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Four contractors win $100 million-plus Defense pacts
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has awarded contracts estimated at more than $100 million to each of four vendors for software support and other technical services at DFAS' Financial Systems Organization (DFASFSO). Under the Defense Financial Integrated Systems Services (DFISS) program
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Excalibur Tech targets complex retrieval apps
The concept of the Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture a brainchild of the Defense Intelligence Agency has fired up imaginations at Excalibur Technologies Inc. a company specializing in the kinds of search and retrieval capabilities JIVA requires. The details of JIVA itself discussed publicly f
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PC-2 field cut to six bidders
Two vendors have been eliminated from the competition for the Army's $554.4 million PC2 buy and at least one protest may be in the making according to industry sources. Additionally Zenith Data Systems which recently ran into performance problems on the Air Force's Desktop V contract last week pul
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FAA, DOD see STARS with Raytheon
The Federal Aviation Administration last week awarded Raytheon Co. a contract potentially worth more than $1 billion to field internationally proven air traffic control technology at FAA and Defense Department facilities nationwide. The Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) progra
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Reform at Defense
Nearly six months after finishing a major overhaul of its acquisition guidelines the Defense Department is undertaking a multifaceted effort to translate its new policies into real changes in how it does business. This effort not only involves concrete activities such as following up on specific re
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Litton/PRC chosen for imaging contract
The Federal Aviation Administration looking to do its part in U.S. drug interdiction programs has selected Litton/PRC Inc. to build a document management and imaging system to handle more than 1 million aircraft and pilot registration documents. The Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) cont
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Oracle to offer Java applet for deploying Internet apps
Oracle Corp. which is staking a large part of its future on the network computing market plans to provide its application development tool users with a Java applet for deploying applications on the Internet. Slated for release in late fall Web Forms will allow users to take an application developed
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Hewlett-Packard announces D-class, K-class 64-bit servers
HewlettPackard Co. this week will clear the way for HP9000 Unix server customers to migrate to a 64bit hardware platform which according to industry analysts has the potential to nearly double system performance. This week's announcements include new Dclass and Kclass servers based on HP's 64
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DIA works on strategy for advanced analysis capabilities
The Defense Intelligence Agency last week disclosed it is putting together a technology and acquisition strategy to develop advanced capabilities for analyzing large volumes of intelligence data. The strategy focuses on a concept called the Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture (JIVA) which will
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Digital punches up Windows NT line
Digital Equipment Corp. last week revved its Windows NT strategy with new Pentium and Pentium Probased models across three product families and positioned itself to be a player on several major upcoming government buys. Last week's rollout included a Pentiumbased notebook with power management an
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Army cancels $590M deal
The Army left without a simple option by a partially successful protest decided last week to cancel its $590 million Army Workstation1 procurement and buy its computers through other vehicles industry sources said. The decision not yet officially announced by the Army involves canceling dual contr
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DISA gains safety net for $1B worth of contracts
Facing further possible cuts and consolidations of its computing facilities and workforce the Defense Information Systems Agency is using enterprise software licenses to help it maintain its software management environment. Enterprise licenses allow organizations to handle the distribution and main
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Tracor to buy Cordant
Tracor Inc. a $1 billion defense electronics company last week said it will buy Cordant Inc. for $65 million and make the Reston Va. systems integrator a cornerstone of its push to become a major player in the federal information technology market. Cordant rumored for several months to be seeking a
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TASC lands $52M SETA procurement
The Defense Mapping Agency last week awarded a $52 million contract to TASC Inc. to provide systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) for the agency's modernization initiative. DMA which supports Defense Department missions with a variety of digital and hardcopy maps is in the midst of a
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DOD megacentergoes head-to-headwith private sector
The Defense Megacenter (DMC) in Oklahoma City is lining up with industry vendors to compete for any civilian data center operations that are outsourced beginning sometime next year. Under guidelines issued last year by the Office of Management and Budget Circular 9602 civilian agencies are req
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Raytheon left standing after FAA down-select
The Federal Aviation Administration reportedly has eliminated all but one vendor Raytheon from the competitive range for its $200 million Integrated Terminal Weather System procurement.I TWS will allow air traffic controllers and airlines to better anticipate weather conditions in the airspace
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GAO: Culture slows IT overhaul
Deepseated acquisition 'culture' problems still threaten the Federal Aviation Administration's modernization programs despite recent major changes in the agency's procurement organization according to the General Accounting Office. In a report titled "Aviation Acquisition: A Comprehensive Strateg
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SCO offers Unix package
The Santa Cruz Operation which already has a stake in Internet computing entered the embryonic network computer market last week with a Unixbased software package tailored for Internet access devices. The Network Client Operating System (NC/OS) combines SCO Unix software Netscape Communications Co
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Money woes return FAA to square one
Fiscal pressures have forced the Federal Aviation Administration to scrap the more ambitious elements of its plans to modernize air traffic control in ocean airspace. The agency will look for more costeffective solutions in the global market. Less than a year ago the FAA awarded Hughes Aircraft Co
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DEIS II fees to fund training
The Defense Information Systems Agency is putting money and energy behind its stated commitment to train Defense Department users to carry out resultsoriented procurements. Under a plan announced last month DISA plans to use service fees from business booked on its Defense Enterprise Integration S
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