Fuel-cell work goes to IdaTech

IdaTech LLC has won a $1.4 million contract from the Energy Department to develop a fuel-cell system for off-road vehicles, company officials said. The contract is for a three-year research and development program

Study: Patch management is top concern of CISOs

Patch management is the No. 1 security concern of federal chief information security officers, according to study commissioned systems integrator Intelligent Decisions Inc.

Microsoft, Dell big winners of Air Force deal

The Air Force has signed a deal with Microsoft Corp. and Dell Inc. for software services that could be worth $500 million over six years, Microsoft officials said today.

SI International gets support deal from Wright-Patterson

SI International Inc. has won a $11.4 million contract for logistics support at the Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Convera wins In-Q-Tel funding

Search and categorization software provider Convera Corp. was awarded about $800,000 by the CIA's venture capital fund to expedite the development of distributed indexing capability.

Motorola deals for MeshNetworks

Motorola Inc. agreed to acquire MeshNetworks, Inc., a developer of mobile mesh networking technologies, in an effort to offer more broadband wireless solutions.

Defense companies happy with IT in their business, survey finds

More than three quarters of aerospace and defense industry company officials say their IT and business strategies are either well or very well aligned, according to a survey by Computer Sciences Corp.

SiteScape makes a deal for collaboration developer

Web-based collaboration products and services provider SiteScape Inc. agreed to purchase Imidio Inc., an audio and Web-collaboration company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Northrop, Boeing consider teaming on manned space vehicle

Northrop Grumman Corp. and the Boeing Co. may work as a team in a competition to develop NASA's project to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond.