The Supreme Court case involving security checks on federal contractors at a NASA facility brought up details on how many contractors have been denied a federal credential as a result of answers they gave during background checks.
Raytheon Co. has won two NASA contracts for satellite systems and infrared imaging technology that have a combined potential value of more than $1.7 billion over the next eight years.
Raytheon Co. will provide operations, engineering and software support for NASA under a new five-year contract from the space agency worth as much as $120 million.
Science Applications International Corp. will provide information technology services to NASA under a five-year subcontract from Primus Solutions Inc. valued at more than $80 million.
Dell Computer Corp. has entered into a $5.1 million contract to provide new servers to NASA so the agency can conduct simulation modeling and data analysis to explore, understand and predict climate change.
General Dynamics Corp. will upgrade NASA satellite communications by building out a new ground-system architecture for space-to-ground communications and tracking.
Will cloud computing make the role of the information technology department and chief information officer obsolete? If not, it will sure change the roles.
Raytheon Co. wins a five-year contract worth as much as $250 million to maintain and manage large volumes of sensing data and imagery from space instruments.
Companies will compete to handle the agency's PC, mobile communications and other related services for an estimated $2.5 billion over 10 years. Four other contracts will bring the total to more than $4 billion for a broad range of IT services.
Contractors will have a chance to play a significant role in the government's move to make data more open to the public and other agencies, which likely will involve cloud computing.
