EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from February 2002

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from February 2002

AMD INTROS HIGHEST PERFORMING PROCESSOR FOR NOTEBOOK PCS.(AMD Athlon 4 processor 1500+)(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... AMD (NYSE:AMD) recently released the mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor 1500+, the highest overall performing processor for notebook PCs. The new mobile processor, featuring QuantiSpeed architecture and AMD PowerNow! technology, delivers the highest...

WOZNIAK LAUNCHES NEW TECHNOLOGY VENTURE.(Steve Wozniak, Wheels of Zeus)
February 4, 2002... Steve Wozniak, the technical visionary and co-founder of Apple Computer, announced recently the launch of Wheels of Zeus (wOz), a new company focused on designing new consumer electronics wireless products to help everyday people track everyday...

IBM AND MATRIXONE SIGN GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO PROVIDE COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT COMMERCE SOLUTIONS.
February 4, 2002... IBM and MatrixOne, Inc. have entered into a global strategic alliance to deliver and market advanced Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC) solutions. The companies will initially target the consumer packaged goods and life sciences industries...

MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES DELIVERS INFINIBAND SERVER BLADE REFERENCE DESIGN.
February 4, 2002... Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. has launched its Nitro InfiniBand(SM) technology based blade server and I/O chassis reference platform. The Nitro platform marks the first ever InfiniBand Architecture based server blade design and provides a...

FORCE ADDS SYSTEM 4 TO FLEXOR LINE.(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... Force Computers, a Solectron company (NYSE:SLR) and a leader in embedded computing, has introduced the System 4 embedded server, the latest addition to the Flexor family of modular system solutions. Preconfigured standard with either a 566MHz...

VPN DYNAMICS: V6 APP INTEGRATING CHECK POINT VPN-1/FIREWALL-1 SMALLOFFICE NEXT GEN.(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... VPN Dynamics, Inc., recently announced the V6 "Secured by Check Point" appliance, integrating Check Point (Nasdaq: CHKP) VPN-1/FireWall-1 SmallOffice Next Generation (NG). V6 delivers cost-effective enterprise class Internet security to SMB and...

FUJITSU SOFTWARE STRENGTHENS B.P.M. OFFERING WITH INTERSTAGE I-FLOW 5.0.(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... Fujitsu Software Corporation has announced the availability of two new editions of its INTERSTAGE i-Flow business process management engine. i-Flow 5.0 Enterprise Edition and i-Flow 5.0 Advanced Edition meet industry demand for Java 2,...

LINUX MADE ENTERPRISE READY: SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 7 FOR IBM ESERVER ISERIES AND PSERIES.(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... SuSE Linux, the international Open Source technology leader and solutions provider, has announced the availability of "SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for iSeries and pSeries". The new release of SuSE's proven enterprise server operating system...

IBM-LED, OPEN SOURCE UNICODE LIBRARY NOW SUPPORTED BY BASIS TECHNOLOGY.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Basis Technology, will offer support services to developers using International Components for Unicode (ICU), an open source project introduced by IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM). ICU is a C, C++ and Java library that provides Unicode support for a...

ADOBE EMERGES AS WHITE KNIGHT FOR ACCELIO.
February 4, 2002... (Reuters) - Adobe Systems (ADBE.O) Inc. emerged on Friday as Accelio Corp.'s white knight (LIO.TO), riding to the rescue of the Canadian business forms maker with a $72-million all-stock offer that trumps a hostile bid from Open Text Corp....

E.INTELLIGENCE ANNOUNCES SUITE 3.5 FOR PREDICTIVE INTELLIGENCE.(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... e.Intelligence, Inc., a provider of Predictive Intelligence software, has launched e.Intelligence Suite 3.5 with three new enterprise-wide demand planning solutions -- Pricing and Promotion, New Item Introduction and Distribution and...

HDL ENHANCES FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE SOC DESIGN PRODUCTIVITY.(@Verifier 2.5)(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... @HDL, Inc. has introduced @Verifier version 2.5, an enhanced version of the company's functional verification software. @Verifier finds the toughest design problems by an innovative application of automatic formal model checking and automatic...

SHELRON TECHNOLOGIES 2001 LAUNCHES SHELBASE FOR FAST AND SMOOTH ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS INTEGRATION.(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... Shelron Technologies 2001 Ltd., has released ShelBase -- a complete solution for knowledge and services integration targeted to medium and large enterprises. Enterprise information systems have been developed over the last decades and are...

FORCE INTRODUCES PENTIUM 4 PROCESSOR-BASED ATX FORM FACTOR PLATFORMS FOR LOW-PROFILE SYSTEMS.(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... Force Computers, a Solectron company (NYSE:SLR) has introduced its new line of dual Pentium 4 processor-based ATX form-factor platforms, the Force Embedded Servers, which includes the FES-4201 board. Powered by the latest Pentium 4 Xeon...

TOSHIBA INTROS THE FIRST 5400 RPM 2.5-INCH HDD FAMILY WITH INDUSTRY LEADING AREAL DENSITY IN 9.5MM.(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... Toshiba's Storage Device Division (SDD) has developed the industry's first 9.5mm 5400 RPM drive family. This new family offers high-speed 2.5-inch HDDs in 20GB, 30GB and 40GB capacities. Featuring the industry's highest real density at...

SAMSUNG NEC MOBILE DISPLAY LICENSES KODAK OLED TECHNOLOGY.
February 11, 2002... Eastman Kodak Company granted a limited, royalty-bearing license of its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology to Samsung NEC Mobile Display Co., Ltd. (SNMD), for the manufacture and sale of full-color passive-matrix OLED...

