The Defense Information Systems Agency needs information technology asset management solutions. The agency released a request for information to collect data on establishing a centralized repository to store all asset-related data. Solutions should be commercial solutions that use industry best practices and can track assets.
Systems integrator CACI International Inc. plans to compete for federal contracts two to three times larger than those it has won in the past, after it completes its acquisition of American Management Systems Inc.
The skies of tomorrow's battlefields will be darkened by swarms of networked, self-propelled attack aircraft, if research that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants comes to fruition.
CACI International Inc.'s proposed acquisition of American Management Systems Inc.'s defense unit will position CACI for work helping the Defense Department manage its outsourcing and transformation projects, the company's top executive said.<br>
The Defense Department later this month will release two requests for proposals for pilot programs using its Business Management Modernization Program architecture.
The Homeland Security Department's Safecom program will release a broad agency announcement in the next 30 days for demonstration projects in wireless communications interoperability.
Computer Sciences Corp. has won a $406 million contract from the Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide comprehensive support services to countries operating UH-1 and AH-1 helicopters.
A new Defense Department rule could require contractors to develop a government-only line of business at significant cost to the government, according to the Information Technology Association of America.
The departments of Defense and Homeland Security are preparing four new communications and network projects that will generate billions of dollars in business for IT, wireless and telecom companies.
The Federal Acquisition Regulations councils raised the micropurchase and simplified acquisition thresholds for agencies dealing with potential nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attacks. The changes were made in an interim rule published Feb. 23 in the Federal Register. The rule takes effect immediately. Comments on the rule are due April 23 via e-mail to 022@gsa.gov.
The Army Corps of Engineers is looking for a developer of Web-based tools to make better use of its geo-information system data. The tools will help in identifying and classifying roads and trails on military installations and modeling their impact on sedimentation within watersheds.
Boeing Co. aims to capture half of the $200 billion the Pentagon is expected to spend on network-centric operations during the next 10 years, a Boeing official said.
The Defense Department in February proposed publishing 14 new rules in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to streamline the acquisition process.
The Defense Department may have spent as much as $8 billion in fiscal 2003 reworking software "because of quality-related issues," according to a General Accounting Office report released today.
