AT&T wins $350M Networx task at USDA

Award will be used to build a virtual private network and provide managed security services as USDA moves away from older telecom 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.

HP gets $3.4B Navy network transition deal

HP Enterprise Services LLC will support the transition from the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet to a next-generation program under a contract potentially worth $3.4 billion over five years.

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.

Three picked for $565M missile defense work

Three contractors will vie for $565 million in advisory and assistance support services to the nation’s ballistic missile defense program under a newly awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

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.

Networx statements of work near 150

GSA's tally of statements of work illustrates complexity of moving from FTS2001 to Networx.

Raytheon gets DARPA extension for translation program

BBN Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Co., has been awarded an additional $17 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to complete the five-year Global Autonomous Language Exploitation program, known as GALE.

Verizon, UTC do smart grid homework

Verizon and the Utilities Telecommunications Council energy trade group in September will issue a report on a study they're doing to determine the communications and information technology needed to support the nation's utilities.

Alion to provide IT network support for FBI

Alion Science and Technology Inc. will help the FBI upgrade its information technology infrastructure under a time and material contract valued at $6.94 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.

Lack of deadline slows adoption of Trusted Internet Connections

Agencies are slow to implement Trusted Internet Connections because of a lack of deadlines and funding.

Jacobs bolsters IT business with $59M deal for TechTeam

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. will buy TechTeam Government Solutions Inc. for a $59 million in its second deal in a year to increase its IT business.

GSA blesses AT&T's trusted Internet offering

AT&T has won GSA's blessing to start delivering Managed Trusted IP Services to government agencies.

Change part of Northrop's growth strategy

Northrop Grumman prepares to relocate its headquarters from Los Angeles to Northern Virginia, a move that jibes with the company's emphasis on remaining agile during times of change.

Verizon sees video as driver behind new opportunities

Verizon Inc. sees its future growth tied to the emergence of video as the dominant form of communications.

Jacobs weathers bruising 2009

Jacobs Engineering Group survives 2009 by concentrating on its core markets, but sees growth opportunities on the horizon.

KBR rides ups and downs of market

KBR faces a customer in transition and shifts gears to maintain growth.

Lockheed Martin prepares for new IT era

Lockheed Martin maintains its firm grip on the top spot by adapting to customer needs and keeping focused on the government's mission.

Harris sets sights on $525M acquisition

Harris Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CapRock Communications, a global provider of managed satellite communications for the energy, government and maritime industries, for $525 million.