CACI wins new business with $33M Navy award

CACI International Inc. has won a $33.6 million Navy task order to provide information operations and other support services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division's Irregular Warfare Technologies Division.

NCI tasked with supporting AFNet electronics systems

NCI Inc. will provide engineering and other IT support services to the Air Force Electronic Systems Center under a 22-month competitive task order valued at approximately $23 million.

BAE to boost Navy's onboard communications systems

BAE Systems Inc. has won an $18 million communications contract from the Navy, the Defense Department announced Sept. 15.

CGI wins $207M EPA award to upgrade central data exchange

CGI Federal will support EPA's effort to improve a critical database used to report environmental data.

Raytheon combines units to strengthen public safety business

Raytheon Company is restructuring its Network Centric Systems division to boost its business in the public safety markets.

CACI, 2 small firms will strengthen IT at DOD intell center

CACI International Inc. and two smaller contractors have won prime positions on a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Defense Department signals intelligence contract has a potential value of $40 million.

Dell finalizes acquisition of data center networking provider

Dell Inc. has finalized its previously announced acquisition of Force 10 Networks Inc., a $200 million global technology provider of data center services with headquarters in San Jose, Calif.

Will a national alert system be ready for the next emergency?

Tuesday afternoon's 5.8 earthquake left hundreds of thousands of people along the East Coast temporarily without cell-phone service as circuits became overloaded and communications in many cases was reduced to texting or tweets. So what's a nation to do?

Honeywell subsidiary completes tender offer for EMS comms firm

Honeywell International's subsidiary Egret Acquisition Corp. has successfully completed the tender offer to pay $33 per share of common stock of EMS Technologies Inc. for a purchase price of $491 million.

VA adds tablets to contracting vehicle

The Veterans Affairs Department has added amendments to an upcoming major procurement vehicle to specify several types of tablets and light laptop computers it may want to buy.

GTSI provides Army with $159M in biometric ID kits

GTSI Corp. will provide the Army with biometric identification hardware and software kits under a 16-month contract worth $159 million.

Northrop retains $207M wireless network contract for NYC agencies

Northrop Grumman Corp. will continue to provide operational and maintenance support for New York City's wireless network thanks to a five-year, $207 million contract renewal.

OMB's press shop joins Twitter

Policy wonks can now follow @OMBPress for the latest news.

Raytheon unit moves to Phase 2 of DARPA net upgrades

Raytheon BBN Technologies will create architectures, protocols and network devices that will improve network capabilities and integrity for tactical military units.

Level 3, Sprint suffer from feds slow transition to Networx

Level 3 Communications and Sprint Nextel are losing opportunities for federal agency telecommucations overhaul, report states.

Iron Bow scores bull's-eye with $120M Social Security award

Iron Bow Technologies will build a new network infrastructure for the Social Security Administration under a blanket purchase agreement valued at $120 million.

Videoconferencing wins over more than just rocket scientists

Videoconferencing is becoming a compelling technology that can allow government customers to collaborate without leaving their offices or spending time and money on travel.

Raytheon broadband award scores nation's firsts

Raytheon Co. has won the nation's initial competitive Public Safety Long Term Evolution contract, the first under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program for recipients of the FCC's 700 MHz Broadband Waiver.

Harris wins peach of a radio contract in Georgia

Harris Corp. will establish a digital radio system to support public-safety first responders across the 518 square miles of Floyd County, Ga., under a $23.6 million county contract.

Five capture $480M VA services contract

Companies will now compete to help VA improve communications with veterans.