The Defense Department's decision to transition to IP Version 6 is helping to move the United States ahead in deploying next-generation Internet protocols, said Alex Lightman, chairman of the U.S. IPv6 Summit.
Harris Corp. has won a $175 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide maintenance and engineering services, the company announced today.
The two-year Defense Department deal is for a prototype cryocooler and cryopackage that could support the superconducting of digital radios in combat communications systems.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $8.7 million to three vendors to build prototypes of unmanned aircraft for the Army's Future Force unit.
The unprecedented, rapid pace of mergers and acquisitions continues in the aerospace and defense and government services sectors. While most of these transactions involve only U.S. companies, there has been a significant increase in cross-border deals.
The addition of a wide range of technologies and services to the General Services Administration's next-generation telecommunications contract has boosted the potential value of the vehicle to $20 billion.
The Defense Department comptroller now faces violations of the Antideficiency Act and is subject to criminal penalties and fines if he authorizes funds for any system that is worth $1 million or more and is not compliant with the Defense Department business enterprise architecture, said Marilyn Fleming, chief architect for the department's Business Management Modernization Program.
The Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command wants a contractor to develop and host an integrated digital and collaborative environment service center network to connect with Army and Marine Corps IT systems. The service center must provide one-stop, integrated services to support application and storage services; technical design capture, storage and access; development and maintenance; condition-based maintenance; supply chain management; and e-commerce environments and Web order interfaces.
Amit Yoran brought to his former job as director of the Homeland Security Department's cybersecurity division the perspective of an engineer and entrepreneur. "Maybe that's not the right fit for the job," he said.
The Army will spend $2.1 billion on the Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program to let its installations tie into DISA's Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program, Army CIO Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle said this month at the <I>Government Computer News</I> 2004 Enterprise Architecture Conference in Washington.
The Veterans Affairs Department has put out a draft request for proposals to modernize the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture.
Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $30 million contract from the Army Program Executive Office Aviation to build test beds for new technologies for the Comanche helicopter.
A joint venture formed by two large defense contractors has won a $66.2 million contract from the Army to supply spare parts for its Firefinder weapon-locating radars.
BAE Systems Technology Solutions Inc. won two new Navy contracts totaling $26.4 million to provide engineering support services, foreign military sales technical support and procurement support.
KSJ & Associates Inc. won a $30 million contract from the Tri-Service Infrastructure Management Program Office to perform program management functions.
