Unisys to deliver IT services to Silicon Valley city

Unisys Corp. has won a seven-year information technology contract with the city of Santa Clara, Calif., that has an estimated value of $20 million.

Pair of Unisys contracts extended Down Under

Unisys Corp. has won two contract extensions from the Australian government for outsourcing services and biometric identity solutions, which together are worth $42 million.

QinetiQ to furnish tech support to defense university

A QinetiQ North America unit will supply information technology services to the National Defense University under a five-year, $28 million contract.

Lockheed leads effort to strengthen military networks security

Lockheed Martin Corp. will seek to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of military networks under a $31 million Military Network Protocol contract.

Six companies up for $25 million in USDA contracts

The Agriculture Department awarded six companies the chance to compete for contracts worth up to $25 million to enhance the security of USDA's technology.

NASA plans new schedule for $4B procurement

NASA soon will release a new schedule for opening competition on five information technology services contracts estimated to be worth a total of more than $4 billion.

NCI and SRA deploy Air Force resource planning system

NCI Information Systems Inc. and SRA International Inc. will assist the Air Force in deploying its new enterprise resource planning program under a task order worth an estimated $4 million.

SAIC wins $26 million Navy support contract

SAIC will continue to provide engineering and technical support to the Naval Surface Warfare Center under a follow-on contract worth up to $26 million.

NCI oversees Army BRAC move to Fort Bragg

NCI Inc. will lead a team assisting the Army’s Base Realignment and Closure program under a 28-month task order valued at $48.9 million.

DOD rethinks buy versus build software quandary

DISA, Army exploring a new way to acquire applications more quickly and with less cost by building them in-house.

SRA to enhance Air Force analysis capabilities

SRA International Inc. will build a decision-making and documentation tool to support Air Force intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance efforts under a three-year, $19 million contract.

General Dynamics unit reaps USDA food safety contract

General Dynamics Corp. will provide information technology services to the Agriculture Department under a five-year contract valued at $47 million.

5 companies named to FEMA support contract

Unisys Corp. is one of five companies chosen to compete for task orders under FEMA’s $500 million Centralized Operations, Maintenance and Management Information Technology contract.

Carpathia Hosting locks up purchase of ServerVault

ServerVault has been acquired by Carpathia Hosting, a provider of managed hosting services for enterprises and federal agencies. Financial terms of the transaction were not released.

Joint Forces Command to test new network encryption

Unisys's Stealth technology is intended to allow separate secure virtual communities to coexist on a single network.

How you can get Internet Explorer 8

Three ways to get an updated version of Microsoft’s browser, Internet Explorer 8.

USGC wins Navy HR systems contract

USGC Inc. will provide human resources support services to the Navy Military Sealift Fleet Support Command under a contract worth up to $22 million.

Air Force picks HP for enterprise IT

Hewlett-Packard will provide workstations and desktop PCs to the Air Force under the service’s enterprise IT purchase program.

Six firms win places on USDA IT contract vehicle

Six contractors have been named to a new Agriculture Department information technology contract vehicle that has a ceiling value of $25 million over five years.

Army explores commercially managed enterprise e-mail

The Army released a request for information this week seeking industry recommendations on ways to provide commercially managed enterprise messaging and collaboration services as part of a broader move to streamline and standardize operations and reduce operating costs.