Aether Systems Inc., the once high-flying provider of wireless technologies to government and industry, has nearly completed a bold transformation that will see the company leave the wireless market and become a securities firm.
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color> Access to all of the raw contract data through the Federal Procurement Data System?Next Generation will be provided for a one-time $2,500 fee.
A Senate committee's proposal for the Homeland Security Department's budget would increase spending in fiscal 2005 by 9.4 percent, a market researcher says.
ITT Industries Inc. won a five-year, $24.9 million contract from the Naval Air Systems Command Weapons Division to provide engineering software support services, officials of the White Plains, N.Y., company announced Aug. 19.
The Security and Transportation Technology division of Science Applications International Corp. will upgrade the Port of Miami's security gate facilities, officials of the San Diego company said today.
BIO-key International Inc. will buy Aether Systems Inc.'s Mobile Government Division for $10 million in cash, creating the largest U.S. provider of wireless information technologies for law enforcement and public safety organizations, according to BIO-key officials.
The Air Force Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Lockheed Martin Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve their outreach to small businesses.
Federal agencies are making little progress on mandates to certify and accredit their information systems, and the poor showing is causing some lawmakers and IT security experts to be leery of agencies' efforts to secure federal IT systems.
Since July 15, Congress has introduced at least eight bills seeking to improve the nation's homeland security operations. This level of activity -- much of it occurring during a congressional recess that began July 26 and will go until Sept. 6 -- is unprecedented, said congressional scholar Norman Ornstein. Washington Technology takes a close look at the proposed legislation and its impact on integrators.
Contractor to develop a database that will be used to centralize and integrate data for six pathogens that pose significant health threats and could be used as bioterrorism agents.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a contract from the public safety agencies of Santa Clara County, Calif., to provide an integrated voice-data wireless system.
