The name change was done to prevent confusion between joint command and control, which is a well-known concept promoted across DOD, as well as the former name of the Defense Information Systems Agency's acquisition program.
Aimed at building wireless networks with top-secret security, a contract awarded to Harris Corp. by the National Security Agency enables the company to supply its secure wireless product to federal agencies and other approved customers.
The Navy granted EDS Corp. the extension after it was approved by members of the House Armed Services Committee. The service is expected to make an official announcement later today.
ManTech International Corp. won a two-year, $114 million subcontract to support the product director for counter radio-controlled improvised explosive device systems being used in Southwest Asia.
In preparation for an enemy attack against the United States using chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons, the U.S. military will rely on Cubic Corp. for the software to help plan its response.
CACI International Inc. won a $15 million subcontract from Sigmatech Inc. to continue supporting an online resource management system for the Army Materiel Command.
Offshore Systems International Ltd. won a contract from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to provide software for a system capable of making decisions and solving problems ordinarily done by military analysts.
The Army plans to award a number of high-value IT procurement contracts within the next four to eight weeks for satellite services, hardware and software and to modernize their infrastructure.
Alion of McLean, Va., won a five-year, $48.5 million contract from the Naval Air Systems Command in Orlando, Fla., to conduct research to assist in both current and future joint operations.
Version 3.1 addresses architecture gaps between intragovernmental transactions and within environmental safety and occupational health from the earlier 3.0 version.
Seven companies won contracts to compete for task orders under a 10-year, $19.3 billion program to provide engineering, logistics and acquisition service support for Army C4ISR systems.
The Defense Intelligence Agency feels that true interoperability must occur at the data level, instead of the system level. To this end, the agency is building a SOA with a set of common data standards that will use Web services, XML, meta-data tagging and other tools to ease collaboration.
AT&T Government Solutions Inc. won a three-year, $95.4 million contract to provide circuits and manage network bandwidth for the Defense Information Systems Network.
Orizon Inc. won a five-year, $3.6 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to provide systems engineering and technical assistance support services for the acquisition directorate of University Business Affairs.
Realizing that the next wave of government satellites will take years to develop and launch ? and even when they are launched, demand may exceed their capabilities ? the military now is reaffirming its need for commercial satellites.
CACI International Inc. won a $156 million contract from the Army Intelligence Center's University of Military Intelligence in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to deliver IT systems support.
Thomas Modly, deputy undersecretary of Defense for financial management, said the department's Business Transformation Agency has met 80 percent of its milestones.
