Defense spending hits high-water mark

U.S. defense spending hit its highest point in a decade in fiscal 2008, but will likely decline over the next 10 years, according ITAA.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Sun co-founder exits for start-up

Sun Microsystems co-founder and chief architect resigns to put his full energy behind a start-up that is challenging Cisco Systems.

Qwest to connect NASA

Qwest Government Services will deliver a range of voice and data services to NASA centers and facilities through Networx Universal.

  • By William Welsh

Biometrics demand on the rise

Industry officials at a homeland security conference held Oct. 22 say the market opportunity for biometrics remains stronger than ever.

AT&T to build VA data network

AT&T Government Solutions will build a data network for the Veterans Affairs Department under a $120 million contract.

  • By David Hubler

Small businesses expected to benefit from geospatial BPA

It is believed that the BPA will provide greater transparency, leverage the government's buying power and reduce administrative costs.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Cisco, GSA fall out over schedule contract

Cisco Systems Inc.'s GSA schedule contract is set to expire as negotiations stall.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Battelle develops new technology for port security

Battelle is developing underwater imaging technology to map the hulls of ships to detect weapons, drugs and other items to protect ports.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

BearingPoint to help Marines improve business functions

BearingPoint will help the Marine Corps Headquarters manage its information resources and improve the efficiency of business processes.

  • By William Welsh

Harris to continue Air Force space program support

Harris Corp. will continue to provide support services to the Air Force under a contract option.

  • By David Hubler

DOD to scale back workers' comp for contractors overseas

Congress has instructed the Defense Department to trim workers' compensation costs for contractors supporting overseas operations.

DOD contract will coordinate collaboration

The new contract for the Defense Department's high-performance computing program seeks to improve collaboration among government agencies, industry and academia.

  • By Doug Beizer

Bollinger challenges Northrop in lawsuit

Bollinger Shipyards has filed a lawsuit against Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Inc. seeking $12 million to settle claims associated with Deepwater cutter construction.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

SAIC wins Navy technology evaluation work

Science Applications International Corp. will assess and evaluate emerging technologies used for Navy shipboard command-and-control systems.

  • By William Welsh

Input: Fed IT spending up 3.9 percent in '09

The federal government's spending on IT will increase a modest 3.9 percent overall in 2009.

  • By David Hubler

REI Systems wins enterprise architecture subcontract

REI Systems will assist an IBM team in modernizing the enterprise architecture for FEMA under a contract with a maximum value of $225 million.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Navy envisions new strategy for NGEN

The Navy is considering a new acquisition approach for its Next-Generation Intranet Program, reports FederalNewsRadio.

Strong companies stand to benefit from changes ahead

Federal IT and professional services stocks have been outperforming the broader stock market because investors are attracted to the relative stability of the industry.

  • By Bill Loomis

TechTeam to build portals for agriculture news

TechTeam Government Solutions will build three new Web portals for the Agriculture Department.

  • By David Hubler

Troubled economy won't slow data projects

Data storage projects are one area that may be immune from the economic downturn, according to attendees at the Storage Networking World conference.

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