Apptis wins Army communications upgrade contract

Apptis will provide overall management, engineering, integration and acquisition support for the Army's Command Center Upgrades Special Projects Office.

GD will provide consulting services to Army medics

General Dynamics Corp. will support the U.S. Army Medical Command and Office of the Surgeon General under a $9.2 million dollar contract.

CACI wins prime award for classified Army database support

CACI International Inc. has been awarded a new $34 million prime contract to continue supporting a classified U.S. Army intelligence database.

Perot to assist with IT initiatives at Fort Monmouth

Perot Systems Corp. will continue providing IT support services to Fort Monmouth, N.J., under a three-year, $37 million Army contract.

Steady flow of defense work continues

Seasoned players such as General Dynamics Corp., ITT Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and SAIC maintained a steady pipeline of defense contracts in June.

SAIC to support communications infrastructure at Fort Polk

Science Applications International Corp. will provide a variety of information technology support services to the Army base and facilities at Fort Polk, La.

CACI will support Army ammunition system

CACI International Inc. will provide program management support to the Army and Marine Corps under a five-year contract with a potential total value of $30 million.

Northrop-Cobham team lands Army intercom deal

Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms LLC will supply the Army with an enhanced vehicular intercom system that is designed to take advantage of digital communications technology under a contract potentially worth $2.4 billion over 10 years.

Lockheed to manage Fort Bragg field logistics center

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won an Army contract with a potential value of $203 million over five years to provide an array of services to the Field Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Bragg, N.C.

FCS to be replaced by smaller modernization efforts

The Future Combat System did not reflect the anti-insurgency lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an acquisition decision memorandum released June 23.

DOD requests $5.4B for unmanned systems budget

The Defense Department is seeking an increase of 18.4 percent, or $870 million, in funding for unmanned systems in fiscal 2010 over the amount spent for such systems in 2009, Defense Update reported.

ITT wins $363M Army radio system deal

ITT Corp. will furnish continuing support for the Army’s Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System.

General Dynamics provides IT services for Army at Fort Belvoir

General Dynamics Information Technology has won a five-year, $20 million contract to provide the Army with program management and IT services.

General Dynamics fills order for more WIN-T terminals

General Dynamics Corp. will furnish a large number of additional satellite terminals to the Army to support its next-generation tactical communications network.

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Defense agency spending for engineering and integration, data-sharing networks, and communications transmission services dominated contract award news in May.

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Northrop bids on next phase of Army missile defense project

Northrop Grumman Corp. submitted a bid this month for the second round of a competition to serve as the prime contractor for an integrated Army air and missile defense system.

Administration moves to scrap FCS in existing form

The Defense Department’s chief arms buyer, Ashton Carter, said May 18 the administration was on the verge of canceling the entire Army Future Combat Systems program in its present form, according to media reports.

CACI award will support Army software acquisition program

CACI International Inc. will support the Army with software acquisition and life cycle management under a new three-year task order worth $38 million.

Alion will provide Army command with technical services

Alion Science and Technology will provide engineering and technical services to the Army Communications Electronics Command under a three-year, $9 million task order.