CACI acquires Applied Technology Solutions of Northern Virginia

In a bid to expand its work with the U.S. intelligence community, CACI International Inc. acquired Applied Technology Solutions of Northern Virginia Inc.

Weakness endangers Net e-mail, patches available

Patches to fix what is being called a critical vulnerability in the world's most popular e-mail transfer agent, open-source and commercial versions of Sendmail Mail Transfer Agent, are available.

Northrop Grumman completes TRW Automotive sale

Northrop Grumman Corp. completed its spin-off of TRW Automotive, selling it to affiliates of the Blackstone Group for $4.7 billion.

IT contractor mourns loss of three employees

The founder and two other employees of High Performance Technologies Inc. were killed in a weekend plane crash.

SRA wins $105 million federal IT services contract

SRA International Inc. won a six-year, $105 million task order contract to provide IT services support for the General Accounting Office's information technology infrastructure.

Northrop Grumman sees dramatic rise of IT-directed weapons

The Department of Defense has relied more heavily on precision-guided weapons in recent conflicts and may do so more in future engagements, according to a report released by Northrop Grumman Corp.'s internal think tank.

HP exec: 'It's us and Dell'

Hewlett-Packard Co. personal systems executive vice president Duane Zitzner, speaking today in a teleconference, said that "in the PC space, it's coming down to us and Dell" Computer Corp.

Motorola nabs public safety deal with Va. county

Motorola Inc. won a $10.7 million contract from Chesterfield County, Va., to provide the county with an integrated public safety system.

Boeing wants you for FCS work

Boeing Co. has issued 24 requests for proposals to help the company develop the Army Future Combat Systems.

NSA, (ISC)2 creating new information security certification

The National Security Administration plans to require a new credential of its staff and contractors working in information security.

DOD prepares bandwidth RFP

The Defense Information Systems Agency will issue a request for proposals within two weeks on the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program.

DOD could set wireless policy next month

The Defense Department CIO is expected to sign a wireless policy next month that will set guidelines for using wireless devices across the department.

AT&T wins "do not call" registry contract

AT&T Corp.'s government solutions unit won a $3.5 million Federal Trade Commission contract to develop and implement a national registry containing phone numbers of consumers who do not want to be called by telemarketers.

EDS gets green light for more NMCI seats

EDS has the gotten the go ahead to roll out another 150,000 seats under the Navy Marine Corps Intranet contract.

Perot Systems completes Soza acquisition

Perot Systems Corp. has completed its acquisition of Soza & Company Ltd., increasing its government services unit to more than 1,500 employees and more than $200 million in annual revenue.

Rainbow wins $60 million encryption contract

Rainbow Technologies has won a contract from the National Security Agency to provide high security encryption modules to federal agencies.

AMS nabs three local government ERP contracts

American Management Systems Inc. has won three local government enterprise resource planning projects totaling $5.7 million.

INS devises second planning contract for entry-exit system

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has released a request for proposals for development efforts for its National Security Entry-Exit Registration System.

ManTech to acquire IDS

ManTech International Corp. will acquire Integrated Data Systems of for $62.7 million.

ACS wins $400 million Texas Medicaid, case management contract

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a $400 million contract from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to support the state's Medicaid program and other healthcare programs.