L-3 buys two threat detection firms

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. has acquired two companies that specialize inthreat detection technology in keeping with its strategy of consolidating high-tech products companies.

CDW-G to supply desktops to State Department

CDW Government Inc. won contracts totaling more than $13 million to deliver about 16,000 Lenovo desktop computers and third-party components to the State Department.

Pearson to buy Blueprint Technologies

Pearson Government Solutions Inc. will announce Monday that it plans to acquire Blueprint Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

Pragmatics lands Treasury tech support deal

Pragmatics Inc. won a five-year, $76 million contract from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to supply IT support services to bank supervision systems.

Seven to compete under huge command, control contract

Seven companies won contracts to compete for task orders under a 10-year, $19.3 billion program to provide engineering, logistics and acquisition service support for Army C4ISR systems.

Army JAG picks IBM to boost services

IBM Corp. won a five-year contract potentially worth $7.4 million to provide technical support and project management services to the Army's Office of the Judge Advocate General.

AT&T wins DISA work

AT&T Government Solutions Inc. won a three-year, $95.4 million contract to provide circuits and manage network bandwidth for the Defense Information Systems Network.

Justice wants more details on General Dynamics-Anteon deal

The Justice Department has requested more information from General Dynamics Corp. and Anteon International Corp. for its review of the defense giant's proposed acquisition of Anteon.

Inside Track: New federal projects

The Agriculture Department is looking for commercial vulnerability assessment scanning tools. The application must be able to scan a large number of IP addresses and a wide variety of operating systems and applications.

Lockheed's Stevens calls for culture shift

Government organizations must move to share sensitive information through service-oriented systems architecture, Robert Stevens, president, chairman and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corp., said last week.

Lucent captures optical transport network deal

Lucent Technologies Inc. won a five-year, $94 million to implement a multicountry, high-speed optical transport network for the Army.

Avineon nabs Navy virtual flight path work

Avineon Inc. won a five-year contract worth more than $8 million from the Navy to provide technical and analytical support for the design and evaluation of a system that creates virtual flight paths for pilots.

CDW survey reveals increase in federal telework

A new report from Computer hardware and software seller CDW Government Inc. finds that more federal workers are working from home this year than last year?with nearly one-half of all teleworkers starting over the past year.

Defense data center taps SRA again for support

SRA International Inc. won a two-year task order worth up to $17 million for enterprise architecture and database management to support the Defense Department's Defense Manpower Data Center.

Northrop Grumman draws curtain on reseller unit

Northrop Grumman Corp. is closing down its computer reseller business today to strengthen its focus on the company's systems integration offerings.

Anteon shareholders approve GD deal

Stockholders of Anteon International Corp. voted in favor of the IT company's sale to defense giant General Dynamics Corp.

General Dynamics gets Army hospital call system work

General Dynamics Corp. won a $1.1 million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers to design and install a nurse call system at Bassett Army Community Hospital at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Anteon secures Army Quartermaster training deal

Anteon International Inc. won a five year, $23.1 million contract to provide platform and hands-on training and program support to the Army's Quartermaster Center and School at Fort Lee, Va.

Education Department re-ups Accenture for student aid system work

Accenture Ltd. received a three-year, $179 million contract extension from the Education Department to continue furnishing operation and maintenance services for the system that processes disbursements for federal student aid programs.

Anteon wins Navy program management work

Anteon International Inc. won a five-year, $15.8 million to provide program management and engineering services to two Navy offices.