Boeing to assist Air Force with airborne control of drones

Boeing Co. will assist the Air Force Research Laboratory to further develop and demonstrate technologies for the airborne launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicles under a new contract.

Army gives battlefield networks high priority

The leader of the Army's tactical command and control efforts discusses initiatives involving network architecture, technology transmission and the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program.

Alion to support Air Force information analysis center

Alion Science and Technology Corp. will provide research and testing services to the Air Force Weapon Systems Technology Information Analysis Center under a new contract.

Orbital Sciences wins $95M Navy research deal

Orbital Sciences Corp. will provide a wide range of services to support the development of spacecraft and airborne system prototypes under a new Navy contract.

University of Maryland honors faculty members elected to National Academies

The University of Maryland held a reception for faculty members who recently were elected to the National Academies of Science and Engineering.

ManTech dispatches analysts to NATO facility abroad

ManTech International Corp. will take its analysis expertise abroad to assist NATO’s learning center in Portugal as a result of a five-year, $8.8 million contract.

InfoZen to support product testing at Patent Office

InfoZen Inc. will provide verification testing services for new products deployed within the Patent and Trademark Office under a new 10-year, $22 million contract.

Lockheed Martin to install new testing system for Navy

Lockheed Martin Corp. will design and install a new testing support system for the Navy under an $83 million contract.

White House wants students' brainy broadband ideas

It's fine to solicit ideas from the crowd, but when you want something that’s really focused on solutions, you need to go directly to the brainy bunch.

Agencies walk a tightrope between cost savings and innovation

Civilian agencies and military services take different paths to making technology investment decisions.

DOD space program dogged by delays, cost overruns

Poised at the beginning of a new era in satellite acquisition, the Defense Department continues to see its space programs dogged by significant and persistent cost overruns and sometimes declining capabilities, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

DOE assembles team to tackle cybersecurity threats to power grid

The Energy Department assembles the National Energy Sector Cyber Organizationam to work on reducing cybersecurity risks faced by the U.S. power grid.

Lockheed enters next phase of National Cyber Range project

Lockheed Martin Corp. will begin to implement Phase II of an Army program to develop the National Cyber Range under an $8,121,044 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The National Cyber Range program is a research and development testbed aimed at accelerating the deployment of new cybersecurity systems.

ManTech buys Army contractor STI

ManTech International Corp. will pay $242 million in cash to acquire Sensor Technologies Inc., a provider of systems engineering and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for the Defense Department.

Northrop Grumman to fund university research on cybersecurity tech

Northrop Grumman plans to fund researchers at Carnegie Mellon, Purdue University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with millions of dollars to focus on leap-ahead cybersecurity technologies.

NASA turns to small businesses for tech innovation

Two small business programs at NASA award $36.8 million for 368 technology projects.

In-Q-Tel backs cyberthreat protection for intell community

In-Q-Tel broadens its reach with new investment.

Cubic assists Naval War College with wargames

Cubic Corp. will provide wargaming and analytical support to the Naval War College under a contract worth $6.5 million over five years.

AMD in the chips after Intel antitrust settlement

Intel has agreed to pay Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion is a settlement of three antitrust and patent disputes, although other cases continue.

Army continues march toward better tech

New contract for CACI furthers Army's R&D push.