Northrop Grumman gets $350 million air traffic contract

Northrop Grumman Corp. won the $350 million Federal Aviation Administration Technical Assistance Contract.

Qwest's Notebaert named to NSTAC

Richard Notebaert, chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., has been appointed a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.

SRA International lands $115 million Marine Corps task order

SRA International Inc. won a $115 contract to provide information technology services and solutions to the Marine Corps' Command, Control, Communications and Computers Chief Information Officer Directorate.<br>

General Dynamics wins intelligent munitions work

General Dynamics Corp. won a $31.5 million contract from the Army for the technology development phase of the Intelligent Munitions System program, formerly known as Raptor. The work will be conducted in Bloomington, Minn., and is to be completed by December 2005.

TSA picks Maximus for ID card testing

Maximus Inc. has been chosen by the Transportation Security Administration to develop technologies leading to a national Transportation Workers Identification Credential card.

Raytheon names Swanson CEO as Burnham steps down

Daniel Burnham, Raytheon chairman and chief executive officer, voluntarily resigned, effective July 1, the company announced April 23.The board of directors has named William Swanson to succeed him.

Anteon to purchase ISI for $90.7 million

Anteon International Corp. has agreed to buy Information Spectrum Inc., a provider of defense and homeland security solutions that booked revenue of $130.5 million in fiscal 2002.

EDS gets $258 million Pentagon IT renovation

A team led by EDS Corp. has been chosen to upgrade the Pentagon's information technology infrastructure under the Command Communications Survivability Program.

CSC wins Iraq, missile defense contracts

Computer Sciences Corp.'s DynCorp International unit has been chosen by the State Department to provide up to 1,000 civilian advisers to help organize law enforcement, judicial and correctional agencies in Iraq.

Online extra: Climbing the performance-based stairway

In 2001, a task force comprised of volunteers from several federal departments created a roadmap to help agencies implement performance-based contracting. Acquisition Solutions Inc., a consulting company based in Oakton, Va., that specializes in advising on procurement policy and strategy, assisted in the process.

Unisys merges facilities in northern Virginia, adding up to 750 positions

Unisys Corp. is consolidating the operations of its Global Public Sector in Fairfax County, Va., and is expanding its facilities to accommodate up to 750 new jobs the company expects to add over the next three years.

HP wins Swedish government contract

Hewlett-Packard Co. won a contract with the Swedish Agency for Public Management to provide desktops, portable PCs and accessories over the next two years.

Northrop Grumman creates two defense units from TRW buy

Northrop Grumman Corp. has created two defense-related operations ? Mission Systems and Space Technology ? from the businesses it acquired in December from TRW Inc.The new sectors comply with the rest of the company's policies and operating procedures.

CSC catches a ray of Starlight

Computer Sciences Corp. won the first task order, for mainframe support, under the Starlight contract, a multi-year program worth up to $1.2 billion. The task order, worth $36.1 million over five years, was awarded this month by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, formerly part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Veridian lands $20 million contract for research services

The Air Force has chosen Veridian Corp. to support automatic target recognition and sensor fusion research efforts at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, the company announced today.

Bill would nix privatizing air traffic control

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would prohibit the privatization or contracting out of the federal air traffic control system.The Air Traffic Control System Integrity Act of 2003, H.R. 1711, was introduced April 10 by four senior members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

General Dynamics looks at first-responder market

A long-time player in the federal technology market, General Dynamics Corp. is preparing to enter the state and local first-responders market. The company's move arose from its acquisition last year of Command Systems Inc.

Reconfigured, INS still faces challenges

The Immigration and Naturalization Service may have been better equipped than some agencies to make the move to the new Department of Homeland Security, according to a senior official in the department.

Defense Department picks CSC for $82 million contract

Computer Sciences Corp. won four task orders worth $82 million to support the Defense Department's High Performance Computing Modernization program. The work includes technical operations, user support and outreach services.

Three teams win Orbital Space Plane contracts

Three contractor teams have been awarded $45 million each as part of a continuing competition to provide crew rescue and transfer capabilities to the International Space Station, NASA says.