Jonathan Cain | Oral commitment leaves company in the lurch

Several useful lessons were highlighted last month when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided a case that brought to a close a long-running dispute between an SBIR grantee and the government.

Seaport-e reflects push for transparency, efficiency

The Navy's Seaport Enhanced multiple-award contract just might be the test case for how the Defense Department plans to change the way it buys services.

DRS gets DOD ground surveillance radar work

DRS Technologies Inc. has won $10 million in new orders from the Defense Department for portable ground surveillance radar suitable for a variety of roles.

Harris wins Army satellite encryption deal

Harris Corp. will help develop an encryption device for the communication security needs of future Army satellite terminals.

BearingPoint to help steer NMCI into safe berth

BearingPoint Inc. won a contract to supply the Navy with IT services as part of its continuing transition to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.

General Dynamics wins $231M Marine ops centers deal

General Dynamics Corp. won a $231 million contract modification from the Marine Corps for 165 mobile command and control systems called Combat Operations Centers.

DOD, GSA to collaborate on acquisitions

The Defense Department and the General Services Administration have agreed to work on 22 areas that would improve their acquisition relationship.

GAO Report: NMCI not achieving targeted goals

The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program has not yet achieved the two strategic goals set for the project, despite six years and $3.7 billion spent on the project.

Radio-frequency spectrum use struggle continues for DOD

The Department of Defense continues to struggle with how to manage radio-frequency spectrum use.

BAE captures United Kingdom UAV deal

BAE Systems Plc won a $224 million contract to develop the an unmanned aerial vehicle demonstration project known as Taranis for the U.K. Ministry of Defence.

L-3 climbs into Navy flight training deal

L-3 Communications Inc. will deliver a flight simulation and training package to the Navy through a $32 million contract.

Unisys checks in for DOD health care work

Unisys Corp. has won a contract to configure commercial software solutions for billing and accounts receivable operations within the Defense Department.

Army draft RFP for support services open for comment

The Army released the draft request of proposals for its Program Management Support Services-2 contract, worth close to $1 billion.

Air Force re-ups General Dynamics for intel system work

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems won a contract to continue integration support of the Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System.

Cubic stands up Eastern European combat training centers

Cubic Corp. will construct mobile combat training centers for the Romanian and Slovakian armed forces through two U.S. Army contracts valued at $13.6 million.

Lockheed Martin gains altitude with Army surveillance deal

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s tethered aerostat surveillance systems offer the Army and its soldiers a birds-eye view of warfighting action in real-time.

General Dynamics to supply Marines with communications

General Dynamics Corp. as won a $45.6 million contract from the Marine Corps Systems Command for 150 communications units for Marine operations in Iraq.

BTA names Fisher acting director

David Fisher has been named acting director for the Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency.

Army systems' decisions to be made in next six months

The Army will have a better idea of which of its 60-some legacy human resources systems will be discontinued and which will be integrated with the Defense Department's Integrated Military Human Resources System in about six months.

DSA wins knowledge management work

Data Systems Analysts Inc. won a $30 million contract to support knowledge management efforts in the Army's Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications Tactical.