General Dynamics wins joint services work

General Dynamics Corp. won eight delivery orders worth $79.3 million to continue providing engineering, technical and administrative services for work involving joint military operations.

CSC lands biometric project

Computer Sciences Corp. won a two-year, $22 million task order to develop and support the Defense Department's Biometric Identification System for Access.

DOD launches acquisition review

The Defense Department is planning a series of public and private meetings in August and September as part of Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Project.

Senate approves Defense nominees

While the Senate still mulls over President Bush's selection for Defense Department CIO, legislators recently signed off on several Defense appointments before they took their August recess.

QinetiQ makes move into the Top 100, creates U.S. IT platform

$300 million deal for Apogen Technologies Inc. will push British defense company QinetiQ Plc into the Top 100 of government IT providers.

Woodward out, Guzman in at Defense biometrics office

John Woodward Jr. has resigned as director of the Defense Department's Biometrics Management Office. Joseph Guzman has been named acting director.

SRA tapped for Air Force continuity work

SRA International Inc. won a six-year task order to provide support for continuity command-and-control processes for Air Force headquarters.

BearingPoint wins DOD personnel contract

BearingPoint Inc. won a five-year contract to provide program management support to the organization that serves as the Defense Department's central repository of personnel data.

SRA International names Gilligan vice president

Former Air Force CIO John Gilligan is joining the company as vice president and deputy director of its defense sector.

Infotech and the law: Constitutionality of SDB preference is fuzzy

In late June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a lower-court decision dismissing a case challenging the constitutionality of the Defense Department's price evaluation adjustment program for small disadvantaged businesses (SDB).

Inside track

Better telecom needed

On the edge

FreeWave Technologies Inc., a designer and maker of spread-spectrum radios and wireless solutions for industrial, scientific, military and commercial applications, has a 1.3-GHz radio designed for the military.

Contract roundup

Boeing Co. won a $31.2 million contract from the Air Force to upgrade 25 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with the Northrop Grumman Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures defensive system.

Contract roundup

Boeing Co. won a $31.2 million contract from the Air Force to upgrade 25 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with the Northrop Grumman Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures defensive system.

Proposed change rankles industry

Prime IT contractors for the Pentagon would be much less likely to use subcontractors, and Defense Department contracting options would shrink if a pricing amendment sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is approved as part of the defense authorization legislation, industry groups charged last week.

The news in brief

Protests stop Army AKO work

The news in brief

Protests stop Army AKO work

In-Q-Tel's Louie: IT security policies have become self-defeating

The head of the CIA's venture-capital arm says misguided IT security policies have paralyzed the government's ability to share vital national-security data.

Protests put brakes on Lockheed work for Army AKO portal

The Army has announced that Lockheed Martin Corp. will not perform any work associated with the Army Knowledge Online portal until protests challenging the award of the contract are resolved.

Northrop Grumman to perform information security work for State

Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a $22.9 million contract from the State Department to provide information assurance and security support services.