The Defense Department generally is doing a good job of using commercial best practices for implementing outsourcing programs, but it needs a framework for sharing lessons, a new report says.<br>
Veridian Corp. won a contract worth up to $37.7 million to develop satellite image processing systems in support of the Air Force's Eagle Vision program.
General Dynamics Corp. won a $31.5 million contract from the Army for the technology development phase of the Intelligent Munitions System program, formerly known as Raptor. The work will be conducted in Bloomington, Minn., and is to be completed by December 2005.
The Defense Department's documented Financial Management Enterprise Architecture will build on the integration and interoperability the Pentagon has made with other military information systems, an official who helped develop the architecture says.
A team led by EDS Corp. has been chosen to upgrade the Pentagon's information technology infrastructure under the Command Communications Survivability Program.
The Defense Department will unveil its long awaited financial management enterprise architecture on Friday, providing a map for trimming and consolidating more than 2,100 financial systems.
ITT Industries Inc., White Plains, N.Y., won a $31 million contract with the Boeing Co., Chicago, to install jam-resistant equipment on 12 Global Positioning System satellites, the company announced Thursday. Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems division awarded the work.
Veridian Corp., Arlington, Va., has won a service contract worth up to $19.7 million to support the National Reconnaissance Office, the company announced Thursday.
President Bush today signed a supplemental budget bill allotting $79 billion for the war on terrorism. The bill provides funding for Operation Iraqi Freedom, international assistance and Iraqi relief and reconstruction, and homeland security.
Bantu Inc. of Washington won an Air Force deal to sell the service an enterprise license for the Bantu Instant Messaging and Presence Platform. The instant-messaging application lets users build buddy lists and communicate instantaneously with other users online.
The Air Force has chosen Veridian Corp. to support automatic target recognition and sensor fusion research efforts at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, the company announced today.
Computer Sciences Corp. won four task orders worth $82 million to support the Defense Department's High Performance Computing Modernization program. The work includes technical operations, user support and outreach services.
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