Navy in training pact with Lockheed Martin
The Navy has awarded a $150 million task order to a team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. to deliver training support to surface ship combat systems sailors.
VHA takes its forms online
As a Vietnam veteran of the Army Nursing Corps, Mary Stout has seen her share of government forms and paperwork. In her current role as the Veterans Health Administration's chief of forms, publications and records management, Stout has labored to move the agency from paper to electronic forms.
DARPA awards tactical network deal
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded an 18-month contract worth $7.8 million to BAE Systems Inc.
GAO hits flaws in DOD acquisition process
The vulnerabilities stem from weaknesses in leadership, pricing and contracting techniques, among other issues, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Navy pools power to track storms
Officials at the Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center use software that lets scientists at the Monterey, Calif., facility access high-performance computers in the center's sister facility in Mississippi.
DARPA awards artificial intelligence work
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BBN Technologies a $5.5 million contract for the first phase of the Integrated Learning Program, an artificial intelligence project.
Army connects with Harris Corp. for radios
The Army awarded a contract to the Harris Corp. to provide radios and related systems that one day will assist the Army's move to the Joint Tactical Radio System.
Air Force awards GPS deals
The Air Force has awarded contracts to L-3 Communications Inc. and Rockwell Collins Inc. to develop new Global Positioning System technology for the Air Force.
Army Corps of Engineers to manage own IT
The Army Corps of Engineers will continue to handle nearly $447 million worth of information management and IT work after a heated, 18-month, public-private competition for the contract.
NOAA awards weather satellite support deal
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a contract to Nortel Government Solutions Inc. to deliver systems engineering and software development for ground systems that support weather satellites.
When fiber optics won't do
Much of downtown San Francisco is wired with fiber-optic cable to serve the broadband needs of city agencies. But not every arm of every agency is so lucky.
Incoming
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a contract for $1 million toMerlin Technical Solutions Inc. to provide service-oriented architecture governanceproducts for the agency's Net-Enabled Command Capability and Net-Centric EnterpriseServices initiatives.
Army awards tactical radio deals
The Army has awarded contracts totaling about $50 million to Harris Corp. for the Falcon radio program.
Army enlists General Dynamics for base network modernization
The Army has awarded a contract to General Dynamics Information Technology to modernize the communications and data network infrastructure at Fort Carson, Colo.
Army awards contract for battlefield intel support
The Army has awarded DRS Technologies Inc. a contract worth $396 million to deliver rugged computer systems and peripheral equipment for an Army program designed to give forces better battlefield intelligence.
Air Force awards test-lab deal
Multimax Inc. will furnish all materials, equipment, space, network and Internet service provider interfaces, networking and system administrative skills needed to maintain the service's Independent Verification and Validation Laboratory.
Code breaking new ground
Today, the need to protect data'and the existence of forces trying to steal it'is perhaps greater than ever before. To keep pace with those who would try and break modern codes, the Defense Department and the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate have an ongoing effort called the Cryptographic Modernization Initiative, an effort is to transform and modernize information assurance capabilities.
Incoming
The Defense Department has proposed long-term measures, including a new internal oversight office, to prevent recurring problems that recently forced it to stop processing security clearances for industry, a high-level department official testified before Congress recently.
DOD, NewVectors in deal for business transformation support
The Defense Department has awarded a $7.7 million contract to NewVectors LLC that extends and expands the scope of the company's efforts in support of DOD's Business Transformation Agency.
DLA to deploy RFID equipment at distribution centers
The Pentagon's objective to have all its distribution centers capable of receiving shipments with passive RFID tags has come closer to fruition with a newly awarded contract.
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