Hewlett-Packard Co. acted quickly when they replaced CEO Leo Apotheker because they were concerned that plummeting shares would make the company vulnerable to a bid from Oracle Corp.
The CIA's investment arm, In-Q-Tel, is supporting two companies with semantic search and wireless technologies that can help the intelligence community.
Lockheed Martin Corp. topped all Defense Department contractors with about $12.5 billion in 6,334 contracts and contract modifications in 2010, according to an exclusive Aviation Week Intelligence Network analysis.
The Defense Contract Auditing Agency wants to look at business development and marketing, expense reports and other procedures as it hunts for unallowable expenses.