Dynamics Research Corp. was awarded $3.5 million for the first year of a proposed six-year effort to provide continuing services to Air National Guard offices in Arlington, Va., and at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
SRA International Inc. won a task order worth up to $27 million over five years to provide database design and development and other information technology services to the Defense Manpower Data Center, the company announced Sept. 30.
Anteon International Corp. of Fairfax, Va., won a five-year contract worth up to $94 million to support the U.S. Navy Missile Defense Support Office, company officials announced Sept. 30.
The Coast Guard has awarded a 19-year, $611 million contract to General Dynamics Corp. to modernize the system it uses to monitor distress calls from vessels.
ManTech International Corp. won a $21 million subcontract from Technical and Management Services Corp. to assist the company on an Air Force weapons system upgrade.
Since Sept. 11, investors and<FONT SIZE=2> market analysts have correctly identified the government information technology market as a good sector for investment. While this is a sound strategy for many reasons, all companies will not prosper. </FONT><p>
Federal spending on computer systems will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 9 percent, from $12 billion in fiscal 2002 to more than $18 billion in 2007, according to a report by Input Inc., a Chantilly, Va., market research company.
Stanley Associates Inc. strengthened its position in the federal market with its acquisition of CCI Inc., a technical and management services company whose customers include the Naval Air Systems Command, NASA and the Coast Guard. The company also won a five-year contract to provide a information technology services to the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs. The value of the award was not disclosed. Stanley and CCI, both privately held companies, did not disclose terms of the acquisition. CCI has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanley Associates, Alexandria, Va. Stanley Associates has approximately 1,000 employees and had revenue of $109 million in fiscal 2002, according to Bernie Tylor, spokesman for Stanley.
Manugistics Group Inc. has reorganized and expanded its government practice, forming a new government, aerospace and defense practice. The Rockville, Md., company's acquisition in May of Western Data Systems, Calabasas, Calif., added capabilities in supply chain management, maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities for the aerospace and defense industry.
Raytheon Co., is disputing news reports that an air traffic control software system it is about to introduce at an East Coast airport has major flaws. The Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System, or STARS, is a $1.3 billion project to replace outdated computer equipment used to control air traffic within 50 miles of an airport. The General Accounting Office issued a report Sept. 17 asserting that some critical software issues remained to be resolved by Raytheon before the system is deployed in Philadelphia.
Government Micro Resources Inc. has won a five-year, $9.65 million Department of Education contract to develop advanced Web systems for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Digital map provider Navigation Technologies Corp. has launched a government business unit, to be led by Harry Voccola, Navigation senior vice president.
<FONT SIZE=2>Rodney Hunt, president and chief executive officer of RS Information Systems Inc., expects only 10 percent of his company's $200 million in 2002 revenue will come from contracts set aside for 8(a) firms. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>A preventative health screening station offered by Computerized Screening Inc., Sparks, Nev., has gained a spot in the General Services Administration's fitness vendor catalog. The health station determines blood pressure, weight, fitness and health. It also offers the ability for users to compile and store test results along with information on physician visits, hospitalizations and prescription histories, all of which can be made accessible via the Internet. The company plans to market the stations to agencies and publicly funded health organizations. </FONT>
