General Dynamics racks up 'solid' first-quarter numbers in 2011

General Dynamics Corp. reported first-quarter 2011 net earnings of $618 million, compared to $597 million in the first quarter of 2010. Revenues increased over the year-ago period to $7.8 billion.

Apptis sold to San Francisco technology firm

URS Corp. is acquiring Apptis Inc. for a net purchase price of approximately $260 million in cash. The deal does not include Apptis’ Iron Bow reseller subsidiary.

ManTech's Pedersen assesses the market's present and future

George Pedersen, founder, chairman and CEO of ManTech International Inc., explains his strategy for keeping his company focused on the hot sectors of the government market.

Raytheon moves to pursue thin-client demands

Now a unit of Raytheon Co., Trusted Computer Solutions is taking its cross-domain thin-client technology into the Defense Department, the intelligence community and beyond.

Lockheed unit names acting chief as president and CEO

William Clark has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of Savi Technology, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp.

State, local Schedule 70 buys top $600M in fiscal 2010

Purchases on the General Services Administration's Schedule 70 by state and local governments as well as public educational groups grew 7.5 percent in federal fiscal 2010 to $608 million, according to a new report from Input.

CGI takes on $399M California tax project

The company will improve tax collection and processing procedures that could bring in $2.8 billion in new revenue.

ISS provides specialized software to Central Command

Intelligent Software Solutions Inc. will provide specialized software to the Defense Department under an Air Force task order worth $49.9 million.

Federal IT company founder Will Soza dies

Will Soza, founder of Soza and Co. Ltd., an IT management consulting and accounting firm, died April 22 at the age of 75. No cause of death was reported.

Northrop's engineering strategy chief moves into cybersecurity

Mike Papay has been named vice president for cyber initiatives for Northrop Grumman's Information Systems unit, also becoming the company's lead executive on cybersecurity.

DynCorp resolves false claims suit with $7.7M payment

The United States government has settled a whistle-blower lawsuit against DynCorp International LLC and The Sandi Group, according to an announcement from the Justice Department. DynCorp has agreed to pay the U.S. $7.7 million to resolve allegations, and TSG agreed to pay $1.01 million.

Northrop, UMBC spur growth of cybersecurity solutions firms

Northrop Grumman Corp. and the University of Maryland Baltimore County Research Park Corp. on April 21 officially opened the Cync Program incubator facility to attract more technology companies to develop solutions to counter cybersecurity threats.

Calibre team provides IT, other support to Army National Guard

Calibre Systems Inc. has won a five-year blanket purchase agreement worth up to $45 million for IT and program management support to the Army National Guard.

35 firms to divvy up $2.5B Army contract

Thirteen large contractors and 22 small businesses have been named to the Army’s $2.5 billion Operations, Planning, Training and Resource Support Services prime contract, known as OPTARSS II.

SRA leads quintet of DOD BPA awardees

SRA International Inc. and four other contractors will vie for tasks under a newly announced Defense Department blanket purchase agreement that has an estimated value of $100 million over five years, if all options are exercised.

Small biz wins $49M DOD disaster recovery software BPA

Virtual Corp., a New Jersey software and consulting company, has secured a $49 million Defense Department blanket purchase agreement for its disaster recovery software solutions.

Raytheon tasked with systems integration for DARPA project

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $7 million contract from the Defense Department to provide systems integration services for DARPA.

Northrop award extends software work for Army air defense

Northrop Grumman Corp. will continue providing software development and life-cycle support for the Air and Missile Defense Workstation under a new Army contract worth $77.9 million.

TASC wins $600M contract to create counter-WMD technologies

TASC Inc. will provide advisory and assistance services to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to battle weapons of mass destruction.

Attain gains spot on $240M Army ERP award

Attain LLC has secured one of three spots on its largest prime contract win to date, a five-year award worth up to $240 million to support the Army's Enterprise Systems Integration Program.