Synergy division won a $9.4 million contract with the Defense Contract Management Agency to provide software development services

Northrop backs away from Los Alamos work

Northrop Grumman Corp. has dropped out of the running for the multibillion-dollar federal contract to operate Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Raytheon tapped for mission system work on DD(X) destroyers

Raytheon Co. won a $3 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to continue designing mission systems for a new class of destroyers.

Congressman calls for synergy between security technology, productivity

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has called on technology vendors to develop products that would assist both safety and productivity.

Horizon wins DLA food-service management contract

Horizon Software has been awarded a $48 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide food-service management software to the dining facilities of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.

Lockheed tapped for next phase of antenna development

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $19.5 million contract from DARPA to continue developing new space-based radar antenna technology.

M/A-Com wins two Army mobile radio deals

M/A-Com Inc. has won contracts totaling $3.6 million to provide radio communications systems for Fort Sill the U.S. Military Academy.

Acceptance of IP v.6 drags

Internet Protocol Version 6 has captured few early converts among IT executives and policymakers in the United States despite its many benefits.

AT&T re-ups Marine testing lab

AT&T Government Solutions won a one-year, $1 million task order to continue operating the U.S. Marine testing lab responsible for transitioning legacy and emerging software applications to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.

Inside track

The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command in Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is looking for a system that can tag people who move or disturb material without authorization. The system should mark individuals in a way undetectable to casual inspection but observable through enhanced vision technology, ultraviolet light and other detection gear.

Inside track

The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command in Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is looking for a system that can tag people who move or disturb material without authorization. The system should mark individuals in a way undetectable to casual inspection but observable through enhanced vision technology, ultraviolet light and other detection gear.

Behind the curve

As the intelligence community undergoes a period of transformation, contractors can help intel agencies promote information sharing capabilities and bring new technologies to bear on national security issues.

The news in brief

Under new risk-based eligibility rules, only 66 of the nation's 361 seaports can apply for $141 million in the Homeland Security Department's Port Security Grant program.

The news in brief

Under new risk-based eligibility rules, only 66 of the nation's 361 seaports can apply for $141 million in the Homeland Security Department's Port Security Grant program.

General Dynamics gets $50 million more for battlefield robotics

General Dynamics Robotics Systems of Westminster, Md., received $50.7 million in additional funding for its Army Future Combat Systems Autonomous Navigation System, designed to bring next-generation robotic ground vehicles to the battlefield to aid warfighters.

ITAA attacks 'Buy American' provision

IT industry representatives are urging the Senate to reject a provision approved by the House requiring the Homeland Security Department to use primarily U.S.-made components in all products it buys.

NIST seeks gaming model for dirty-bomb emergency response training

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a request for proposals for key components of a crowd-behavior simulation model prototype.

Raytheon to develop new system-on-a-chip technology

The company has won a $27.6 million contract from DARPA to develop a programmable computing system based on a fast, powerful and versatile chip.

General Dynamics wins Army communications work

General Dynamics Corp. won contracts worth $7 million from the U.S. Army to modernize the communications and data infrastructure at Ford Drum, N.Y., and Fort Lewis, Wash.

Army picks Symbol's RFID readers

Five of Symbol Technologies Inc.'s partners were awarded blanket purchase agreements from the Army for the company's RFID readers.