General Dynamics gets engineering support deal

General Dynamics Corp. won a contract potentially worth $4.7 billion over 15 years from the Defense Microelectronics Activity for engineering services.

Titan opens new offices

Titan Corp. will open a new office complex in the Reston, Va., technology and defense corridor tomorrow to accommodate its growing workforce in the Washington, D.C., area.

ManTech names Coleman its new president

ManTech International Corp. promoted Robert Coleman to president and chief operating officer.

Treasure in Registered Traveler

EDS Corp. and Unisys Corp. are looking to the skies to expand their biometric security business.

Security opens new doors

The security of the nation's ports is shifting from chain link fences and barbed wire to computers and other high-tech solutions as more ports modernize their facilities.

Unisys wins troop health care work

Unisys Corp. won a four-year contract potentially worth $132 million to provide worldwide implementation and training for the Defense Department's electronic medical records system.

CSSI wins airspace work

CSSI Inc. is set to help a group of Latin American and South American countries increase the capacity of their airspace.

NCI wins Army task order

NCI Information Systems Inc. won a five-year $61.1 million task order from the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation for a range of IT support services.

Accenture taps subcontractors on U.S. Visit

Raytheon, SRA International Inc. and Titan Corp. are the lead subcontractors for the Smart Border Alliance program, headed by Accenture LLP.

PEC picked to support Justice Department immigration review

PEC Solutions Inc. won a $14.1 million contract from the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review to provide management services and information technology support for the agency's eWorld project.

Raytheon, Northrop compete over weather system

Raytheon Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. each won contracts from the Air Force to provide a new system to streamline weather operations.

FBI picks Convera search platform

Software company Convera Corp. won a contract worth more than $2 million to provide an agency-wide search and discovery platform for the FBI.

GSA awards Intelligent Decisions equipment contract

Intelligent Decisions Inc. won a $2.9 million contract from the General Services Administration to provide network infrastructure equipment and services.

Integic to modernize FAA medical certification

Software applications firm Integic Corp. won a $12 million contract to modernize commercial and private pilot certification program.

Survival Guide: Bruce Schneier, cofounder of Counterpane Internet Security Inc

The Sept. 11 Commission's recommendation that Congress create a national intelligence director to oversee the country's 15 information-gathering agencies has been gaining support in recent weeks. But Bruce Schneier, an international security expert and author of numerous books on security technology, said the government should focus more on changing the culture of U.S. intelligence agencies.

Women in IT integration engendering change

When Anne Altman started looking for a full-time position at IBM Corp. some 20 years ago, she was turned down for a sales representative job because a male executive who interviewed her said she was not tenacious enough and would make a better systems engineer.

Networx draws praise, questions

The General Services Administration's revised strategy for the $10 billion Federal Technology Services Networx telecommunications contract has been widely hailed by industry, but some companies have lingering concerns about the changes.

CACI disputes some findings of prisoner abuse investigation

CACI International Inc. acknowledged but partially disagreed with the findings of the Army's latest report that three of its contractors took part in or did not report the abuse of Iraq prisoners at the Abu Ghraib detention center.

Registered traveler program taking flight

TSA designed the registered traveler program to speed the security screening process at airports.

Army taps five for aircraft support

The Army has selected five companies to compete for task orders for aviation maintenance and training services for the U.S. Army Forces Command.