DOD picks BearingPoint for payroll system

BearingPoint Inc. will provide technical and transitional assistance to the MilPay Systems Transition Program Office as it develops the military's new payroll system.

Commercialization center looks for new ideas

The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology announced a solicitation to help fast-track commercialization of technologies for the Defense and Homeland Security departments.

CSC wins Education work

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide IT infrastructure services to the Education Department, according to company officials.

ObjectVideo wins R&D work

ObjectVideo Inc. won two contracts worth up to $3.2 million over the next three year to develop next-generation capabilities for intelligent video surveillance systems.

CSC lands NASA support work

Computer Sciences Corp. won a contract to support the new NASA Shared Services Center at Stennis Space Center, Miss.

CSC Wins Air Force 45th Space Wing contract

A CSC-led joint venture with the Shaw Group won a contract to provide space command operations, maintenance and sustainment support to the Air Force's 45th Space Wing.

L-3 Communications lands UK defense contract

L-3 Communications won an 18-month contract with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence to perform an architecture study for a reconnaissance aircraft.

Great expectations for AKO

Like any Web portal, the Army's gateway, called Army Knowledge Online, was intended to be a place that consolidated hundreds of applications and services, such as e-mail and people search.

Tech Success: Web management comes easy for Calif. town

Online since the mid-1990s, the city of Rialto, Calif.'s Web site had limited space, was difficult to maintain and badly needed a redesign.

CSC wins FBI task order

Computer Sciences Corp. won a task order to provide certification, accreditation and information security services to the FBI's Information Security Division.

Konarka generates renewable power for Army

Konarka Technologies Inc., a developer of power plastics that convert light to energy, signed a $1.6 million contract with the U.S. Army as part of a program to deliver power to soldiers.

ESSI picked for environmental controls

Engineered Support Systems Inc. received a $14.8 million contract to produce 1,388 Field Deployable Environmental Control Units for the Air Force's Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources program.

GD, Rockwell win contract modification

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Corp. and Rockwell Collins Inc. were awarded a $153.9 million contract modification to accelerate development of the Integrated Computer System into the Army's Current Force.

Arinc buys staffing firm TechMart

Arinc Managed Services LLC acquired TechMart, an IT staffing and vendor-management company, officials from Arinc said.

COMTek continues work for the USDA

Communications Technologies Inc. has launched the new $9 million phase of its work for the Farm Service Agency where the company maintains servers and in about 2,500 offices.

DRS tapped to work on Korean destroyer

DRS Technologies Inc. won a $9.2 million contract to build a fiber-optic network system for the Republic of Korea Navy's Aegis-class destroyer.

iGov gets $3 million order for IBM notebooks

The Air Force bought 2,400 IBM ThinkPad notebooks to provide technical and customer service support to more than 160 combat support IT systems.

DRS buys Codem for $29 million

DRS Technologies Inc. acquired Codem Systems Inc. for $29 million in cash, plus additional money if certain financial targets are met.

Tech Success: Indianapolis calls up better CRM service

Cities have used 311 information lines and dedicated call centers for more than a decade to let citizens call in complaints about everything from trash pickup to stray animals.

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