The head of acquisition for the Federal Aviation Administration said Lockheed Martin Corp. is the preferred vendor to upgrade the agency's 20 en route air traffic control centers that control high-altitude airline traffic. The planned multiyear contract is worth several hundred million dollars.
Qwest Communications International Inc. of Denver announced it won a one-year blanket purchase agreement from the Internal Revenue Service to provide a managed virtual private network to 13 Treasury Department bureaus that will give users remote access to all bureau networks.
Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., has delivered a new Web-based application to the National Wildfire Coordination Group that will help federal, state and local firefighter organizations mobilize people, equipment and materials to combat major wildfires in the United States.
The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Fla., has made the fourth and final round of awards for the Army Simulation, Training & Instrumentation Command's Omnibus Acquisition Contract, an eight-year, $4 billion training and simulation program.
AT&T Corp. and WinStar Communications Inc., both of New York, won the local telecommunications services contract for federal agencies in Philadelphia as part of the Metropolitan Area Acquisition program. The combined value for the contracts is estimated to be $296 million over eight years.
A battle is looming among lawmakers over whether the federal government should outsource more of its tasks and responsibilities to the private sector. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee on technology and procurement policy, intends to hold hearings on the 1998 act mandating private sector outsourcing.
Many federal agencies are looking to get their telecommunications and systems integration services from the same company, a rapid and growing trend that could dramatically change the telecommunications market.
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project is a harbinger of the coming convergence of the telecommunications and information technology markets, according to a leading telecommunications analyst.
The Boeing Co.'s offer to help overhaul air traffic control systems in the United States has drawn a skeptical response from the companies already building such systems and from the federal agency responsible for the safety and smooth operations of commercial flights.
Several of the country's largest telecommunications companies are quietly waging a legal battle with the General Services Administration to prevent the agency from disclosing their rates on government contracts.
GTSI Corp.'s stock has been soaring since the government reseller reported a nearly 300 percent increase in profits for 2000. The company also announced a stock buyback program.
The Navy's Smart Card Office has chosen an open transaction platform provided by Funge Systems Inc. to develop a prototype pocket computer and a prototype personal digital assistant that use smart cards for wireless transactions.
The Army has awarded Anteon Corp. a fixed-price contract for battle simulation services, valued at $47 million over nine years if all options are exercised.
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., has been appointed chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee on technology and procurement policy, where he will oversee a host of issues vitally important to the high-tech community.
Small businesses continue to receive their mandated share of government purchases, but federal procurement policies may be causing an overall reduction in the percentage of federal contracts going to small businesses, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
The Orkand Corp. was awarded a five-year, $72 million contract by the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs to support and maintain installed systems, operate a centralized integration and repair facility and create and maintain documentation for the installed systems.
The Army has selected 17 companies for a third set of training activities within its $4 billion, eight-year program to revamp training and simulation services.
The boards of directors of Northrop Grumman Corp. and Litton Industries Inc. approved an amendment Jan. 24 to the terms of their merger agreement that provides capital gains tax protection for Litton shareholders.
