Viisage buys facial recognition firm

Viisage Technology Inc. has acquired LAU Security Systems for $27.5 million.

Verizon lands $350 million Norfolk MAA deal

Verizon Federal Inc. won a GSA contract to provide telecommunications services for federal agencies in the Norfolk Va. metropolitan area.

New BAE Systems unit will bring 1,000 jobs to Reston

BAE Systems North America will open a new systems integration unit in Reston, Va., next fall and add 1,000 new jobs at the facility over three years.

Agriculture picks vendors for IRM work

Eleven contractors will compete head-to-head for task orders on the Information Resource Management Software Support Services II contract.

DynCorp completes merger

TekInsight.com Inc. and DynCorp closed the merger of DynCorp's state and local unit with TekInsight. The new company is called DynTek.

Some Integrators End on High Note

As we close in on the end of the year, public federal integrators, such as CACI International Inc. and PEC Solutions Inc., are continuing to hit new stock price highs.

TekInsight, DynCorp Close Merger Deal

TekInsight.com Inc. and DynCorp have closed the merger of DynCorp Management Resources, the company's state and local unit, with TekInsight.

Court OKs Winstar Sale

A Delaware bankruptcy judge formally approved IDT Corp.'s roughly $40 million acquisition of Winstar Communications Inc.

CACI Wins $68M Software Support Subcontract

CACI International has been tapped by Affiliated Computer Services to help deliver payroll services to military retirees.

IDT to Buy Winstar for About $40 Million

IDT Corp. has offered to buy Winstar Communications in a deal that, if approved, would save Winstar from liquidation.

Winstar Liquidation Sale Stopped Again

A federal judge in Delaware ordered Winstar Communications Inc. to continue supplying services for one more day after the bankruptcy auction for the troubled company was delayed a second time. A teleconference hearing is set for 3 p.m. Dec. 18. At that time the company is expected to switch its filing to Chapter 7 liquidation.

Bulldog Will Become Workhorse for Documentum

Documentum Inc. has acquired privately held Bulldog Group, a move that will enable Documentum to offer its government customers an expanding array of products and services for managing digital assets.

SRA Buys Virginia Environmental Firm

Systems integrator SRA International Inc. has acquired Marasco Newton Group Ltd., a management consulting firm specializing in environmental projects.

Lockheed Martin Hangs Up on Global Telecom

The company will leave the global telecommunications business and focus on its four remaining core businesses.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

Affiliated Computer Services won a four-year, $16 million contract to provide image conversion services to convert the 2000 Census records into the appropriate format for the National Archives.

MARKET SHARE

As we close in on the end of the year, public federal integrators, such as CACI International Inc. and PEC Solutions Inc., are continuing to hit new stock price highs.

ITAA Nominates Austin to Host World IT Congress

The Texas capital was named the U.S. candidate to host the World Congress on Information Technology in 2006.

Govt. Market Fuels ManTech's IPO Plan

ManTech International Corp. is looking to raise up to $92 million through an initial public offering of stock, according to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CACI Discloses Terms of DSIC Acquisition

CACI International Inc. said it paid $47.4 million to buy Digital Systems International Corp.

PEC Buys Troy Systems, Bolsters Federal Business

PEC Solutions Inc.'s acquisition of Troy Systems Inc. will give the information technology company a foothold in the growing defense and health-care markets.