Orincon Defense, a unit of Orincon Corporation International (OCI), announced Sept. 5 that its Hawaii operation has been selected by the Office of Naval Research to serve as the prime contractor, system architect and integrator for the Navy's Theater Undersea Warfare initiative.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, won a five-year, $300 million contract to provide technical and management support to the Army Land Information Warfare Activity.
Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement worth $30 million over three years to continue providing e-commerce services to the Defense Department.
The Interior Department's Minerals Management Service is looking for a contractor to modernize the source code of Montcrdk 7.52, the software used by the agency to analyze bids it receives for mineral rights.
After American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, Veridian Corp.'s employees rushed to the windows at their Pentagon City headquarters, where they could see the smoke rising into the sky. Many were ex-military, and they watched, frustrated, champing at the bit for a chance to strike back.
By purchasing Signal Corp., Veridian Corp. will expand its presence in the defense and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance community. It also will give itself "access to new markets in key civilian agencies, which we believe will become increasingly important as homeland security unfolds," said David Langstaff, president and CEO of Veridian.
Unisys Corp. will receive $244 million over the next 13 1/2 months for a wide range of outsourcing and infrastructure services under two task orders awarded last week by the Transportation Security Administration.
General Dynamics Network Systems won four delivery orders worth $15.2 million to upgrade and expand the telecommunications infrastructure at several locations.
The task order from the General Services Administration is to develop a commercial business systems modernization program for the Federal Technology Service.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young S.A., the $8 billion consulting giant based in Paris, is plotting a fast-track approach to the U.S. federal information technology market.
General Dynamics Corp. has been quietly working to win more business with civilian agencies. Dan Allen of General Dynamics Network Systems said his unit has expanded its offerings and is poised to take advantage of the government's post-Sept. 11 requirements, especially for secure IT infrastructures.
Dynamics Research Corp. won a five-year, $26 million contract to provide technical and acquisition support services to the Air Force's Global Command and Control System program office, part of the Electronic Systems Center.
Appian Corp., a provider of large-scale, data-driven software solutions, has won a contract with the Navy to provide the technology platform for the service's Knowledge Management Portal, the Arlington, Va., company announced Aug. 19.
Computer Sciences Corp. confirmed Aug. 16 published reports that it has asked its 66,000 employees to volunteer to take extended leaves of absence ? at least six months ? and receive 20 percent of their pay. The El Segundo, Calif.-based company said it decided to pursue this measure because the global information technology market has been suffering from a slowdown, according to company spokesman Frank Pollare, not because of any specific incident or concern.
