Raytheon to boost Army satellite comms

Raytheon Co. will manufacture and install upgrade kits for the Army's satellite communications system and greatly increase its bandwidth capabilities.

Cubic to support Marine Corps training efforts

Cubic Corp. will provide support to the Marine Corps for various types of combat training and simulation activities.

12 small businesses win DISA IT deal

Part of Encore II, a multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for global network-centric services, the contract could total as much as $12.2 billion.

Booz Allen gets Navy contract extension

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. will continue providing engineering and technical services to the Naval Air Warfare Center under a new contract option.

NSA to stage cyber battle

A cyber "blue team" of military service students will defend simulated government computer networks against a "red team" of NSA hackers in a Cyber Defense Exercise this week.

L-3 to support Navy C4ISR effort

L-3 Services Inc. will provide engineering and technical support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Charleston under a new contract.

BAE gets DARPA mobile network research project

BAE Systems will develop a secure mobile military communications network designed to protect against cyberattacks for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Northrop to develop maritime unmanned aircraft system

Northrop Grumman Corp. will develop and demonstrate a new maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft system for the Navy under a contract worth $1.16 billion.

CACI re-enlists for more Navy CIO work

CACI International Inc. will help the Navy's chief information officer develop IT systems into a network-centric environment under a new contract.

Ball Aerospace wins pair of AF contracts

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has won two contracts from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center to continue supplying intelligence to warfighters.

DARPA needs next-gen compilers

The agency is looking to fund development of compilers that can dynamically optimize programs for the specific environments in which they will run.

SRA chalks up tactical-radio software win

SRA International will provide software and systems engineering, test and evaluation services for the development of radio transmission and network services products for DOD under a $108 million contract.

Three win Army logistics support contracts

The Army confirmed this week that the three original winners of LOGCAP IV will do the work even through GAO upheld the protest in October.

General Dynamics wins tactical radio subcontract

General Dyanmics Corp. has won a subcontract to help Lockheed Martin's Airborne, Maritime and Fixed Site Joint Tactical Radio System team.

Market disruption presents silver lining

One comment I often hear lately about the financialmarkets is that their volatility has increased. Theincreased volatility is an indicator of uncertainty, causinginvestors to react quickly to each piece of financial,economic or political news.

Raytheon locks onto Air Force GPS deal

Raytheon will help complete development of a new generation of Global Positioning System receivers for the Air Force.

Telos to install message system for Canadian military

Telos Corp. will install an automated, Web-based message-handling system for the Canadian Defence Ministry through a new contract.

Army task order expands CACI services

CACI International will expand the management, engineering and training services it provides to the Army as the result of a new task order.

Northrop to guard Army networks in Europe

Northrop Grumman will consolidate IT resources for the Army's 5th Signal Command through new contract.

L-3 gets Army handheld mine detector order

L-3 CyTerra developed the technology under the Army's Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System program.