Harris wins tactical radio deals with Army

Harris Corp. won contracts totaling about $50 million from the Army for Falcon radios that will be used to support missions in Iraq and emergency communications.

RSIS lands $111 million DARPA tech services deal

RS Information Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $111 million seat management and services contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Saflink wins defense message system subcontract

Saflink Corp. has won a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp. to deliver continued support for Fortezza cryptographic libraries and drivers at the Defense Department under a new contract.

General Dynamics secures Army base network deal

General Dynamics Information Technology will modernize the communications and data network infrastructure at Fort Carson, Colo., under a two-year, $32 million contract from the Army.

DRS wins $396m battlefield computer deal

DRS Technologies Inc. won a contract worth $396 million to deliver rugged computer systems and peripheral equipment for an Army program designed to give forces better battlefield intelligence.

Merlin Technical Solutions wins DISA deal for SOA governance products

Merlin Technical Solutions Inc. has won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide service-oriented architecture governance products for the agency's Net-Enabled Command Capability and Net-Centric Enterprise Services initiatives.

Air Force verification work goes to Multimax

Multimax Inc. won a contract with the Defense Enterprise Account Management Office at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., for the Independent Verification and Validation Laboratory.

Dynamics Research gears up for Army transformation work

Dynamics Research Corp. won a five-year, $22 million Army contract to support the Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Software pools supercomputing power

With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicting that 2006 will be "a very active hurricane season," it's more urgent than ever that supercomputers used to predict the paths of storms be ready for their task.

DataPath wins Army communications deal

DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $72.9 million contract from the Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, N.J., to continue supporting its Joint Network Node program.

Boeing brings in DOD bio-defense demo work

Boeing Co. and a team of bio-defense companies will modify the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle to look for biological warfare agents as part of a program funded by the Defense Department's Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

ACT salutes Wennergren with federal service award

The American Council for Technology presented Navy CIO David Wennergren with the 2006 John J. Franke Award for excellence in government service last night.

Remote satellite links go broadband

Satellite service provider Inmarsat PLC is touting its Broadband Global Area Network, which offers speeds of up to 492 Kbps for data and switched-voice channels, for military and first-responder use.

NCI locks in F-22 computer support deal

Under a new contract with the Air Force, NCI Information Systems Inc. will deliver specialized computer systems to support the F-22 System Program Office.

CACI to deploy GIS for defense intelligence

CACI International Inc. won a two-year, $33 million task order to furnish geographic information system technology services to the Defense Intelligence Agency.

CACI inks DISA workflow management deal

CACI International Inc. won a $42 million prime contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to support its federal contractor workflow management IT system.

Buy lines: Clearance crisis gnaws at contracting process

The sudden decision by the Defense Security Service to halt processing of new and periodic renewals of security clearances for contractor employees further exacerbated an already troubled process.

Infotech and the law: Know rules of GSA schedule contracting with DOD

The Defense Department has issued a slew of policy pronouncements and rule changes to ensure that its employees use GSA schedule contracts in prudent, cost-effective, legally sound ways, both contractually and fiscally speaking.

Inside Track: New federal projects

IT services center sought; Korean command needs IT services; DISA asks for proposals

Ahoy there, solution

Constantly faced with the complex task of packing millions of pieces of cargo, the armed forces have upgraded their loading arsenal to include specialized software running on rugged handhelds.