Code warriors battle on

Today more than ever before, government agencies need to protect important data from those who would try to steal it. Encryption is the key.

DOD enlists supercomputers for battle-system testing

As the Army adjusts from a Cold War mind-set to a philosophy of urban warfare, high-speed computing will play an important role in the transition.

OSI inks two Defense Department research deals

The U.S. subsidiary of Offshore Systems International Ltd. won contracts from two Defense Department agencies to provide prototype display solutions for improving battlespace communications.

DOD re-ups NewVectors for business transformation support

NewVectors LLC won a contract that extends and expands the scope of the company's efforts in support of the Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency.

Harris wins WIN-T wireless transmission subcontract

Harris Corp. won a one-year, $10 million contract to do the preliminary design for the secure wireless transmission system architecture of the Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program.

ManTech locks in Army Corps of Engineers security subcontract

ManTech International Corp. won a $10 million subcontract to supply the Army Corps of Engineers with electronic security systems for domestic and overseas Army bases.

Industry: Major overhaul of clearance process needed

Industry is uring Congress to intervene in the crisis regarding the Defense Department's cancellation of processing security clearances and proposed a legislative overhaul of the granting procedure.

Defense agency taps ODIN Tech for RFID equipment

ODIN Technologies of Dulles, Va., won a Defense Logistics Agency deal to deploy passive RFID equipment at 26 facilities globally by the end of 2007.

DOD unveils plan to prevent future security clearance interruptions

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.

Defense Department restarts some clearance investigations

The Defense Security Service has found the money to resume processing initial secret-level security clearances for contractors.

Rumors swirl around BAE buy of CACI

Possible buy of CACI International Inc. would push BAE Systems into top tier of U.S. IT companies.

Amendment moves forward to restart clearance process

Defense Authorization bill amendments provide a starting point for resolving security clearance slowdown.

Army to re-evaluate ITES-2 contracts

Protests filed by losing bidders on the recent Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contracts has led the Army to reconsider all offers.

SRA nails down Army range facility system work

SRA International Inc. won a five-year, $16.6 million contract from the Army to deliver a variety of technical services to support a computerized system that helps manage activities at Army and Marine Corps range facilities.

For warfighters, no such thing as too much information

Network-centric warfare and Global Information Grid are all about getting information to where warfighters need it, a top official at the Defense Information Systems Agency said at an industry meeting today.

Teams to review intelligence certification, accreditation processes

Personnel in the military services and agencies, as well as representatives from industry and academia, will receive invitations next week to participate in one of two teams that will ultimately make suggestions on overhauling the certification and accreditation processes across the intelligence community.

AT&T lands Army personnel forecasting system work

AT&T Government Solutions Inc. won a five-year, $11.8 million contract to provide operations and maintenance support for a Web-based system for forecasting and tracking Army personnel.

Harris wins weapon data link subcontract

Harris Corp. has won a two-year, $10 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide a weapon data-link transceiver for the extended range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.

Protests filed over Army's ITES-2S award

Five companies have protested the Army's recent $20 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract award.

Lockheed Martin to direct Patriot Missile upgrade

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $379 million contract from the Army Aviation and Missile Command to build 112 Patriot missiles and furnish related program management and engineering services.