Astronaut sends wife flowers from space via the Internet

NASA Commander Jeff Williams used the Internet access aboard the International Space Station to send his wife flowers.

Harris buys situational awareness software business

Harris Corp. has acquired the technology assets of OSI Geospatial Inc’s land-based, situational awareness business.

U.S. first responder communications still a mess

If a major earthquake were to strike in the U.S., we would be in a real fix, says the chief of the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

Army mulls realignment to fortify cyber command

Army officials are weighing realigning networking and communications units to build a fully operational cyber component by October 2010.

SAIC adds CloudShield to intell and information systems unit

Science Applications International Corp. is acquiring CloudShield Technologies Inc., a cybersecurity and management solutions provider in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Dell Perot boosts communications at Rock Island Arsenal

Dell Perot Systems has won a five-year, $42 million award to assist the Army with communications and other command services.

CACI serves DOD with range of technology support

CACI International Inc. will provide a range of technological support services to the Defense Department under a two-year, $24 million task order.

Verizon lab to demo the greener side of telecom

Verizon Business opens a lab to show feds how optical local-area networks can help make buildings greener by reducing the energy needs of their networks.

AT&T rings up Postal Service contract extension

AT&T Government Solutions has won a four-year, $120 million contract extension to provide additional network services to U.S. Postal Service facilities nationwide.

Readers offer stuffing for IT turkey

Readers suggest a few projects that could have made our Thanksgiving list of failed, or deeply troubled, government IT projects and debate the causes of such large-scale failures.

IT turkeys: 7 government projects worthy of a roast

Over the years, the American public has been gifted with its share of computer-based turkeys -- information technology projects gone wrong, often at spectacular expense.

ManTech, Apptis partner to support Army information centers

ManTech International Corp. and Apptis Inc. are partnering on $132.9 million contract to provide information technology and engineering support services to the Army. ManTech, a subcontractor on the two-year, competitively awarded effort, can earn an estimated $40 million.

Harris to support Southern Command in Honduras

Harris Corp. will continue working with the Army to improve command security and operations in Central America under a five-year task order worth $38 million.

HP/3Com deal marks shift in IT industry

The winners will be the companies that successfully build on their strengths to broaden the scope of their offerings.

HP challenges Cisco with 3Com purchase

Hewlett Packard's announcement that it plans to buy network equipment maker 3Com Corp. for $2.7 billion in cash is largely viewed as a smart move by the giant computer maker and a salvo fired across the bow of its chief rival, Cisco Systems Inc.

Northrop to upgrade communications at immigration agency

Northrop Grumman Corp. will enhance information communications at the Homeland Security Department' Immigration and Customs Enforcement under a five-year task order that could be worth as much as $46 million.

Raytheon team counters cyberattacks for DOD

Raytheon Co. and its team of contractors will work with the Defense Information Systems Agency to thwart cyber attacks on Defense Department networks.

Sabre continues to steer Naval Academy's technology services

The U.S. Naval Academy will receive additional information technology support from Sabre Systems Inc. under a new three-year, $3.6 million contract.

Lockheed locks in $292M DOD network-maintenance contract

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $292.7 million contract for continued network infrastructure and maintenance support to the Defense Department.

ManTech broadens IT aid to DIA media exploitation center

ManTech International Corp. will continue providing information technology services to the Defense Intelligence Agency under a prime contract valued at $76 million.