DOD to double-check contract type

Defense Department officials must determine if they have been using time-and-materials contracts and task orders when other types of contracts might have worked just as well.

GD to build data system for Marines

General Dynamics C4 Systems will put together a data distribution system for the Marine Corps under a $375 million contract.

MPC to sell computers to DLA

MPC Corp. will continue to supply desktop, notebook and tablet computers to the Defense Logistics Agency through a new sole-source contract.

BAE wins more Navy communications work

BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc. won a contract modification to provide the Navy with work related to shipboard communications.

Datapath to maintain Army satellite systems

DataPath won an Army contract to continue working on satellite systems that provide advanced battlefield communications capabilities.

Odyssey Systems gets Air Force task order

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group will provide advisory and assistance services to part of the Air Force Electronic Systems Center.

DCS wins Navy R&D work

DCS Corp. will provide research and development services to the Navy in an effort to refine sophisticated sensor technologies.

Lockheed to support Defense computing centers

Lockheed Martin will operate and maintain the high-performance computing centers at four DOD scientific research sites under a new $344 million contract.

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Windsor wins training and simulation work

Windsor Continental Corp. has won a new contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Command to provide live and virtual training systems.

L-3 nets $326M Marine tactical-video deal

L-3 Communications Corp. will supply the Marines with a video system capable of providing real-time intelligence to troops on the battlefield under a three-year contract.

Court stands tough on conflict of interest

During the last week of February, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered the Defense Department not to exercise any future options that extend a support services contractwith Lockheed Martin Corp. for DOD's Tricare medical services program. The order follows a decision last year that the contract award violated organizational conflict of interest rules.

GAO: Army's $160B FCS program at risk

Boeing is the lead systems integrator for the Future Combat Systems, and is in charge of defining, developing and integrating the program.

ATS wins Coast Guard support work

ATS Corp. will continue to support regional examinations in support of the Coast Guard's National Maritime Center.

Telos gets Netcents messaging task

Telos Corp. will provide messaging services to the U.S. Central Command under a new contract.

AT&T connects with Air Force network deal

AT&T will supply the Air Force Services Agency with a secure data network under a new contract.

GAO: Cutter delivery might veer off schedule

The Coast Guard's first national security cutter constructed as part of the $24 billion Deepwater program might not be ready by its scheduled date, according to a new report.

Lockheed to develop robot control software

Lockheed Martin will develop software for small communications robots under a contract the company won from DARPA.

Ocean Systems Engineering gets Marine task

Ocean Systems Engineering Corp. has won a new task order from the Marine Corps to continue supporting command and control systems for a variety of battlefield programs.