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(Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Sep. 25--DRS Technologies Inc.'s Melbourne unit has landed an $18.8 million deal to provide the Army with combat-ready computers and other equipment for various tactical command centers and military vehicles.
The unit, which builds rugged tactical computers for military operations, will produce more than 2,000 computer systems and 4,000 hard-disk drives for the Army's Force XXI Battle Command.
The Army and Marines will install the systems at various combat centers and more than 40 types of military vehicles as part of the military's overall battlefield-management operations.
It is the latest order in an ongoing program for the DRS Melbourne unit, which has produced more than 25,000 combat-ready computer systems to date.
The Army's Communication-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command awarded the contract. It is based in Fort Monmouth, N.J. DRS is based in Parsippany, N.J.
Honor for SkillStorm
SkillStorm Inc., a government and commercial technical-services company based in Orlando, received the Governor's Entrepreneurship Award in Florida's Mega Market.
The award is given to a start-up company, less than 5 years old, that sets standards for creativity and entrepreneurship.
The company, with 2005 revenue of more than $26 million and projected growth of 60 percent in 2006, recently moved into offices in the Quadrangle Office Park near the Central Florida Research Park and the University of Central Florida.
Recognition for AuthenTec
AuthenTec Inc., a leading vendor of fingerprint-based security products, received the Governor's Business Diversification Award for Innovation.
The Melbourne company was nominated for the award by the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast.
The awards program, created by Enterprise Florida, recognizes companies for efforts to diversify and enrich the state's economy by creating higher-wage jobs and investing in their communities.
Zvetco fingerprint reader
Zvetco Biometrics of Orlando announced a new fingerprint reader designed to handle identification schemes in government, enterprise and Web transactions.
The 7-year-old business, which manufactures authentication hardware and identity-management products, has a client list that includes government agencies and financial-service, health-care and food-service companies.
The company's new product "provides a perfect biometric tool for identifying unique individuals from within extremely large databases," said Zavi Cohen, the company's chief executive officer.
Vonage extends 3PV deal
Vonage Network Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., extended its contract with Third Party Verification Inc., known simply as 3PV, as its provider of third-party verification services through 2009.
3PV, based in Altamonte Springs, provides speech-enabled and online third-arty verification and call-recording services for the cable and telephony industries.
Chris Cobbs can be reached at [email protected] or 407-420-5447. Richard Burnett can be reached at 407-420-5256 or [email protected].
Copyright (c) 2006, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.
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