Army cancels spy plane deal with Lockheed

The Army has pulled the plug on an $879 million Aerial Common Sensor contract with Lockheed Martin Corp.

Navy taps Gryphon Technologies for tech support

Gryphon Technologies has won a contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide engineering and technical services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Port Hueneme Division.

DRC lands Air Force B-2 program support work

Dynamics Research Corp. won a $5.7 million contract for advisory and assistance services to the B-2 Systems Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Hall: 'Commonality of systems' is key to effective military communication

Common radios and wavelengths are the first steps to preventing the kind of communication problems that reduced senior military leaders to sending runners to relay messages between bases and posts during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to Adm. Thomas F. Hall.

SAIC wins warfighting center systems engineering deal

Science Applications International Corp. won a three-year, $7.4 million contract to provide management and engineering support services to the U.S. Joint Warfighting Center.

Navy taps General Dynamics for combat systems middleware

General Dynamics Corp. won a task order from the Navy to provide the open systems integration of middleware software using commercial products.

Telos inks Air Force wireless network deal

The Air Force Combat Command awarded Telos Corp. a contract to deploy its wireless local area network solution to three bases to support aircraft maintenance work.

L-3 lands U.S. Army Europe simulation and training deal

L-3 Communications Inc.'s Titan Group won a $74.6 million contract to support simulation, training and military exercises for the U.S. Army in Europe.

Navy taps Scientific Research for collision avoidance work

Scientific Research Corp. won a $25 million contract from the Navy to work on a mid-air collision avoidance system.

MTC wins new Air Force tech support work

MTC Technologies Inc. won two task orders totaling $5.6 million to continue delivering technical support to two Air Force bases.

DOD taps American Systems for non-lethal weapons work

American Systems Corp. won a $43 million contract to support the Defense Department's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program.

Anteon wins U.S. Army Korea network support deal

Anteon International Corp. won a contract to provide support to the U.S. Forces Korea Joint Command Information Systems Activity for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence.

ManTech wins Army battlefield support subcontract

ManTech International Corp. won a two-year subcontract that may be worth up to $300 million for various types of service support to the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lockheed Martin wins Navy contract modification

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $144.3 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the development of a Navy acoustic undersea surveillance system.

IBM inks Defense commissary system deal

IBM Corp. won a 10-year, $370 million contract to provide IT support services for Defense Department's commissary sales worldwide.

MTC wins Air Force support group work

MTC Technologies Inc. won a one-year, $5.3 million contract with the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center to provide services and support to its Simulator Systems Group.

Sensor maker scores three defense contracts

McQ Inc., a maker of sensor technologies, has won three defense contracts totaling more than $8 million.

DOD's global fiber network becomes operational

The Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program achieved full operational capability earlier this month with completion of one third of the network for classified and nonclassified data.

Vista to aid Army facility management

Vista will help Army analyze its real estate needs.

EDS wins option year for DFAS work

EDS Corp. won a year-long option worth up to $12.2 million to continue providing services for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service's electronic data management system.