Harris Corp. won a four-year, $33.5 million follow-on contract from ViaSat Inc. for integration services and hardware for a U.S. military digital tactical communications system.
General Dynamics has won a task order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division to manage the center's Aircraft Carrier Distributed Data and Control Network and the Navigation Critical Distribution System.
BearingPoint will deliver program management support and assistance with other critical functions to the Navy office responsible for information systems through a new contract.
Science Applications International won a contract from the Army Contracting Agency to operate and maintain the Battle Command Training Center at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Lockheed has won a contract from the Army to produce the new Arrowhead electro-optical targeting and night-vision system for AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots.
Oracle's planned purchase of Hyperion may result in software that allows government customers to more easily merge strategic plans with operational data, though industry observers also worry about integration issues.
Federal agencies are improving in their efforts to secure the nation's information technology framework ? but only moderately so, according to OMB's fiscal 2006 report.
Microsoft Corp. and the Defense Department have agreed to jointly develop a medical data warehouse prototype and the analytical tools needed to access health data and records for DOD's massive clinical data repository.
Dynamics Research Corp. won a task order from AGI to continue supporting the Naval Air Systems Command in its efforts to improve maintenance operations.
The Navy Department has asked the Center for Naval Analyses to help it plan new Navy and Marine Corps networks. The Marines also seek contractor support to help it develop Next Generation Enterprise Network requirements.
Three losing bidders have protested the Defense Information Systems Agency's 10-year, $12.2 billion Encore II large-business contract, which it awarded late last month.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a follow-on contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to improve an agency management information system that gives civilian and DOD users access to unclassified documents.
AT&T Government Solutions won a contract from the Marine Corps to support the Secret IP Router Network, which ensures secure communications among the Marine Corps commands.
Artel Inc. won two task orders from DOD to continue providing satellite services to the U.S. Central Command in support of forces in the Middle East and Southwest Asia.
When the Army chose GTSI and World Wide Technology as its small-business awardees under the ITES-2H contract, it reinforced concerns of some small business advocates about the fairness of the system.
DOD, GSA and NASA are calling for public comment on a proposed rule to establish a code of ethics for contractors similar to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
