Tech Success: Electronic weather manual helps Navy plan missions

When planning a mission, Navy warfighters must factor in how weather and ocean conditions might affect their weapons, sensors and platforms.

Mesh networking turns on the Energy Dept.

The Energy Department has chosen Dust Networks to participate in an initiative to make commercial and residential buildings more energy efficient.

Red Hat looks for Linux popularity to grow

With Linux enjoying great use and acceptance with overseas governments, the open-source software's popularity is expected to increase in the United States, said experts that gathered at a forum today sponsored by Red Hat Inc.

Keane adds more pension work

Keane Inc. won a new services contract from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., extending the company's 10-year partnership with PBGC.

Lockheed wins Aegis contract

Lockheed Martin Corp. will produce three Aegis Weapon Systems for the Navy under a $208.7 million contract.

Edmonds Enterprises makes a deal

A company founded by Albert Edmonds, retired Air Force general and former president of EDS Corp.'s government business, makes its first acquisition since being founded in September.

CSC executive named president of IT information sharing center

Guy Copeland has been named president of the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

GSA gives nod to Computer Associates tool

A Web security tool from Computer Associates International Inc. has been approved for the E-Authentication Interoperability Lab.

InfoReliance streamlines Marines personnel system

Stacks of paper, hand-written notes and days of computer down time were all a part of the Marine Corps' old system of assigning and moving personnel from duty to duty.

Order from Chaos

Designed to have thousands of systems run on it, the Defense Department's new enterprise architecture will usher in what some people are calling the biggest IT transition ever done.

DOD support office awards IT security and services work

Telos Corp. won a three-year contract for IT security compliance and risk management services to Washington Headquarters Services, company officials said.

Three companies join tech alliance

Oracle Corp., SAP AG and Siebel Systems Inc. have joined a federation of technology companies that are designing and developing the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform.

Army awards contract for digital signatures

Silanis Technology Inc. will provide the Army with an enterprise license for its digital signature and approval management solution.

UPDATED: CSC, Raytheon share Patent Office contract

UPDATED: Computer Sciences Corp. and Raytheon Technical Services Co. win systems development and integration contracts with the Patent and Trademark Office, allowing the two companies to compete for work at the agency, officials at the Patent Office said.

DRS outfits armored vehicles

DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has received about $36 million worth of orders to provide its Applique Computer Systems for the Army's Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below program.

DOD picks WebEx for Web-conferencing services

The Defense Information Systems Agency has chosen WebEx Communications Inc. to provide Web-conferencing services for the Department of Defense.

Marine Corps awards contract to provide underwater evacuation training

The U.S. Marine Corps recently awarded a $35.8 million contract to a Chantilly, Va., firm to train pilots to escape from aircraft and amphibious vehicles that crash into the ocean.

Ready for take off

RFID and wireless security technologies will get a big push in 2005, thanks to developments that likely will spur new investment and growth in both areas.

SAIC to support AF microwave research

Science Applications International Corp. won a five-year, $49.9 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico to develop techniques and approaches for high-power microwave components and systems.

Management changes made at RS Information Systems

RS Information Systems Inc. in McLean, Va., has realigned its senior management with majority owner and co-founder Rodney Hunt adding the role of chief operating officer to his chairman and CEO duties.