Lockheed to upgrade command IT systems

The U.S. Joint Forces Command has selected Lockheed Martin to provide IT services at several command facilities in Virginia, Washington state and D.C. in an award worth an estimated $186 million.

New DIA award will seek intel support

A new DIA contract could be worth up to $1 billion. Although the agency said an RFP would be released by Aug. 27, no notice has been posted on the Federal Business Opportunities Web site.

Eight win Air Force assistance work

The Air Force Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base has awarded contracts to eight companies named to the ACC Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services III contract, valued at $400 million total.

DOD backs away from use of lead system integrators

A senior DOD procurement official said this week the Pentagon has little appetite for new contracts involving a lead system integrator approach, but stopped short of saying officials will never use the concept again.

Coast Guard divides vessel tracking project

The Coast Guard has decided to split into two phases and to initially focus on three geographic sectors in its upcoming Nationwide Automatic Identification System Increment 2 procurement.

SRA to support Centcom operations center

SRA International has been awarded a U.S. Central Command task order to provide intelligence planning and analysis support to its Joint Intelligence Operations Center.

Datapath wins Centcom satellite terminal deal

DataPath Inc. will provide field services through a contract for a network of 32 satellite earth terminals for the U.S. Central Command in Southwest Asia.

SAIC to manage DOD chemical facility

Science Applications International Corp. will manage the Defense Department's chemicals storage facility in Richmond, Va., under a newly awarded contract.

EDO lands Air Force testing contract

EDO Corp. has won a contract from the Air Force to provide radar-signal simulators that test the electronic defenses of military aircraft.

LandWarNet speaker urges focus on technology

"Your challenge," U.S. Army Secretary Peter Geren told audience members at the LandWarNet conference, "is to remember that solider as you design, test and produce the information systems required on the battlefield; remember ... the implications of bad or late information or the implication of too much information."

Cubic to support Army Quartermaster instruction

Cubic Corp. has won a $30 million contract from the Army Quartermaster Center and School to design and manage training and educational support activities.

EADS gets defense agency support work

EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions Inc. has won an information technology support contract worth up to $8.7 million from DOD.

DKW scores Navy communications deal

DKW Communications Inc. will automate information systems and communications services for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's Systems Center.

Lockheed gets Army depot work

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a contract from the Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide life-cycle contractor support to Letterkenny Army Depot for two mobile rocket systems.

Assisting the rules of engagement

New technology to help U.S. forces distinguish between friend and foe.

Marketing mavens

Top five spenders on GSA's Schedule 541 for advertising and integrated marketing solutions.

SAIC wins $473m Navy contract

Science Applications International Corp. will provide a range of technical support services at the San Diego facility of the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center.

Air Force issues security clearance RFI

Acting as the procurement arm for a group that includes ODNI, DOD and OMB, the Air Force issued a RFI asking vendors for strategies on how to meet Congress' 2009 deadline for improving the security clearance process.

Boeing to continue AF communications support

The Boeing Co. will provide high-speed Internet communications and direct broadcast satellite television service to the Air Force Air Mobility Command under a new $30 million contract.

Northrop to build military health care database

Northrop Grumman will deploy, enhance and maintain a health data repository initiative to help the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments share patient information.