Boeing Co. and IBM Corp. today announced a 10-year alliance established to pursue what the partners estimate is a $200 billion market for ground and space-based systems used in network-centric operations.
The Homeland Security Department wants to streamline its IT infrastructure and clean up its network backbone, and its wants the integrator community to work together to meet the challenge.
In revised acquisition strategy for $10 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program, Army picks General Dynamics Corp. as the prime contractor and Lockheed Martin Corp. as major subcontractor.
Titan Corp. will open a new office complex in the Reston, Va., technology and defense corridor tomorrow to accommodate its growing workforce in the Washington, D.C., area.
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens went off without a hitch. Venues were finished in the nick of time, IT infrastructure was laid out and security was up to the task.
Intel Corp. engineers are testing compatibility and interoperability of wireless networking products to help integrators and agencies cut through the confusion surrounding Wi-Fi.
At No. 39 on <I>Washington Technology</I>'s Fast 50, Artel Inc. is about in the middle of the bottom half of the rankings, but that's not such a bad thing. Artel, a Reston, Va., provider of IT, information assurance and telecommunications services, debuts on the rankings with a blistering 61.6 percent compound annual growth rate over the last five years. The company's growth also landed it at No. 97 on the <I>Washington Technology</I> 2004 Top 100 list, which ranks prime government contractors. Such is the potential of the companies found on this year's ranking lists.
BAE Systems North America Inc. of Rockville, Md., and Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles each won $45 million contracts from the Homeland Security Department to develop and test prototype systems for protecting commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.
Spherix Inc. of Beltsville, Md., has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office over the Agriculture Department's award to ReserveAmerica of the $128 million contract for the consolidated National Recreation Reservation System.
Software developer Integic Corp. won a three-year, $12 million contract to modernize the airman certification program of the Federal Aviation Administration's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute.
A federal watchdog agency has concluded that companies incorporated in overseas tax havens likely have an edge over domestic competitors in pursuing federal contracts.
Acting in partnership with government customers "is the key to the kingdom," a Lockheed Martin Corp. executive told information technology industry executives today.
