American Systems upgrades USDA communications

American Systems will modernize communications for the Agriculture Department under a blanket purchase agreement that has a potential value of $20 million.

Baroni to raise Eclat Consulting from BearingPoint's ashes

Greg Baroni explains how his new venture will parlay its purchase of the remaining BearingPoint contracts and employees to aggressively find a niche in the federal contracting market.

VT Services consolidates three business units

VT Services Inc., a subsidiary of U.K.-based VT Group plc, is consolidating its three U.S. operations into one VT Group to facilitate better services to its government clients.

General Dynamics unit reaps USDA food safety contract

General Dynamics Corp. will provide information technology services to the Agriculture Department under a five-year contract valued at $47 million.

CACI to support DOD disaster management efforts

CACI International will continue to provide management support and other services to the Defense Department’s Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance under a five-year, $47 million contract.

SRA works with new Texas institute to curb cancer

SRA International is providing management and information technology services to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas under a five-year, $16.2 million contract.

Equinix unveils plans for new area data center

Equinix Inc. has unveiled plans to build two new data centers, one of them a 152,000-square-foot International Business Exchange center in Ashburn, Va.

CACI sets sights on improving Army night vision technology

CACI International Inc. will assist the Army to further develop specialized infrared night vision technology under a three-year, $50 million contract.

EDS will triage DOD health IM systems

EDS will make technical enhancements to the Defense Department health system under a one-year, $8.1 million add-on contract.

CSC delivers technical support to Detroit post offices

Computer Sciences Corp. will oversee efforts to improve Detroit’s mail delivery system under a seven-year contract from the U.S. Postal Service that has a maximum value of $46 million.

5 companies named to FEMA support contract

Unisys Corp. is one of five companies chosen to compete for task orders under FEMA’s $500 million Centralized Operations, Maintenance and Management Information Technology contract.

Alion provides R&D for Navy training simulation program

Alion Science and Technology Corp. has won a $7 million contract to provide research and development for a Navy combat training system.

Carpathia Hosting locks up purchase of ServerVault

ServerVault has been acquired by Carpathia Hosting, a provider of managed hosting services for enterprises and federal agencies. Financial terms of the transaction were not released.

Serco to continue management of Navy hazardous materials

Serco will continue to help the Navy manage its hazardous waste disposal program under a five-year task order valued at approximately $66 million.

Raytheon announces purchase of BBN Technologies

Raytheon will acquire BBN Technologies, a specialist in research and development, and a provider of critical solutions for national defense and security missions.

Antle-led startup will pursue fed services contractors

Four former SI International Inc. executives form Salient Solutions to acquire federal IT provider companies.

Wexford Group named to DOD anti-IED contract

Wexford Group is one of five companies named to the five-year, $494 million prime award.

Performance and partnership sustain growth

HCI experiences explosive growth by focusing on performance and key partnerships to build its business.

Ericsson sets sights on broadband dominance

Ericsson brings in a new team to increase its focus and visibility in the government market.

Salesforce builds its go-to-market plan

Census Bureau selected Salesforce.com to help manage partner activities, 12 regional offices and thousands of temporary workers.