Lockheed to study unmanned systems

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a contract from the Army to assist with the development and improvement of unmanned aerial systems.

Alion gets Navy contract extension

Alion Science and Technology Corp. has won a $25 million contract option to provide program management expertise to support the Navy's Program Executive Office for Ships.

Pentagon eyes IT support for data center

The Defense Department will request proposals from vendors in August for architecture and database support to the Defense Manpower Data Center.

Raytheon to equip Navy with satellite terminals

Raytheon Co. will deliver satellite terminals to the Navy under the initial installment of a contract worth $27 million.

House committee OKs Deepwater overhaul

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved reform legislation that would overhaul the Coast Guard's Deepwater acquisition program. It also advanced a Coast Guard authorization bill that provides $917 million for Deepwater in FY 2008.

CSC announces more contracts

Computer Sciences Corp., as its fiscal quarter comes to an end, today announced 63 contracts that it signed during the quarter and had not previously spoken of.

Raytheon throttles up for Navy work

Raytheon Co. will produce a ship self defense system and a missile sensor for the Navy under two contracts totaling $162.3 million.

M.C. Dean to support Navy C4ISR systems

M.C. Dean won a contract from the Navy to support the European office of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Charleston.

Alion wins Army simulation and training work

Alion Science and Technology will provide simulation training and support for Army training efforts under a $3 million task order.

AT&T nets DISA contract extension

AT&T Government Solutions will continue managing a global videoconferencing system for DOD under a contract extension that the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded.

EDO gets Minuteman test equipment award

EDO Corp. will develop new testing equipment for the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile system under a subcontract award from Northrop Grumman.

Coast Guard signals all clear for new Deepwater deal

The Coast Guard yesterday awarded a new 43-month term contract to the existing Deepwater contractor, but did not guarantee additional work.

Rest of NCES contract goes to group of companies

Systems integrator Carahsoft Technology will lead a group of companies that has been awarded the second half of the collaboration portion of DISA's Net-Centric Enterprise Services contract.

Raytheon gets more Army sensor work

Raytheon won a contract modification from the Army to provide engineering support for sensor systems deployed in war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq to detect hostile troop movement.

Acquisition reforms would give auditors upper hand

A number of contracting reforms are taking shape. After months of stops and starts, it appears that a handful of "accountability in contracting" measures will be heading to conference as part of the Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2008.

Lockheed gets Army rocket system contract

Lockheed Martin has won a $125 million contract from DOD for further production of its all-weather, precision-guided rocket launched from mobile ground platforms.

Cutting the cords

Wireless bridge makes it a snap to deploy computer networks under harsh conditions.

On the edge

MX Logic Inc. has introduced a new product for its Disaster Recovery Services suite. The MX Logic Message Continuity helps organizations operate during outages by maintaining two-way communication and keeping an accurate record of all e-mail.

On the edge

MX Logic Inc. has introduced a new product for its Disaster Recovery Services suite. The MX Logic Message Continuity helps organizations operate during outages by maintaining two-way communication and keeping an accurate record of all e-mail.

Tales from the front lines

Deployed contractors get next to the action.