Northrop Grumman Corp.'s team for the Air Force's $10 billion Network Centric Solutions program includes other large integrators such as Computer Sciences Corp., Science Applications International Corp. and BearingPoint Inc.
Robert Stevens was appointed president and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corp., as Vance Coffman retires. Coffman will stay on as chairman until April 2005.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a prime contract worth up to $400 million to develop and field Army command posts where commanders use advanced technology to direct operations and control forces. The award includes an initial 18-month, $26 million contract to design and build 10 prototype command posts.
Science Applications International Corp. won a 10-year contract worth up to $600 million to serve as supply chain manager for spare parts for Navy and Marine aircraft.
Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $879 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a next-generation airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target identification system.
Now that General Dynamics Corp. has won a lucrative piece of the military's multibillion-dollar Joint Tactical Radio System program, the defense contractor is looking to garner more radio-related work for network-centric warfare from the Defense Department.
The General Services Administration will wait until December to release its draft request for proposals for the $10 billion Networx telecommunications and network services contract ? a delay of three months.
The Agriculture Department's National Financial Center is looking for a vendor to provide support services for implementing Extensible Markup Language publishing extensions to its electronic publishing system.
Computer Sciences Corp. won a 10-year $525 million contract to provide information technology infrastructure support services to the U.S. Strategic Command.