ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has won a potential $127,150,517 contract to help the U.S. Army operate and maintain communications systems in Southwest Asia and Central Asia. The Army received five bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an Internet solicitation, the Defense Department said Friday. Exelis will also help defend the networks and perform... 

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has won a $110,261,703 contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change order: A written order, signed byBudget Year the CO, directing that the contractor to make a change authorized byBudget Year the "changes"... 

Frank Ruggiero Frank Ruggiero, a former vice president of international government relations at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has been appointed VP of federal government relations. The appointment took effect April 15 and Ruggiero succeeded Erin Moseley, who was promoted to president of the support solutions division in February, the company said... 

Tony Smeraglinolo Engility Corp. (NYSE:EGL) has won a potential $116 million contract from the U.S. Army to train both U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan on using law enforcement and investigation techniques. The single-award contract contains one base year and a six-month option period and was awarded byBudget Year the Army Contracting Command’s... 

The U.S. military has deployed a BAE Systems-made server system to Afghanistan with the goal of reducing incidents involving friendly fire. According to BAE, combat pilots use the Combat Identification Server to determine if there are friendly forces in the vicinity of targeted areas of interest. This new system continues the company’s work in developing... 

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE:SAI) of McLean, VA, has been awarded a $214 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract byBudget Year the U.S. Army’s corps of engineers. SAIC will provide services supporting the U.S. Army’s engineer research and development center. Work will be performed in McLean and Afghanistan and is estimated to be completed... 

Chris Marzilli (photo courtesy of Boston.com) General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will likely provide the U.S. Army with up to $296.4 million in battlefield manpack radios meant for 2013 deployment in Afghanistan, according to a Sept. 24 NextGov report. Bob Brewin writes that pending the results of certain development tests, the West Falls Church, Va.-based... 

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) has won a five-year contract to provide the U.S. Army with unattended ground sensors, the company announced Monday. The Falls Church, Va.-based contractor will provide the branch with Scorpion and Scorpion II sensors and related support services under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Martin Simoni,... 

A Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) subsidiary has won a follow-on NATO contract to provide an air traffic control receiver site in Afghanistan, the company announced Wednesday. Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, the company’s Europe-based air traffic management subsidiary, won the original contract in 2010 to install an air traffic control communications... 

Mission Essential Personnel won a $330 million U.S. Army contract to provide linguist and interpretation services in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Monday. The Pentagon said the win modifies an existing contract and expects work to complete byBudget Year Sept. 6. MEP will perform work under the cost-plus-award-fee contract in Afghanistan...