Industry teams to compete for Army's unmanned tanks

General Dynamics Corp. and the Boeing Co. have announced their teams to compete for the $4 billion Army contract.

CSC wins Ballistic Missile Defense contract extension

Computer Sciences Corp. won a $59 million, 14-month extension with the Missile Defense Agency to continue providing scientific, engineering and technical assistance to the agency's headquarters in Arlington, Va.

Verizon lands $350 million Norfolk MAA deal

Verizon Federal Inc. won a GSA contract to provide telecommunications services for federal agencies in the Norfolk Va. metropolitan area.

New BAE Systems unit will bring 1,000 jobs to Reston

BAE Systems North America will open a new systems integration unit in Reston, Va., next fall and add 1,000 new jobs at the facility over three years.

Agriculture picks vendors for IRM work

Eleven contractors will compete head-to-head for task orders on the Information Resource Management Software Support Services II contract.

Some Integrators End on High Note

As we close in on the end of the year, public federal integrators, such as CACI International Inc. and PEC Solutions Inc., are continuing to hit new stock price highs.

Court OKs Winstar Sale

A Delaware bankruptcy judge formally approved IDT Corp.'s roughly $40 million acquisition of Winstar Communications Inc.

CACI Wins $68M Software Support Subcontract

CACI International has been tapped by Affiliated Computer Services to help deliver payroll services to military retirees.

Winstar Liquidation Sale Stopped Again

A federal judge in Delaware ordered Winstar Communications Inc. to continue supplying services for one more day after the bankruptcy auction for the troubled company was delayed a second time. A teleconference hearing is set for 3 p.m. Dec. 18. At that time the company is expected to switch its filing to Chapter 7 liquidation.

Lockheed Martin Hangs Up on Global Telecom

The company will leave the global telecommunications business and focus on its four remaining core businesses.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

Affiliated Computer Services won a four-year, $16 million contract to provide image conversion services to convert the 2000 Census records into the appropriate format for the National Archives.

MARKET SHARE

As we close in on the end of the year, public federal integrators, such as CACI International Inc. and PEC Solutions Inc., are continuing to hit new stock price highs.

ITAA Nominates Austin to Host World IT Congress

The Texas capital was named the U.S. candidate to host the World Congress on Information Technology in 2006.

Govt. Market Fuels ManTech's IPO Plan

ManTech International Corp. is looking to raise up to $92 million through an initial public offering of stock, according to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CSC Scores Canadian Government Contract

Computer Sciences Corp. won a contract potentially worth $60.3 million to replace Human Resources Development Canada's network operating system with new hardware and software.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

ACS won a two-year, $14.7 million contract to deliver and operate an enhanced version of its Pharmacy-Only Processing System to the Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance. Under the contract, ACS' Pharmacy Benefit Management Services unit will implement point-of-sale claims processing for the 28 million prescriptions covered by the state's Medicaid program each year.

MARKET WATCH

I don't know about you, but I feel much better about America today than I did two months ago. During the past year, the country seems to have been cleansed of excesses and mistaken priorities. Generally, the spirit of America is strong, and determination is steadfast as we confront a clear threat to our freedoms and governing principles.

Eight Win $8B Defense Message System Deal

Eight companies, each with a contract ceiling of $1 billion, have been picked to provide products and services for the Defense Message System.

MARKET SHARE

Stocks of companies in the federal information technology market continued to show strength following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, with CACI International Inc., PEC Solutions Inc., Titan Corp. and Dynamics Research Corp. all having strong performance in the past two weeks.

Secure Wireless Networking at Last?

With sole responsibility for moving the U.S. military through the air, the Air Force Mobility Command isn't exactly known for skimping on security. So the command's decision in early October to deploy wireless local area networks, or WLANs, may seem to be at odds with earlier news about the multiple security holes riddling the WLAN standard, known as 802.11.