Research and Development

DHS looks for tech to counter unwanted drones

DHS' Science and Technology directorate invites counter-drone technology companies to show off their capabilities, while military commanders warn about unauthorized drones near military bases.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Raytheon probes foreign metaphors for Army lab

Technology aims to find, identify and categorize foreign language metaphors for cultural insight.

  • By David Hubler

SAIC helps Army engineers find, eliminate atomic waste

Work protects public health, environment from low-level radioactive contamination from atomic weapons development in the 1940s and 1950s.

  • By David Hubler

ManTech hires retired CIA vet to lead intell solutions group

Dean May will lead advanced-technology plans for company’s Mission, Cyber and Intelligence Solutions group.

  • By David Hubler

L-3 unit snares $39.5M submarine systems win

L-3 Services Inc. division secures a naval contract to work on submarine combat systems.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Jacobs lands $50M IT contract from Air Force Academy

Assistance will aid in research of better IT applications for the military.

  • By David Hubler

STRATIS selects UMD, MIT labs as IT research partners

They will jointly pursue technology research and development projects to enhance complex computing capabilities.

  • By David Hubler

Lockheed Martin, Zygem debut slicing edge 'lab on a chip'

The companies will release their rapid DNA analysis platform this summer.

  • By Alysha Sideman

ICF analytics supports EPA emissions, pollutants testing

ICF will assist agency’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality with analytical and modeling for greenhouse gases, other toxic substances.

  • By David Hubler

Raytheon to design comm-jamming technology for DARPA

The system would allow soldiers and others to conduct battlefield-jamming operations with minimal frequency interference with friendly forces.

  • By David Hubler

CACI helps Army fine-tune communications efforts

The contract calls for helping the Army more effectively engage with its geographically, culturally and linguistically diverse audience.

  • By David Hubler

Lockheed outfits Army medical research lab in Maryland

The contract calls for transitioning essential personnel and equipment into nearly one million-square-feet of labs, administration facilities and headquarters offices.

  • By David Hubler

26 primes named to $1.9B Air Force support contract

The battle for task orders is about to begin under the latest generation of the Air Force's DESP contract. Who made the final cut?

  • By David Hubler

R&D company hires VP of business development

Gary Sauer will direct all development efforts, including product and customer accounts and market research.

  • By David Hubler
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ICF wins contract to improve student dropout rates

The Education Department awards a $32.8 million contract to ICF to use technology to improve at-risk student graduation rates.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Alion tests commercial tech for Army combat ops

Company will perform engineering, reliability and risk assessments on commercial and government technologies.

  • By David Hubler

IBM starts 2012 with software testing firm acquisition

The purchase will improve software application quality by using cloud computing technologies to test it prior to delivery.

  • By David Hubler

9 firms vie for $50M in Navy research tasks

They will be bidding on a variety of research and IT services to support the Naval Health Research Center and other DOD treatment facilities.

  • By David Hubler

Northrop researches more efficient radio frequency technology for DARPA

Under a DARPA program, Northrop Grumman will conduct research to develop innovative RF power amplifier designs.

  • By David Hubler

Unisys transfers DOE Idaho lab employees to the cloud

Unisys Corp. will install cloud-based Google Apps for Government for some 5,000 Energy Department lab employees in Idaho under a 10-year contract with a potential value of more than $10 million.

  • By David Hubler

DOD wants industry to invest $7B in alternative energy

Army creates energy task force to solicit funds from industry for renewable-energy projects.

  • By Washington Technology staff