BearingPoint wins Air Force Materiel Command modernization work

BearingPoint Inc. has won a contract to assist the Air Force Materiel Command with the ongoing modernization of its purchasing and supply chain management program.

Apptis lands Pacific Air Force network deal

Apptis will provide an intrabuilding distribution network for Air Force facilities throughout the Pacific region.

Unitech helps Marines play 'high-end laser tag'

The sound of gunfire, blinding smoke and the overall confusion that pervade a battlefield are all real. But instead of lethal bullets, eye-safe lasers loaded with data are the ammunition that the Marine Corps uses for tactical training exercises.

IT as health care warrior

It's a scenario that keeps politicians awake at night: A deadly form of avian flu mutates, spreads from birds to humans and sets off a global pandemic.

McDonald Bradley wins Defense data architecture deal

McDonald Bradley Inc. will create a global data architecture that will support the sharing of intelligence information across the intelligence organizations within the Defense Department.

Navy re-ups CACI for installation support services

CACI International Inc. has won a three-year, $8 million contract to supply technical and business consulting services to the Commander of Navy Installations.

Alion wins Army helicopter, UAV work

Alion Science and Technology Corp. won a $5 million contract with the Army Aviation and Missile Command for process technology of replacement parts for Army helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle weapon systems.

CGI Group wins Quebec Revenue Ministry tax system work

CGI Group Inc. won a two-year, $17.1 million contract with the Quebec Ministry of Revenue to adapt and integrate IT and accounting systems related to the Quebec goods and services tax.

Marine Corps re-ups Unitech for laser simulation training

Unitech won a $14.6 million contract to provide support for the Marine Corps' Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems.

Tech success: Round up the usual suspects

It's a police lineup in the United States, and an identification parade in the United Kingdom. But whatever it's called, both have some things in common: Organizing volunteers to stand alongside suspects for witnesses to view is time-consuming, expensive and frustrating to law enforcement officials.

CHANNEL LEADERS: Top of their game

As the water within their Pensacola, Fla., building began to reach ankle depth ? thanks to 2004's Hurricane Ivan ? Computer Sciences Corp.'s employees working with the Navy put aside personal worries and focused on how to keep the operation running.

Inserso nets Air Force contracts

Inserso won two contracts to perform application development services for the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General.

DRC wins Navy financial systems work

Dynamics Research Corp. won a $4.4 million contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide functional and technical support for the software suite and systems that compose the Naval Sea Systems Command corporate financial systems.

DataPath wins Army mobile satellite terminal deal

DataPath, Inc. won a $96 million contract from the Army Communications-Electronics Command to deliver 157 trailer-based satellite terminals to support the Joint Network Node initiative.

Global Computer wins Coast Guard software maintenance deal

Global Computer Enterprises Inc. won a five-year contract from the Coast Guard to perform software maintenance services.

National Science Foundation taps DRC for Web design work

Dynamics Research Corp. won a contract from the National Science Foundation to provide Web design and development services.

Thin-client computing might answer security woes

A doctor walks into a small examination room where a patient waits. The doctor swipes her thumb over a biometric reader to make a wall-mounted notebook computer come alive. The patient's medical history comes up on the screen. After the exam, new information is typed into the notebook to update the record.

Army re-ups General Dynamics for robotics work

General Dynamics Corp. won a three-year, $28 million contract extension to continue its work with the Army Research Laboratory's Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance.

Tech Success: Clear picture

Data is more than numbers and words. Increasingly, government agencies rely on digital images to do day-to-day tasks.

Praxis wins Naval Research Lab R&D work

Praxis Inc. won a contract from the Naval Research Laboratory to provide research and development services for the Space Science Division.