Lockheed nabs $1.4B Air Force GPS deal

Lockheed Martin beat out Boeing Co. for the contract for the Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System satellite program.

Booz Allen sells off U.S. government business

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. will separate its U.S. government and global commercial businesses, selling a majority stake in the U.S. government business to the Carlyle Group.

SRC to engineer software-defined radio for Navy

Scientific Research Corp. will enhance software-defined radio systems for the Navy under a new contract.

SRA to continue assisting DTRA

SRA will provide logistics, network support, software engineering and Web services for research and development operations at DTRA, based at Fort Belvoir, Va.

PAR Technology unit to support Global Grid

Rome Research Corp. will help support the Defense Department's Global Information Grid under a new Army contract.

Suss consulting launches health IT practice

Suss Consulting has launched a health IT practice that will focus on emerging opportunities in the federal market.

BAE to assist Navy with interoperable communications

BAE Systems will collect data from sensors and provide it through a data link to the Navy.

AF wants to develop cyber offensive capabilities

The Air Force is calling for white papers on how it might conduct successful offensives against cyberspace adversaries.

Harris gets Marine multiband radio deal

Harris Corp. will provide multiband radios to the Marine Corps under a new contract that could be worth as much as $350 million.

Maximus to continue Medicare appeals work

Maximus Inc. will continue processing appeals associated with Medicare Part D prescription drug program under a new federal contract.

Thompson: Better security needed for events

The government must develop an effective national biosurveillance system and medical-intelligence program to counteract the risk of biological threats during mass gatherings, according to a new report.

Alliant GWAC, small-biz awards to be reassessed

GSA wants to make sure it fairly applied its past performance evaluations to the companies that were in the running contracts.

Verizon to lead DHS OneNet award

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED)</font color> The OneNet award, under the General Services Administration's Networx Universal contract vehicle, has a maximum value of $970 million through March 2017.

TechTeam names an interim coach

TechTeam Government Solutions has named Bill Donahue president following the resignation of Dennis Kelly.

CSC pays $1.37M to end Justice probe

Computer Sciences Corp. has agreed to pay $1.37 million to settle claims with the Justice Department.

Italian defense firm expands U.S. presence with DRS buy

DRS Technologies Inc. is being acquired by Finmeccancica SpA, an Italian defense company looking to expand in the U.S. market.

HP to buy EDS for almost $14 billion

HP said it will establish a new business group to be branded EDS - an HP company; transaction would more than double HP's services revenue.

GD to service Navy airborne computers

General Dynamicswill provide logistics support for mission computers used on Navy aircraft.

HP, EDS acquisition talks in progress

Companies confirming they are in advanced discussions regarding a possible business combination.

D.C. Council moves to block surveillance camera project

Privacy advocates are applauding the recent decision by a key committee of the District of Columbia Council to eliminate nearly $900,000 in proposed funding for consolidating the operations of 5,200 city surveillance cameras.