Hot topics for the New Year

Politics, must-have technologies and major new contracts are front and center in 2007. Permeating these issues is the continuing war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Don't gamble with success

Outsourcing, customer relationships and people are the best bets for 2007.

Bids & proposals

The Defense Department's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program is looking for demonstration projects for new green technologies.

Stanley engineers Navy C4I deal

Stanley Associates Inc. will provide systems to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center designed to consolidate command, control and intelligence functions.

DRC keeps Joint Forces scheduling system humming right along

Dynamics Research Corp. will continue supporting a system created to help the Joint Services Command manage and track operations and exercises of forces through a new contract.

BAE surfaces with Navy submarine weapon systems deal

BAE Systems will deliver system integration support for the weapon systems of the Navy's Trident II and nuclear-powered guided missile submarines through a new contract.

Digital Angel to equip Army Corps with RFID

Digital Angel Corp. will supply the Army Corps of Engineers with passive integrated transponder technology for fish monitoring through a new $10 million contract.

Northrop Grumman to build Transportation Command analysis center

The Defense Department organization in charge of transportation has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman Corp. to establish supply chain management solutions.

SAIC to craft threat toolset for DOD

In an effort to prepare for possible chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive incidents the Defense Threat Reduction Agency awarded a contract to Science Applications International Corp. to work with existing modeling and simulation tools.

CSC wins 110 contracts since Oct. 1

Computer Sciences Corp.'s government unit has been awarded more than $600 million in new business contracts.

Lockheed to tackle next-generation GPS design review for Air Force

Lockheed Martin won a contract from the Air Force to conduct a system design review for the next-generation NAVSTAR Global Positioning System space segment program.

Comtech called on for satellite data transceivers

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received $2.7 million in new orders from the Army for its mobile satellite data communications transceivers.

Battelle wins $500M biodefense contract

Battelle National Biodefense Institute has received a contract award to manage and operate a new biodefense analysis center at Fort Detrick, Md.

NCI wins Norad IT services deal

NCI Inc. won a contract potentially worth $31.3 million to supply IT services to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Northern Command.

SRA to continue DOD Tricare analysis work

SRA International Inc. won a five-year, $13.6 million task order to deliver technical and analytical services to the military health system.

Perot Systems buys QSS Group for $250M

Perot Systems Corp. will acquire QSS Group Inc., a federal government IT services company, for $250 million in an all-cash transaction.

Robbins-Gioia secures Air Force logistics support work

Robbins-Gioia LLC will support a major Air Force logistics initiative at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base through a $3.8 million contract.

L-3 loses Army linguistics deal, revises '07 financial guidance

L-3 Communications Corp. downgraded its financial projections today after it lost a major language translation services contract it held for the Army's Intelligence and Security Command.

SAIC closes Applied Marine Technology purchase

Science Applications International Corp. has completed its acquisition of Applied Marine Technology Inc., a provider of products and services related to homeland security and the global war on terrorism.

CSC joint venture lands $422M White Sands deal

A CSC-led joint venture that includes several first-tier systems integrators won a six-year, $422 million contract to supply mission support services to the White Sands Missile Range.