Raytheon lands Missile Defense Agency radar work

Raytheon Co. won a $114 million prime contract from the Missile Defense Agency to upgrade early warning radar in Greenland.

Mantech to navigate Navy logistics support work

ManTech International Corp. won a five-year $5.4 million follow-on contract from the Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet and Industrial Supply Center to provide logistics support services and products.

MTC enlists for Air Force program support work

MTC Technologies Inc. won task orders worth more than $18 million during the first quarter of the year from the Air Force Materiel Command in support of various weapon systems programs.

Bechtel moves on telecom

American engineering, construction and project management giant Bechtel isn't a company that comes readily to mind as a major telecommunications contender in the federal market. But that will change if James Payne, the new president of federal telecoms, has his way.

CAE lands Army training and simulation database work

CAE USA Inc. won a $17.8 million contract from the Army to develop the common database architecture for simulation-based training exercises and establish database production facilities.

Scattered budget forecast

Federal IT spending over the next year will not increase much, but a slight bump-up will bring opportunities in some key areas.

Pearson wins Census information processing subcontract

Pearson Government Solutions Inc. won a subcontract worth more than $100 million to help develop and deploy the information processing system for the Census Bureau's 2010 Census.

CSC launches major restructuring, explores company sale

Computer Sciences Corp. expects to cut upwards of 5,000 jobs as part of a strategic plan to boost shareholder value, and may even wind up selling the global information technology and systems integration company.

Apogen buys Ocean Systems Engineering

Officials hope the combination of OSEC's custom software applications, engineering services and hardware products and Apogen's IT integration and program management services will create a company that can compete on enterprisewide projects.

Alcatel acquires Lucent

<font color="CC0000"><b>(Updated)</b></font> Telecom equipment makers Alcatel and Lucent Technologies Inc. will create a separate subsidiary to perform sensitive R&D work for the U.S. government and handle certain federal contracts as part of a planned purchase by the French company.

McQ wins three U.S. military deals

Sensor technology company McQ Inc. won three defense-related contracts, together worth about $15 million.

SRA wins disaster credit-management deal

SRA International Inc. won a five-year, $54.1 million task order from the Small Business Administration to provide IT support to the agency's Disaster Credit Management System.

Alliant comments available online

The General Services Administration Friday posted responses to questions it received from industry about its revised strategy for the 10-year, $65 billion Alliant program.

Northrop Grumman wins $2.5 billion M&O deal with Energy

<font color=CC0000>(Updated)</font> A joint venture led by Northrop Grumman Corp. beat two major competitors to win a five-year $2.5 billion contract from the Energy Department to manage and operate the Nevada Test Site.

AT&T answers Defense call for network circuits

AT&T Government Solutions Inc. won orders totaling $8.2 million to provide 36 secure, high-capacity circuits to the Defense Information Systems Agency.

Axalto wins e-passport work from Czech Republic

Axalto N.V. won a five-year contract for digital security technology to be used in electronic passports for citizens of the Czech Republic.

ManTech wins explosive device deterrence work

ManTech International Corp. won a two-year, $114 million subcontract to support the product director for counter radio-controlled improvised explosive device systems being used in Southwest Asia.

Inside Track: In brief

The U.S. Postal Service is looking for track-and-trace scanner solutions for mail-processing, barcode-reading technology.

Pearson builds consulting chops with Blueprint deal

Pearson Government Solutions Inc. is acquiring Blueprint Technologies Inc. to fortify its consulting services capabilities.

AT&T bulks up with BellSouth buyout

AT&T Inc.'s proposed $67 billion stock purchase of BellSouth Corp., the largest deal yet in the ever-consolidating telecommunications industry, could help federal government customers, but likely won't increase competition, federal telecom market analysts said.