Gray Hawk to acquire Symmetron

Gray Hawk Systems Inc. has acquired Symmetron Inc., a provider of modeling and simulation, visualization and sensor technologies.

Va. county taps Northrop Grumman for public safety center

Northrop Grumman Corp. will enhance the public safety capabilities of Roanoke County, Va., under a $26 million contract.

Mass. re-ups ACS for pharmacy benefit work

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a $23 million contract renewal from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to continue providing pharmacy benefits management services.

Army taps Cubic for battle command system

Cubic Corp. has won a $6.2 million contract to design, develop and implement a system that collects knowledge and information from across the Army.

Harris wins Defense crisis management system deal

Harris Corp. has won a $175 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide maintenance and engineering services, the company announced today.

Pakistan authority taps Viisage for passport work

Viisage Technology Inc. has won a contract from the National Database and Registration Authority in Pakistan to provide facial recognition technology to the nation's smart passport and national ID program.

SAIC's purchase of ProcureNet a done deal

Science Applications International Corp. has completed the acquisition of ProcureNet Holdings Inc., the company announced this morning. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Army re-ups Raytheon for live training program

Raytheon Co. has won a one-year, $86 million contract renewal from the Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation for the Live Training Program.

Three companies are finalists in Va. outsourcing deal

Virginia has selected three systems integrators to advance to the next stage of review for its statewide information technology outsourcing initiative.

EDS will aid in Homeland Security tech support

Electronic Data Systems Corp. has won a one-year, $6.5 million subcontract from Sytel Corp. to provide IT infrastructure support services to the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

New governors, new IT policies

At least one of the seven new governors taking office in 2005 has first-hand experience using information technology to improve government performance.

Early returns

The machines aren't effective if you don't know how to use them -- that's the one big lesson officials learned about e-voting systems in the Nov. 2 election.

Report: State and local health care market booming

Spending on information technology for state and local government health care will increase by 50 percent over the next five years, growing from roughly $6 billion in fiscal 2005 to more than $9 billion in fiscal 2009, according to Input Inc.

Intergraph wins Fort Bragg E911 deal

Intergraph Corp. won a $2 million contract to provide a 911 emergency dispatch system for the Integrated Management Center at Fort Bragg, N.C.

BB&T to acquire Windsor Group

BB&T Capital Markets of Richmond, Va., will acquire middle-market investment bank Windsor Group LLC and affiliate Windsor Advisory Services LLC, the company announced today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Newstrom to head WiSPER Technologies

Former Virginia secretary of technology and EDS Corp. exec George Newstrom has become the president and CEO of a wireless document company.

BAE wins two Navy tech support deals

BAE Systems Technology Solutions Inc. won two new Navy contracts totaling $26.4 million to provide engineering support services, foreign military sales technical support and procurement support.

Tennessee Highway Patrol taps Intergraph for computer dispatch

Intergraph Public Safety Inc. won a $1.2 million contract from the Tennessee Highway Patrol to build a statewide, computer-aided dispatch system.

Northrop Grumman nabs Indianapolis outsourcing deal

Northrop Grumman Information Technology Inc. has won a $46 million contract from Indianapolis/Marion County, Ind., for outsourced IT services, the company announced this week.

Ciber wins Agriculture loan re-engineering deal

Ciber Inc. won a $3.9 million contract from the Agriculture Department to provide application development and business process re-engineering for the system that distributes loans to farmers and ranchers.