A protest filed by EER Systems Inc. of Chantilly, Va., about the Navy's award of a $154.4 million, contract to Veridian Corp. has been denied by the General Accounting Office, according to Veridian. A Veridian statement said company officials hope to begin work on the contract in January.
The team of lead integrators for the Army's Future Combat Systems program has awarded 46 subcontracts worth more than $50 million to vendors, suppliers and integrators, Boeing Co. of Chicago and Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego announced Oct. 24.
A protest filed by Science Applications International Corp. about the Navy's award of a $154.4 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to Veridian Corp. has been denied by the General Accounting Office.
A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp.'s information technology business won a six-year, $63.8 million contract option for a next-generation information system that will improve the ability to provide near real-time visibility of passengers and material moving through the Defense Transportation Systems.
Computer Sciences Corp. has issued a correction concerning a $50 million subcontract that it said six weeks ago it had been awarded. In a statement to Washington Technology, the company said the press release it issued Sept. 10 regarding work for Unisys in support of the Transportation Security Administration "was incorrect" and should have stated that CSC had entered into a teaming agreement with Unisys.
Federal government spending on information technology is expected to grow to $67.1 billion by fiscal 2008, an increase of $14 billion over planned 2003 spending, according to a new market forecast by the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association. The organization predicts that by 2008, spending on defense IT will hit $34 billion, up from a planned $26.6 billion in 2003. Spending by civilian agencies will reach $33.1 billion, up from $26.5 billion.
Joseph Cipriano, the former Navy program executive officer for information technology, to serve on the company's IT team as vice president for advanced solutions.
<FONT SIZE=2>Anita Antenucci was named a managing director and head of the aerospace and defense practice at the investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>STG Inc. has acquired privately held Decision Systems Technologies Inc. of Rockville, Md. The value of the deal was not released, but STG bought DSTI for a combination of cash and seller notes. </FONT>
Information technology reseller Micro Warehouse, Norwalk, Conn., has launched a wholly owned subsidiary for government and education sales, called Micro Warehouse, Gov/Ed Inc., the company announced Oct 15.
The General Accounting Office has dismissed protests of a controversial networking contract award to WorldCom Inc., deciding it should not get caught up in the legal maneuvers surrounding WorldCom's alleged financial misconduct and other potential legal woes. The government watchdog agency decided "the totality of circumstances make it inappropriate ... to review this matter."
SI International Inc. will provide personnel administration and human resources automated systems operations to support the military personnel services mission of the Army Garrison at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a one-year, $18.5 million contract to provide desktop and seat management services to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
The former co-president of Quarterdeck Investment Partners Inc. is an expert in mergers, acquisitions and financing in the aerospace and defense sector.
Anteon International Corp. won a five-year contract from the Navy for rapid response systems engineering and integration support for major ship components onboard military vessels.
ITT Industries Inc., White Plains, N.Y., won a $113 million contract from TRW Inc., Cleveland, to produce three space-based weather-measurement instruments. The work comes under TRW's Aug. 23 $4 billion win from the Department of Commerce, Department of Defense and NASA to build the nation's next-generation meteorological satellite system.
