China defense initiatives put IT on front line
The Chinese military is developing tools and programs to disrupt electronic systems and deface Web pages during times of attack, according to a Defense Department report.
China defense initiatives put IT on front line
A Defense Department report said the Chinese military is developing tools and programs to disrupt electronic systems and deface Web pages during times of attack.
Northrop, Lockheed win work for laser-based defense system
Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, and Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md., have both been awarded contracts worth up to $35 million each to develop electro-optical equipment for the Defense of U.S. Aircraft System.
DRC wins prime spot for $34 Million worth of defense work
Dynamics Research Corp., Andover, Mass., has been selected to provide advisory support and assistance services to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System program office, the company announced July 11. The five-year contract is worth $34 million.
Survival Guide: Perspectives from the field
When PwC Consulting announced it would change its name to "Monday" following its spinoff from PricewaterhouseCoopers, reaction was, to say the least, pronounced. Even in an industry rife with unconventional company names ? think Accenture, Verizon and even Unisys ? PwC's decision raised eyebrows.
Breakthrough technologies
Technology, like pop music, changes rapidly. Both thrive from constant innovation and fickle audiences. In the government marketplace, it is often up to the systems integrator to divine the Next Big Thing, to look beyond staid thinking to new innovation.
PSI team wins $56 million Navy work
Planning Systems Inc. will lead a contract to support Navy sonar and acoustic measurement technology systems.
SAIC-Northrop team wins $93 million Navy work
Amsec LLC will introduce enabling technologies into Navy ships.
Boeing subsidiary scores navy aircraft computer job
The Navy and the governments of Italy and Spain will use McDonnell Douglas Corp. warfare management computers in their aircraft under a $21 deal.
EDS taps newcomer ATG to deliver PB&Js
When Electronic Data Systems Corp. needed customer relationship management software for a new Department of Agriculture system, the company bypassed established industry names to partner with a relative newcomer to the government CRM space, Art Technology Group Inc.
Sound bytes
New techniques for indexing audio files that use the sound of words, or phonemes, rather than entire words, could provide a major breakthrough that will make the information in audio files easier to manipulate and exploit.
On the Edge
The federal government should develop more complex weather radar technologies, according to a report from the National Academy of Sciences. The primary weather radar system used by the government today is the WSR-88D, or Nexrad, comprised of about 150 radars worldwide. It supports the National Weather Service, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Defense Department. "Since the design of the Nexrad system, there have been important developments of new radar technologies and methods of designing and operating radar systems," the report said. It is available at <a href="http://www.nationalacademies.org/topnews/#0606">www.nationalacademies.org/topnews/#0606</a>.
Digital dark age: Many fed e-records lost
Most federal electronic records of historical interest are not being adequately preserved and may be permanently lost, according to the GAO.
CACI scores $163 million Spawar job
CACI International Inc. won a contract to provide information technology support to the systems center of the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in Norfolk, Va.
Supercomputer deals go to Cray, SGI
Cray Inc. has been selected to develop and build a supercomputer system for Sandia National Laboratories, while Silicon Graphics Inc. is upgrading a supercomputer it supplied to the NASA Ames Research Center.
New security software gets jump on cyberattacks
In 2001, the Federal Computer Incident Response Center was notified of 6,683 attacks, ranging from defacing Web sites to break-ins of an agency's central "root" servers. In 2000, the agency was notified of only 586; in 1999, that number was 580. Industry and government officials are worried whether agencies have enough manpower to keep up with the increasing attacks on their computer systems. "Security must be considered a process rather than a single technology," said Jack Reis of NFR Security.
CSC nets $75 million DFAS task order
Computer Sciences Corp. will support the Kansas City, Mo., office of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
McDonald Bradley acquires Domain Technologies
McDonald Bradley Inc., McLean, Va., has acquired Domain Technologies Inc. The terms of the deal between the two privately-held companies were not disclosed.
DARPA picks four for next-generation computer research
Cray, IBM, Silicon Graphic and Sun Microsystems were each awarded about $3 million for initial 12-month technical assessment phase.
General Dynamics wins Canadian contract
The Canadian subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp., Falls Church, Va. has won a $128 million contract the to supply and integrate a new data management system for the Canadian Department of National Defence.
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