GSA on track with $3.5B satcom contract
Bidders had until Aug. 12 to turn in their bids for the Custom Satellite Communications Solutions acquisition.
GeoEye, DigitalGlobe gain $7.3B in NGA contracts
GeoEye Imagery Collections Systems Inc. and DigitalGlobe Inc. have won 10-year contracts to provide a range of satellite services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency that could be worth as much as $7.35 billion.
General Dynamics picks Lockheed for $71M WIN-T project
General Dynamics Corp. has awarded partner Lockheed Martin Corp. a $71 million contract to provide communications hardware and equipment for the transmission subsystem as part of their work on the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 project.
Harris will build emergency radio network for NY county
Harris Corp. has received a $30 million contract to build a trunked emergency radio communications system and install terminal equipment to support up to 25,000 public-service and public-safety users in Monroe County, in western New York state.
CSC wins $220M IT contract for Navy commands
Computer Sciences Corp. will provide information technology services to the Navy under a five-year contract that has an estimated total contract value of up to $220 million.
iPhones, commercial satellites prominent in joint DOD exercise
The Defense Department interoperability exercise stresses flexible networking and new uses for existing technology.
OMB sets Networx MTIPS deadlines
Agencies must place orders by Aug. 31 if they want to comply with an OMB memo on Managed Trusted IP Services, which agencies must use to connect securely to the Internet.
General Dynamics wins $642.2M satellite communications deal
General Dynamics Corp. will upgrade NASA satellite communications by building out a new ground-system architecture for space-to-ground communications and tracking.
SAIC focuses on Air Force video systems technology
Science Applications International Corp. will help the Air Force improve the service's overhead intelligence gathering efforts under a five-year follow-on contract potentially worth more than $49 million.
Apptis aids GSA monitoring of agencies' Networx transition
Apptis Inc. has won a three-year contract from the General Services Administration worth $9 million to provide support services to GSA as it helps agencies complete the transition from the FTS2001 family of contracts to Networx.
Northrop lands FAA communications maintenance award
Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide maintenance services and logistics support to the Federal Aviation Administration under a five-year, $32 million contract.
Raytheon sees a new market in public safety
Raytheon Co., which has been supplying communications electronics to the Defense Department for decades, is using that expertise in an aggressive attempt to widen its footprint in the civilian market.
Orbital Sciences wins $95M Navy research deal
Orbital Sciences Corp. will provide a wide range of services to support the development of spacecraft and airborne system prototypes under a new Navy contract.
Cell-All smarter phone is DHS' version of the Tricorder
DHS is looking to the telecommunications side of mobile phones to help it develop the "Cell-All" smartphone that features a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals.
iPad: 10 reasons feds should be eager
The GCN Lab finds 10 reasons why feds will love the iPad, starting with a couple of things it doesn't have.
iPad: 10 reasons feds should be wary
The GCN Lab has offered 10 reasons(plus a bonus reason) why iPads would be good for government use. But what's right for one user isn't always right for another. So here are 10 reasons why government employees might want to take a pass.
14 win a piece of Virginia's new broadband initiative
Virginia awards contract to 14 companies as part of an effort to bring broadband services to the entire state.
NCI will supply IT services at Georgia Army facilities
NCI Inc. will provide information technology support services at a pair of Army bases under a five-year task order that could be worth as much as $14 million if all option periods are exercised.
DOD space program dogged by delays, cost overruns
Poised at the beginning of a new era in satellite acquisition, the Defense Department continues to see its space programs dogged by significant and persistent cost overruns and sometimes declining capabilities, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
SAIC secures $625M Navy award
Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a prime contract by the Navy to develop new command and control software for the Defense Department.
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