BAE wraps up purchase of Fairchild Imaging

BAE Systems Inc. has completed its acquisition of Fairchild Imaging Inc. by acquiring all remaining outstanding equity for $86 million in cash.

  • By David Hubler

5 technologies changing our world

Government operations will be transformed by cutting-edge technologies such as tablets, mobile devices and even 3-D. Is your company ready?

  • By Carlos A. Soto

DOD revises cyber budget upward by $1 billion

To buoy network security adequately, the Defense Department is requesting another $1 billion to cover activities previously left out.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Former Sun, Robbins-Gioia exec on witnessing three tech revolutions

A longtime industry executive shares his view on technology and the value of content in the government market.

  • By David Hubler

SAIC moves into third phase of anti-WMD tech development

Science Applications International Corp. has won a three-year, $23 million Defense Department task order to work on Phase 3 of the Integrated Weapons of Mass Destruction Toolset, developing technology specifically designed to reduce WMD threats.

  • By David Hubler

The danger of public presentations

A cool use of interactive cloud computing comes close to going awry at the IRMCO conference.

Mobile computing creates big opportunity for small business

Since announcing the formation of a public-sector practice less than two years ago, BoxTone has seen a threefold increase in its government sales and has racked up key contract wins with several federal agencies.

  • By David Hubler

Why IBM's Watson is good news for government

Watson’s pipelined, pragmatic process demonstrated significant innovations that overcame the type of grand challenges faced every day by the government IT community.

  • By Michael C. Daconta
Opinion

Data overload threatens with rise of smart tech and real-time sensors

The government needs to get smart about handling the coming flood of real-time, sensor-based data, writes consultant Marc Demarest.

  • By Marc Demarest

IBM's Watson heads to medical school

IBM partners with Nuance Communications and a pair of medical schools for research on health care analytics.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Watson off to fast start on 'Jeopardy!'

In the battle of humans vs. machines, "Jeopardy!" contestant Watson shows his big computer brain is up to the task.

  • By Nick Wakeman

IBM's 'Jeopardy!' match more than game playing

Watson, IBM's "Jeopardy!" playing computer, is pushing analytics to new levels and has a future beyond TV games shows.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Creative inspiration transforms new tech beyond original intentions

The uses of new technologies often go far beyond what their inventors imagined.

Apple's iOS makes enterprise gains, report says

Mobile security and solutions company Good Technology released a report showing iPhones and iPads making significant gains in the enterprise market.

  • By Dan Rowinski

Contractors lack skills to help agency modernize, Customs official says

Ken Ritchhart, Customs' IT chief, is urging IT workers to get retrained. What advice is he offering his prime contractors?

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Alion puts Guard Dog through its paces for DARPA

Alion Science and Technology Corp. will conduct performance evaluations on the Graph Understanding and Analysis for Rapid Detection – Deployed On the Ground (Guard Dog) program, under a three-year, $4.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

  • By David Hubler

Ericsson sells federal unit

Ericsson sells off federal business to create Oceus, an indpendent U.S. company that will meed broadband wireless demand.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NCI supports Air Force wireless network expansion

NCI will help the Air Force upgrade its wireless network program under a Netcents contract worth approximately $17.3 million.

  • By David Hubler

Hughes to provide government with managed broadband services

Hughes Network Systems believes that it can use its commercial satellite and DSL technologies to be a player in the federal broadband space.

  • By Dan Rowinski

DRC called on to upgrade DHS tech

Dynamics Research Corp. will upgrade the Homeland Security Department’s IT through a four-year, $20 million contract.

  • By David Hubler
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