TCS tapped for secure workstations

Trusted Computer Solutions Inc. won a three-year, $21.7 million contract from the Air Force Research Lab for its SecureOffice Trusted Workstation technology.

McDonald Bradley to deliver bomb defusing data

McDonald Bradley Inc. won an $11.1 million contract with the Defense Department to build a network to provide information to troops defusing roadside bombs in Iraq.

Defense re-ups EDS for medical logistics support

EDS has won a $15 million contract renewal from DOD to continue work on the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support automated information system.

Anteon wins contract with potential $75M value

Anteon International has won a subcontract from Portage Environmental to support the Air Force's Center for Environmental Excellence, Global Engineering, Integration and Technical Assistance 2005 program.

Agencies skip FTS, look to GWAC vendors

Agencies take advantage of a rule allowing them to order directly from GSA's governmentwide acquisition contracts instead of going through the Federal Technology Service.

NFR Security wins CSC subcontract

NFR Security Inc. has a subcontract from Computer Sciences Corp. to support its work on the Army Logistics Modernization Program.

BAE Unit to buy UDI

BAE Systems North America Inc. will acquire United Defense Industries Inc. for $4.2 billion.

Anteon to build Army live-training ranges

Anteon International Corp. has won a $350 million contract from the Army to design and build live-training ranges that digitally gather and record data on the training for quick feedback and reviews.

Have a (hot) seat

Safavian brings to the job an understanding of both public and private sectors, as well as of Congress. Before working at the Office of Management and Budget, he was chief of staff for GSA Administrator Stephen Perry and also worked for two congressmen.

DISA looks for broadband

The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking for a contractor to design and install a dense-wave-division, multiplexed, optical transport network that will allow delivery of IT services over a broadband gigabit optical network.

Procurement software for VA

The Veterans Affairs Department wants procurement software for contract management administration. The contractor must provide software through an Internet connection, and supply maintenance and training. The vendor also must set up a repository for storing contracts and related correspondence as image and data files. The work will be done at the Veterans Affairs medical center in Miami.

Marines pick N.E.T. offerings

The Marine Corps Systems Command has selected N.E.T. Federal's Promina multiservice access and Shout900 IP telephony platforms for deployment in the Joint Enhanced Core Communication System.

Tech success: Rapid recovery

Every day, medical staffs worldwide look to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for help in making diagnoses based on samples of materials such as tumors and tissue.

Disabled vets get $5 billion GWAC

The General Services Administration this spring will release a $5 billion, 10-year governmentwide acquisition contract for service-disabled veteran-owned IT small businesses.

EDS wins British defense deal

EDS Corp. has won its largest contract since 2002, but controversy may be brewing among British political conservatives critical of EDS' past performance with IT systems.

InterSense gets follow-on deal for helmet technology

InterSense Inc. will continue work on a cockpit-helmet tracking system for the U.S. Army, officials from the Bedford, Mass., company said.

Titan pleads guilty to bribery charges

Titan Corp. has pleaded guilty to three felony counts involving its overseas operations and will pay $28.5 million in penalties.

Northrop Grumman wins Army laser facility work

Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a five-year, $46.9 million follow-on contract from the Army Space and Missile Command to operate and maintain lasers and facility support systems used to test the effects of lasers against physical threats.

Northrop to aid security in SW Asia

Northrop Grumman Corp. received an order for more than $33 million from the Air Force to provide bases in Southwest Asia with integrated security solutions.

Tachyon extends service delivery area

Growing demand from defense customers leads Tachyon Networks Inc. to expand the delivery of its satellite broadband solutions to Asia, the Pacific Rim, Latin America and Africa.