Although the European Union is steadily erasing the borders among its member states, defense spending among EU members remains largely segregated along national lines.
The Navy is looking for information on the availability of a core command and control application for a shipboard protection system for all vessels except submarines.
Executives from 28 companies in the United States and Europe have pledged their intention to work together to build interoperable systems for the Defense Department and other government agencies.
SI International Inc. won a three-year, $3.8 million deal from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate for scientific, engineering and administrative services for the lab's Multi-Sensor Exploitation Branch.
Raytheon Co. acquired Photon Research Associates Inc. of San Diego in a move that strengthens the defense company's capabilities in missile defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and homeland security.
Anteon International Corp. won a five-year, $120 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command to support the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems.
EDS Corp. and the Navy yesterday signed two contract modifications on the $8.82 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program that reduce the number of service-level agreements and allow EDS to begin billing 100 percent for each seat in the huge project.
Orbimage Inc. of Dulles, Va., won a four-year, $500 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to supply tools for gathering high-resolution images from commercial satellites.
The dealmaking continues at BAE Systems North America as it announces its second acquisition of the month. BAE Systems will buy Burlington, Mass.-based Alphatech Inc. for $88.4 million, officials BAE Systems said today.
Some of the world's biggest defense companies are planning to cooperate to build more interoperable systems. The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium, will work on standards and guidelines so that all networked platforms seamlessly communicate.
Cisco Systems Inc. said that its Internet protocol telephony solutions have been certified by the Defense Department's Joint Interoperability Test Command, opening the door for organizations across the department to deploy Cisco's voice over IP equipment.
A $3.3 billion contract from the Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command calls for Lockheed Martin to build the Mobile User Objective System, a satellite communications system that will improve and secure communications for mobile warfighters.
Future Technologies Inc. of Fairfax, Va., won a five-year, $21.3 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to support the Aegis Weapon System, Combat System and Computer Center; and the Integrated Warfare System Laboratory.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a two-year, $26.7 million contract from the Naval Air Systems Command to develop and demonstrate an electronic combat support system for several weapons systems.
The Defense Department is asking for comments on an interim procurement rule that limits how often two or more requirements can be consolidated into a single contract when those requirements collectively are worth more than $5 million.
A procurement rule went into effect Sept. 17 permitting 5 percent incentive payments to contractors and subcontractors that use Native American, Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian small businesses as subcontractors on Defense Department work worth more than $500,000.
