ManTech International Corp. reported 43.7 percent growth in income from continuing operations and 12.8 percent growth in revenue for the company's second quarter.
Veridian Corp. announced Aug. 13 it has signed an agreement to acquire Signal Corp., a privately owned systems integrator, for $227 million in a combination of cash and notes. Signal expands the company's presence in the defense and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance community, and "gives Veridian access to new markets in key civilian agencies, which we believe will become increasingly important as homeland security unfolds," said David Langstaff, Veridian president and CEO.
The Army selected Lockheed Martin Corp. and General Dynamics Corp. for the initial phases of its multibillion dollar Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program.
John O'Sullivan spent more than four years chasing a single government contract.As program manager for Harris Corp.'s Federal Aviation Administration Telecommunications Infrastructure contract proposal, O'Sullivan built the team that pursued the multibillion-dollar FAA program to restructure the agency's nationwide telecommunications system and networks.
<FONT SIZE=2>General Dynamics Corp.'s aggressive moves to position itself as an information technology provider to the Defense Department are well known. But the company also has been quietly working to win more business with civilian agencies, especially by leveraging its engineering and network talents developed for defense customers.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>The Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center in New Orleans is looking for integration and application support for its electronic publishing system. The system is comprised of IBM servers, EMC software, Sun workstations and Windows 2000 software.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>	Long known for its aerospace capabilities, the Boeing Co. has quietly emerged as a leading systems integrator in the Army's effort to transform its soldiers into 21st century warfighters.</FONT>
The Defense Logistics Agency has launched a limited version of its new Business Systems Modernization system, marking a first step in the agency's $500 million, five-year revamping of its out-of-date logistics systems.
Unisys Corp. was selected Aug. 2 for the Transportation Security Administration's $1 billion information technology infrastructure project. But the Blue Bell, Pa., company isn't popping champagne corks yet.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, will develop part of the avionics system to allow the Royal Australian Navy Super Seasprite SH-2G(A) helicopter to perform its multi-mission role.
Harris Corp. announced July 26 it won a one-year contract worth $43 million to provide operations and maintenance services for the Air Force Satellite Control Network's communications functions at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., and Onizuka Air Force Station, Calif.
Science Applications International Corp. filed a protest with the General Accounting Office over the award of a five-year, $154.4 million Navy contract to Veridian Corp.
The Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command wants a monitoring, management and audible alarm notification system for a developing telelogistics program.
Harris Corp. scored a major coup last month, besting both Lockheed Martin Corp. and incumbent WorldCom Inc. to win the Federal Aviation Administration's multibillion-dollar telecommunications infrastructure project, called FTI.
Industry and government officials are responding with mixed feelings to the July 19 freeze on selected information technology infrastructure and modernization projects imposed by Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels Jr.
Qwest Communications International Inc. announced it won a five-year Web hosting services contract from the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt.
By filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection July 21, WorldCom Inc. may have temporarily fended off competitors who filed protests with the General Accounting Office over the Defense Information Systems Agency award of the $450 million Defense Research and Engineering Network contract.
