GeoEye, DigitalGlobe gain $7.3B in NGA contracts

GeoEye Imagery Collections Systems Inc. and DigitalGlobe Inc. have won 10-year contracts to provide a range of satellite services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency that could be worth as much as $7.35 billion.

Defense cuts raise questions about strategy

Industry associations and government contracting experts are expressing skepticism about Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plan to reduce Defense Department spending by $100 billion over five years.

L-3 locks up purchase of Airborne Technologies

L-3 Communications Corp. has acquired Airborne Technologies Inc., which specializes in aeronautical engineering services for unmanned aircraft systems. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

NVTC group to assess IT needs at Arlington National Cemetery

The Army accepts in principle the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s offer to provide 15 companies’ pro bono assistance in assessing the IT requirements to rectify the poor record-keeping at Arlington National Cemetery.

CGI contract tackles diabetes care in Ontario

CGI Group Inc. will design, build and manage a chronic disease management system and portal in Ontario under a six-year, $46.2 million contract with eHealth Ontario, a provincial government agency.

Wyle's purchase of CAS will expand DOD customer base

Wyle Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CAS Inc., a division of ITT Corp., creating a combined entity that will have pro forma 2009 revenues of approximately $1 billion.

Harris elevates IT services chief to CIO

Ted Hengst has been named corporate vice president and chief information officer at Harris Corp., reporting to Howard Lance, the company's chairman, president and CEO.

CSC provides Army with $104M in technical services

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide technical and engineering support to the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center in Huntsville, Ala., under an Army task order.

Boeing wraps up Argon ST purchase

Boeing Co. has completed its $775 million acquisition of Argon ST Inc., a Fairfax, Va., developer of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance systems as well as combat systems.

Los Angeles tech firm buys McNeil Technologies

Aecom Technology Corp., a Los Angeles-based provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients, is acquiring McNeil Technologies Inc. from private equity firm Veritas Capital.

Prime fed contracts spur NCI second-quarter growth

Spurred by prime federal contracts, NCI’s revenues rose 17 percent in the second quarter of 2010 to $126.6 million compared to $108.5 million for the second quarter of 2009, the company reported August 4 at the close of business.

TASC wins Army contract for engineering and technical assistance

TASC Inc., formerly a unit of Northrop Grumman Corp., has been awarded a five-year, $44.7 million Army contract to provide systems engineering and technical assistance to the Army Special Programs Office.

CGI nears completion of Stanley purchase

CGI Fairfax Corp. has once again extended its cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Stanley Inc. for $37.50 per share.

General Dynamics picks Lockheed for $71M WIN-T project

General Dynamics Corp. has awarded partner Lockheed Martin Corp. a $71 million contract to provide communications hardware and equipment for the transmission subsystem as part of their work on the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 project.

Dell Federal creates chief operations leader position

Richard Pineda has been named chief operations leader of Dell Services Federal Government Division effective immediately. He will report to Lee Carrick, vice president of Dell Services Federal Government.

Stanley will help HHS build out health care info network

Stanley Inc. will provide support services to the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of National Coordinator under a two-year time-and-materials contract valued at $6 million.

Spinoff takes on business intelligence market

Qlarion comes out of divestiture with a focus on the federal business intelligence and analytics market.

Lockheed to aid DHS modeling and simulation program

Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems Company’s Advanced Technology Center to assist the DHS Science & Technology Directorate’s Complex Event Modeling Simulation and Analysis (CEMSA) project under a five-year, $7 million contract.

Northrop, SAIC share Navy awards worth almost $38M

Northrop Grumman Corp. and Science Applications International Corp. have gotten indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts from the Navy with a cumulative estimated value of $37.6 million.

SAIC gains $35M task order to aid Naval Surface Warfare Center

Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a five-year task order that could be worth more than $35 million to assist the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division with technical, training and armory management support.