NewVectors LLC won a contract that extends and expands the scope of the company's efforts in support of the Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency.
Harris Corp. won a one-year, $10 million contract to do the preliminary design for the secure wireless transmission system architecture of the Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program.
TechTeam Government Solutions Inc. won a contract from the Massachusetts Port Authority for network administration and engineering services to support several of its internal networks.
When long-distance runner Deena Kastor crossed the finish line under the blazing Greek sun at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, she became the first American to win a medal in the marathon in the last 20 years.
Much of downtown San Francisco is wired with fiber-optic cable to serve the broadband needs of city agencies and departments. But for the water-pump stations for the city and county of San Francisco, a broadband connection was out of reach. The San Francisco city and county Public Works Department hired Xtech LLC to connect the pump stations, said John Eaton, an Xtech partner.
When a government agency needs telephone service, it doesn't go out and buy dozens of components, build a switching system and run its own network. It simply buys a subscription for the service from a telecommunications company.
Tangent Inc. released a new version of Web Hawk, its content filtering solution that aims to save schools and libraries money on update fees while helping them comply with Children's Internet Protection Act requirements.
Emerging technologies such as modeling and simulation are important to the success and future of most Top 100 companies. Other interoperable, easy-to-use technologies also are getting attention, and technologies for the Defense and Homeland Security departments are stirring interest among many companies up and down the list.
As the Federal Aviation Administration continues working to replace and upgrade the nation's air traffic control system, working beside the agency, developing the technology powering the effort, is Raytheon Co.
Network-centric warfare and Global Information Grid are all about getting information to where warfighters need it, a top official at the Defense Information Systems Agency said at an industry meeting today.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font color> Silicon Graphics Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and penned an agreement with its lenders to reduce the company's debt by about $250 million, SGI officials said.
Lockheed Martin Corp. has acquired a radio-frequency identification company that sells its tracking technology to the Defense Department and other agencies.
Under a contract with Boeing Co., L-3 Communications will work on a program to modernize the B-52H, focusing on delivering a broadband connection to the aircraft.
Just eight days into his new role at Sun Microsystems Inc., former CEO Scott McNealy used a hockey stick to launch spongy balls into a Washington crowd that included many of the people he will be courting to buy products from the Santa Clara, Calif., company.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. signed a four-year, $100 million contract renewal with Mississippi's Division of Medicaid to continue supporting the state's Medicaid program.
