Lockheed Martin Corp. won a 15-month, $35 million component advanced development contract with the Army for the Aerial Common Sensor system. The company's Management and Data Systems unit, based in King of Prussia, Pa., won the contract, which precedes full-scale development of the ACS system.
CACI International Inc. has won a five-year, $31.5 million contract with the U.S. Customs Service to provide enterprisewide information assurance. The contract was awarded through the General Services Administration Program Safeguard contracting vehicle, the company said.
Moving quickly to meet a congressional deadline, the Transportation Security Administration could award a contract as early as May 1 for a program that would install bomb detection devices at all U.S. airports, according to industry officials. The winning contractor will be responsible not only for installing the systems, but also for keeping abreast of technology changes that may develop over the life of the contract, said Raytheon's Dan Burnham.
Titan Systems Corp. has won a five-year contract from the Department of Defense's National Cryptologic School to support technology-based training and employee development services.
While a shift in national priorities or a dip in the economy might spell trouble for some sectors of the government information technology market, the demand for health services and solutions never falters.
The Bush administration is counting heavily on state and local governments to help it succeed with the government-to-government portion of its e-government program, said Mark Forman, associate director of information technology and e-government for the Office of Management and Budget.
Howard Schmidt, vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, said the federal government has no present or future plans to issue regulations that would dictate the way state and local governments provide security for information systems. He spoke at the midyear meeting of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers in Denver.
Avaya Inc. has finished installing a new digital communications network linking 12 Navy bases in the greater San Diego area. Avaya received $10 million for the one-year contract signed April 27, 2001.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has signed an agreement to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its homeland security efforts.
The federal government can increase the effectiveness of efforts to combat terrorism by taking an enterprise approach to information technology planning, according to the Information Technology Association of America.
Although state and local spending on information technology has slowed dramatically during the past year, the market is expected to make a full recovery over the next few years, according to the market research firm Federal Sources Inc.
TRW Inc. has won a five-year contract to provide Kentucky's Division of Child Support with new hire data collection and transmission services, the company announced March 26. The contract value was not disclosed.
The Bush administration will issue a national strategy for cybersecurity this July that will be available to government and industry on the World Wide Web, according to senior administration officials.
