Science Applications International Corp. has won a $2 million contract from the Transportation Department to develop a wireless trailer tracking system.
Government agencies must pay up to $699 for each copy of the Linux operating system that they use, the SCO Group Inc., Lindon, Utah, announced Tuesday in a new licensing program.
A team led by Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md., has won a contract worth up to $50 million to help the Air Force develop a networked command and control system.
WorldCom Inc. remains optimistic about its future in the federal space, regardless of the General Services Administration's proposed debarment of the company from future government work, said an MCI spokeswoman.
The Homeland Security Department has issued a warning that a vulnerability within certain Windows operating systems may be used as a basis of widescale attacks. The department's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection National Cyber Security Division, which issued the July 30 advisory, said it has seen increased scanning across the Internet for computers vulnerable to attack. Microsoft Corp., whose operating systems are affected, also noted the increase.
IT services provider FCBS Inc., Springfield, Va., has acquired AmerInd Inc., Alexandria, Va., FCBS said this week. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
As the first phase of the Army's new logistics systems rolls out, both the service and prime contractor Computer Sciences Corp., El Segundo, Calif., are realizing the benefits of using commercial software to get the job done.
When your computer resides on another planet, service calls aren't an option. So when BAE Systems North America Inc. needed an extremely reliable operating system for the computational subsystem it was supplying for NASA's Mars rovers, it chose an industrial-strength, real-time operating system from Wind River Systems Inc., Alameda, Calif.
Military logistics integrators may not immediately have to worry about the Defense Department's new plan to tag all its equipment with unique identifiers, but the initiative may eventually lead to opportunities.
A joint venture of Computer Sciences Corp., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., and General Physics Corp. has won a contract worth up to $2.7 billion to support an Air Force flight testing center.
Diebold Inc. claims software was analyzed improperly by university researchers who last week reported security flaws in the company's electronic voting machines.
As the first phase of the Army's new logistics systems rolls out, the service and prime contractor Computer Sciences Corp. are realizing the benefits of using commercial software.
