General Dynamics gets Army radio contract

Army picks General Dynamics team to provide software-programmable radios.

RAE Systems wins deal for toxic gas detection

RAE Systems Inc. received a five-year, $5 million contract from the Environmental Protection Agency for its rapid deployment kits.

A Washington Technology Special Report on New Defense Opportunities

Even as the Defense Department builds a massive information grid often referred to as "network-centric warfare," experts say a new generation of software and sensors is needed to fulfill its promise. In a special report, Washington Technology found integrators and defense leaders struggling over how to make tactical use of the emerging network.

ESSI wins laser targeting contract

Engineered Support Systems Inc. won an $8.9 million order from the Army to provide high-tech targeting systems.

Coast Guard floats maritime security plan

Better "maritime awareness" will require extensive use of information technology to analyze information from many different sources.

Defense awards small-business support contract

Houston Associates Inc. of Arlington, Va., won a $70 million to support the Defense Information Systems Agency.

Battelle gets $90M Army contract renewal

Battelle Memorial Institute will provide training support, battle lab operations and analysis for the Army Maneuver Support Centerworth.

Air Force picks five for transformation initiatives

Contractors to share in task orders worth $498 million to provide IT products and services to speed Air Force transformation initiatives.

GSA launches "Get it Right" to improve compliance with procurement rules

General Services Administration officials today launched a new program to make sure that GSA contracting officers follow procurement rules.

ManTech forms Netcents team

ManTech International Corp. announced the team for the U.S. Air Force's five-year $10-billion Network Centric Solutions program.

Boeing to provide Marine UAVs

Boeing Co. has won a contract from the Marine Corps to send a pair of ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle mobile deployment units to Iraq.

Harris gets Army work potentially worth $25 million

Harris Corp. won a contract to provide command, control, communications and computer systems support for Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base.

Axiom wins defense logistics work

Axiom Resource Management Inc. won a five-year, $4 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for program management support.

JTRS tests on schedule; sales could hit $20 billion

Boeing Co. and the Army plan to start the early operational assessment phase of the Joint Tactical Radio System by December.

Navy mandates major changes to NMCI

EDS Corp.'s embattled Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project is undergoing significant changes to improve its management and operation. But despite the criticism leveled at EDS by Congress and its customers on the $8.8 billion program, Navy brass remain committed to it.

Automated fingerprint matching can be highly accurate

A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology showed that computerized fingerprint matching outperforms facial-recognition systems.

Unisys buys Baesch Computer Consulting

Unisys Corp. acquired Baesch Computer Consulting Inc., which provides software and systems engineering to the federal defense and intelligence communities.

GD gets Navy nod for $21.5 million

General Dynamics Corp. won a contract modification to continue work on the submarine modernization system program.

Navy calls on DRS for ship communications systems

DRS Technologies won an $8.1 million contract to provide ship communication network systems for the Arleigh Burke class destroyers.

SRA wins deal for Army management system

SRA International Inc. won a $22.5 million task order to develop and maintain the Army's latest force management system.