DRC lands Coast Guard task management deal

Dynamics Research Corp. won a five-year contract from the Coast Guard to develop a Universal Task List and a Mission Essential Task List Process.

Multimax lands Air Force network-centric work

Multimax Inc. won two task orders under the Air Force Network-Centric Solutions contract for on-site IT, networking, telephony and security services, solutions and products supporting 24,000 users.

Army re-ups General Dynamic 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.

DRS Technologies tapped by Army for tactical terminals

DRS Technologies Inc. won a contract to provide joint tactical terminals under the Army's Joint Tactical Terminal-Integrated Broadcast Service program.

CSC wins Defense Department Web hosting work

Computer Sciences Corp. won a $42.3 million contract to provide Web hosting and applications support services to the Defense Technical Information Center.

FileNet to acquire content compliance provider

FileNet Corp. signed an agreement to acquire Yaletown Technology Group Inc., a provider of content compliance software, in an all-cash transaction valued at about $11 million.

'The time of robotics has arrived'

Rumbling along a dusty road in the Iraq desert, two dozen trucks are loaded with food and water for soldiers stationed in a remote town.

Tech success: Mobile unit eases communications in Big Easy

When first responders began arriving in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest coordination problems they faced was communicating with one another.

Dynamic Research wins Air Force network-centric deal

Dynamic Research Corp. won a three-year, $4.5 million IT contract with the Air Force to assist with enhancing coalition warfighting capabilities with information sharing and network-centric systems, said company officials.

MTC Technologies lands Air Force logistics work

MTC Technologies Inc. won a one-year, $5.3 million contract from the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center to help develop common processes for logistics programs, according to officials from the company.

CACI wins defense health-information assurance work

CACI International Inc. won a $14 million contract to support the Military Health System Information Assurance Program.

Microsoft buys identity assurance company

Microsoft Corp. has acquired Alacris Inc., a provider of certificate management and identity assurance software products, the company announced today.

CSC snares Navy training command tech support work

Computer Sciences Corp. has won a contract to provide IT support services to the Naval Education and Training Command.

Siebel purchase gives Oracle CRM capabilities

Analysts say Oracle Corp.'s agreement to buy customer relationship management provider Siebel Systems Inc. is likely a sign of Oracle's desire to increase its footprint in the federal IT market.

Tech Success: New York fights crime with super help desk

When New York City detectives respond to a homicide, any piece of information can be critical to solving the crime. And not only do detectives rely on the information, they need it fast.

The Build-Out begins

Enterprise architectures are no longer works in progress for many federal agencies. That means systems integrators that want to win contracts with the government need to be experts on these blueprints for how agencies fulfill their missions.

Heavyweights join Lockheed's ITES-2 team

Lockheed Martin Corp. has named its team to compete for the nine-year, $20 billion Army IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contracting vehicle.

Contract aims at laser communications system

Cubic Corp. won a 15-month, $6.1 million research and development contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Raytheon wins $300 million NOAA deal

Raytheon Co. has won contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service to provide operations and maintenance for a nationwide weather data analysis and dissemination system.

NCI wins Army network support services deal

NCI Information Systems Inc. won a five-year contract with the Army worth about $28.9 million to provide various technical support services.