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.

Raytheon probes foreign metaphors for Army lab

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

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.

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.

L-3 unit snares $39.5M submarine systems win

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

Jacobs lands $50M IT contract from Air Force Academy

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

STRATIS selects UMD, MIT labs as IT research partners

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

R&D company hires VP of business development

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

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.

Alion tests commercial tech for Army combat ops

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

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.

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.

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.

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.