SAIC gains $35M task order to aid Naval Surface Warfare Center

Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a five-year task order that could be worth more than $35 million to assist the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division with technical, training and armory management support.

QinetiQ quartet of Marine Corps task orders is worth almost $80M

Under four newly awarded task orders with a combined value of almost $80 million, QinetiQ North America will continue to provide the Marine Corps Systems Command’s Communications, Intelligence and Networking Systems Product Group with a range of life-cycle support services, including engineering, logistics, acquisition and information technology support.

SAIC will test and evaluate Air Force information center ops

Science Applications International Corp. will provide test and evaluation services at the Air Force Joint Electronic Warfare Center in Nevada under a task order that has a total value of more than $14 million.

Northrop teams with Air Force to pump up HART

Northrop Grumman Corp. will help the Air Force further develop its net-centric architecture system that enhances warfighters’ awareness of the battlefield environment under a four-year, $46.3 million contract.

Raytheon wins $250M award to upgrade IT in Navy Ospreys

Raytheon Co. will provide information technology support for Navy V-22 Osprey aircraft under a five-year, $250 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

BAE wins $31M option for Navy communications

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. will provide a broad range of technology services to the Navy under a $31 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.

Northrop to install infrared warning systems on Marines' choppers

Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide infrared missile warning systems to the Navy under an $80 million contract.

Alion IT services enlisted to help Navy's combat command

Alion Science and Technology Corp. will support the Navy with program management and other services under a three-year task order worth $3.2 million.

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.

SAIC to strengthen Air Force communications security

Science Applications International Corp. will provide software support to the Air Force under a four-year task order valued at more than $19 million.

Former SI execs make first deal with SGIS acquisition

Salient Federal Solutions Inc., a recently formed information technology and engineering solutions company, has taken its first step into the mergers and acquisitions market by acquiring SGIS.

How Apptis boosted revenue to nearly $1B

Contract wins and a strategy focused on IT, communications and program management pushes Apptis to No. 35 on the 2010 Top 100.

Why Lockheed gave up $1.3 billion

The decision to sell two units and drop $1.3 billion in revenue is part of a strategy to focus on core competencies.

General Dynamics bolsters Air Force intelligence network

General Dynamics Information Technology will support the Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System and Project Liberty under a three-year, $49 million contract.

Security concerns persist about microchips used in smart devices

The military's use of smart phones and similar products could force the U.S. to confront the geopolitics of microchip manufacturing, blogger Brian Robinson writes.

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.

Desire for broader base drove CGI-Stanley deal

CGI balances its federal government business by bringing critical defense and intelligence customers on board with the Stanley acquisition.

Joint Strike Fighter to get better targeting abilities

The stealth fighter plane will be fitted with new sensor technology.

Readers offer stuffing for IT turkey

Readers suggest a few projects that could have made our Thanksgiving list of failed, or deeply troubled, government IT projects and debate the causes of such large-scale failures.

IT turkeys: 7 government projects worthy of a roast

Over the years, the American public has been gifted with its share of computer-based turkeys -- information technology projects gone wrong, often at spectacular expense.