Northrop-Lockheed venture wins $51M contract to sell radars to South Korea

Longbow LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, has won a $51 million contract with South Korea to provide the country with fire control radars for its Apache attack helicopters.

Lockheed acquires small U.K.-based IT firm

Lockheed Martin has acquired Amor Group in an attempt to expand its international presence and boost its IT solutions for the energy, transport and public sectors.

L-3 wins $357M task order for Army reserve distance learning

L-3 Communications’ National Security Solutions group has won a $357 million task order to support the Reserve Component Automation program with distance learning support.

Budget cuts, scandal fuel video conferencing boom

Thanks to recent cuts in travel budgets, as well as trends like "bring your own device," players in the video conferencing market have seen booming business. Where do major vendors such as Cisco, Adobe and Polycom see their growth opportunities?

Raytheon scores $231M contract to upgrade Navy defense system

Raytheon has won a $231 million contract with the Navy to upgrade the Navy’s MK15 close-in weapon system, which protects ships from missiles that pentrate other defenses.

Lockheed wins another Aegis contract

Lockheed Martin has won yet another Aegis combat system contract, this one worth $12.5 million, with the Navy to provide system engineering and technical services.

FLIR Systems nabs $50M contract to sustain surveillance system

FLIR Systems has won a $50 million contract to sustain the Ground Based Operational Surveillance System, which provides situational awareness through high-resolution imagery systems.

Accenture captures $30M biometric contract

Accenture Federal has won a nine-month, $30 million contract to improve data-sharing capabilities for the DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management.

Small business wins $2.5M contract for information assurance services

TISTA Science and Technology Corp. has won a $2.5 million contract with the Defense Logistics Agency for information assurance support services.

Two win $40M contract for Air Force advisory support

Noblis Inc. and LMI have won a $40 million contract to support the Air Force Civil Engineer. They will compete for task orders for systems engineering and acquisition support.

Lockheed to update visual combat training system

Lockheed Martin has won a $10.2 million contract with the Navy to update the Visual Interactive Simulated Training Application that supports the surface combat systems.

ManTech nabs $49M contract for information dominance

ManTech International has won a $49.2 million contract to support the Navy’s Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for information dominance.

Northrop Grumman wins $10M contract to bolster Global Hawk capabilities

Northrop Grumman has been tapped by the Navy to increase the number of missions that its Global Hawk UAV performs monthly under a $10 million.

SAIC nabs $100M contract with Defense Threat Reduction Agency

SAIC has won a $100 million contract with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to provide it with integrated logistics services to help the agency carry out its mission.

L-3 taps insider to be corporate senior vice president

L-3 Communications has tapped Ron Cook to be its new corporate senior vice president.

Who won August's biggest contracts?

August saw a slight slow down in the number of contract awards that Washington Technology covered, but dollar values are up, and the pace is still strong compared to earlier in the year. Who are the big winners?

SAIC wins $49M Navy pact helping bomb techs

SAIC has won a $49 million contract to provide radiographic systems to the Navy that help bomb technicians analyze devices and munitions.

IntelliDyne adds senior BD director to its executive roster

IntelliDyne is continuing its hiring streak with the latest addition of Jean Taylor as senior business development director of its health IT practice.

Alion wins $7.5M contract mod for professional services

Alion Science and Technology has won a $7.5 million contract to provide program management, business financial management and acquisition management to the Navy.

PAE taps new VP and deputy general counsel

PAE has tapped the Pentagon’s William Lietzau to be its new vice president and deputy general counsel.