Viador Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., has won a contract to provide the city of San Diego with an information services portal, the company said April 11.
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $35 million, nine-year contract to Sentel Corp. for independent operational test and evaluation services of new acquisitions for the National Airspace System in the areas of communication, weather, navigational and surveillance systems.
Companies that serve the federal telecommunications market are eyeing opportunities to provide new outsourcing services to agencies, now that the transition to FTS2001 vendors is almost complete.
STG Inc. won a $70 million contract to provide telecommunications services to the Environmental Protection Agency. Under the five-year National Telecommunications Support Contract, STG of Fairfax, Va., will support EPA operations in Washington and regional offices in several states.
SGI Federal has entered an agreement with World Wide Technology Inc. to sell its products and services on the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule.
Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego has acquired three business units of Maxwell Technologies Systems Division Inc. for its Defense Technology Group, the company announced April 2.
Electronic Data Systems Corp. announced April 2 plans to purchase Systematics AG of Hamburg, Germany, a move that will double the company's presence in Germany.
Electronic Data Systems Corp., Plano, Texas, has named Albert J. "Al" Edmonds president of U.S. government accounts in the company's Information Solutions line of business. He will oversee EDS' business relationships with the federal government, including strategic growth planning and delivery of services.
A team led by Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, won a contract to continue providing sustainment services to all Defense Department military health system medical facilities worldwide.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has awarded Dallas-based EXE Technologies Inc. a $37 million contract to provide the company's fulfillment, warehousing and distribution software as a significant component of a project to transform its logistics operations.
Raytheon Co. of Lexington, Mass., has been awarded an $8.3 million development order from NASA's Ames Research Center for its Airport Surface Management System.
McGuire Woods LLP, a law firm specializing in technology, has formed McGuire Woods Capital Group to provide business consulting services to emerging and midmarket companies.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Dallas, and Recourse Technologies Inc., Redwood City, Calif., formed a strategic alliance to bring Recourse security products to the federal market.
FOSE 2001, the largest government information technology conference and showcase in the world, unveils its 25th conference this morning at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center with a keynote address by Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Senior Vice President for Advanced Strategies. Mundie is among the speakers who, in a first for FOSE, will have their presentations webcast from the conference. FOSElive, located at www.foselive.com, will present three days of FOSE speakers, corporate presentations and interviews, according to Alec Dann, vice president of Internet for Post Newsweek Tech Media Group.
Orbital Sciences Corp. has received a $56 million contract from the Taiwanese government to provide development, integration and oversight services for a satellite-based weather forecasting and research program.
Raytheon Co. is crying foul over the Federal Aviation Administration's stated intent to award a sole-source contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. without first conducting an open competition.
