Harris supplies software tech services to Air Force

Harris Corp. will provide software technical assistance to the Air Force under a one-year, $7 million information technology services task order.

Small defense project might change the world of networking

BBN Technologies will help the Air Force develop new approaches to better protect Defense Department service-oriented architectures against malicious attacks.

Raytheon joins fight to combat Air Force SOA attacks

Raytheon Co. will work to protect the Air Force against malicious software attacks under a $2.9 million contract. The Air Force Research Laboratory award calls for Raytheon BBN Technologies, a subsidiary of the company, to develop new approaches to protect the Air Force’s service-oriented architectures.

Booz Allen aids Air Force space launch efforts

Booz Allen Hamilton will provide engineering and integration services to the Air Force under a $38.4 million contract.

General Atomics wins Air Force UAS support deal

The Air Force has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. a $266 million contract to provide an array of program and technical support for the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial systems.

Joint Strike Fighter to get better targeting abilities

The stealth fighter plane will be fitted with new sensor technology.

Boeing to build software for Air Force targeting system

Boeing Co. has won a $23 million contract to upgrade software on Air Force bombers to improve targeting capabilities.

BAE to support Air Force treaty monitoring program

BAE Systems Inc. will support Air Force efforts to monitor nuclear treaty compliance around the globe under a contract potentially worth $20 million over five years.

Raytheon will devise prototype sensing architecture

Raytheon Co. has won a $3 million contract to create a prototype sensing architecture that could consolidate several missile defense systems.

DRC to support Air Force assets tracking program

Dynamics Research Corp. will support an Air Force system that helps track the location and condition of supplies, under a new contract.

Harris works on Air Force infrastructure support team

Harris Corp. will provide technical and support services to the Air Force under a three-year contract that has a potential ceiling value of $7.5 million.

Serco set to upgrade Air Force data into new integrated system

Serco Inc. will provide the Air Force with a range of data migration services under an 18-month task order valued at approximately $24.5 million.

Air Force activates new cyberspace defense unit

Combat communications wing supports new Space Command

Raytheon to supply combat ID technology to Air Force

Raytheon Co. will provide computers used for combat identification to the Air Force under a new contract worth up to $100 million.

Lockheed to help Iraqi Air Force manage air space

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $28.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide the Iraqi Air Force with communications infrastructure technology.

DOD move to develop software stirs up storm

Readers are divided on apparent shift at the Defense Department from the previous allegiance to the notion of using commercial, off-the-shelf software whenever possible to using in-house software.

NCI to install new video information system for Air Force

NCI Information Systems will design and build a state-of-the-art video information system for the Air Force under a task order valued at approximately $12.7 million.

NCI and SRA deploy Air Force resource planning system

NCI Information Systems Inc. and SRA International Inc. will assist the Air Force in deploying its new enterprise resource planning program under a task order worth an estimated $4 million.

General Dynamics to supply Air Force with battlefield ID devices

A unit of General Dynamics will furnish the Air Force with cryptographic technology for identification equipment that identifies friend from foe on the battlefield under a contract potentially worth $37 million over five years.

Cyber threat calls for flexibility in command model, general says

CIO William Lord discusses cyberwarfare, technological currency and blurring of boundaries.