STORAGENETWORKS, INC. QUALIFIES THE CISCO SN 5420 STORAGE ROUTER FOR ITS SOFTWARE AND SERVICES.
February 11, 2002... Cisco Systems, Inc., has announced that StorageNetworks, Inc. has qualified the Cisco SN 5420 Storage Router for its offerings. This qualification is significant because it will allow StorageNetworks and its customers to manage storage...

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES NEXT STEP TOWARD SEAMLESS STORAGE MANAGEMENT.(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... Hitachi Data Systems, has taken the next step toward seamless enterprise-wide storage management with the launch of HiCommand 2.0. This new revision of Hitachi Data Systems' storage management framework features "link and launch" integration of...

NEC COMPLETES CERTIFICATION OF VIXEL 9200 2GB/S SWITCH FOR ITS ISTORAGE SERIES.
February 11, 2002... Vixel Corporation (Nasdaq:VIXL), a provider of storage networking products and technologies, announced recently that NEC Corporation's File Division has completed its certification of Vixel's 9200 16-port 2G/s switch for its full line of...

AMD'S MULTIPROCESSOR PLATFORM CERTIFIED FOR THE COVALENT ENTERPRISE READY SERVER AND THE ZEUS WEB SERVER.
February 11, 2002... Linux Industry's Two Largest Vendors of Enterprise-Class Web Server Products Have Certified and Now Support Platforms Based on AMD Athlon MP Processors AMD's multiprocessing architecture, featuring the AMD Athlon MP processor, is now...

ECI TELECOM'S LIGHTSCAPE NETWORKS CONTINUES MOMENTUM WITH ITS XDM OPTICAL NETWORKING PLATFORM.
February 11, 2002... Lightscape Networks, an ECI Telecom company (NASDAQ:ECIL) and international provider of optical networking, recently announced that it has shipped close to 1,000 elements of the XDM hybrid optical networking platform to customers worldwide....

AMD AND ASUS DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO COMMERCIAL MARKET THROUGH AMD ASSURED PROGRAM.
February 11, 2002... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced that AMD and ASUS Computer International have teamed up to promote the AMD Assured Program for the North American commercial market. ASUS, one of the world's leading motherboard manufacturers, offers AMD Assured...

IBM AND DWL FORM GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO DELIVER UNIFIED BUSINESS SERVICES SOFTWARE FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES.
February 11, 2002... IBM Middleware Provides Critical Platform for DWL Customer and DWL Industry Applications to Enable Customer-Centric Business Processing IBM (NYSE: IBM) and DWL, a provider of unified business services software, have announced a worldwide...

CASPIAN NETWORKS EMBEDS TIMESTEN IN ITS FORTHCOMING APEIRO IP SUPERSWITCH.
February 11, 2002... TimesTen Performance Software has announced that Caspian Networks, Inc., an Internet infrastructure company soon to deliver a breakthrough new core switch for the heart of service provider networks, will be relying on TimesTen's real-time data...

CACI: $48.3 MILLION CONTRACT WITH DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY.
February 11, 2002... CACI International Inc (NASDAQ:CACI) announced recently that Digital Systems International Corporation, acquired by CACI in November 2001, was awarded a five-year, $48.3 million contract to provide program management support and technical...

UNISYS TO USE ACSYS FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM IN HOMELAND SECURITY SOLUTIONS.
February 11, 2002... Nexus Group International Inc.'s (TSE:NXS) AcSys Biometrics Corp., the provider of the only face recognition system powered by biomimetic technology, and Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS), a worldwide information services and technology company,...

ANTEON AWARDED U.S. ARMY SECURITY ASSISTANCE TRAINING SUPPORT CONTRACT.
February 11, 2002... Anteon Corporation, a leading information technology and engineering solutions company has been awarded a five-year (one year base plus four one-year options) contract by the U.S. Army TRADOC Acquisition Center to support the Army's Security...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S UNISYS ES7000 TO PROVIDE 60,000 EMPLOYEES WITH 24X7 WEB ACCESS TO HUMAN RESOURCES AND BENEFIT PROGRAMS.
February 11, 2002... Extending its commitment to ensuring a healthy work/life balance for its employees, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) selected the Unisys e-@ction Enterprise Server ES7000 to provide round-the-clock Web access to its human...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.
February 11, 2002... **ADVANCED PAYMENTS** In the commercial market place it is not at all unusual for a company to require prepayment for goods and services. This is particularly true when dealing with software/hardware maintenance where there is an annual...

SIGNAL CORPORATION AWARDED $25 MILLION U.S. ARMY ODISC4 CONTRACT.
February 11, 2002... Task Order to Enable Greater Automation and Knowledge Management Across U.S. Army Information Systems SIGNAL Corporation, an information technology and engineering & management services company, has announced it has been awarded a task...

INFORMATICA DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM IMPROVES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY FOR DEPT. OF ED.
February 11, 2002... Administering 70 percent of all student aid, office of student financial assistance leverages Informatica Power Center to improve access to information Enterprise analytics leader Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) has announced that...

VISUALIZATION SYSTEM POWERED BY SGI ONYX 3400 PROVIDES U.S. ARMY WITH REALISTIC, IMMERSIVE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT.
February 11, 2002... System Helps Troops Prepare for Combat in Hostile Foreign Territory The U.S. Army is using a visualization system powered by an SGI[R] Onyx[R] 3400 high-performance graphics system to create highly realistic training simulations that will...

SIGNAL CORPORATION AWARDED $14 MILLION CONTRACT FROM DOT.
February 11, 2002... Work to Focus on Upgrading Legacy Mainframe Systems to Web-Enabled IT Environment FAIRFAX, Va., February 5, 2002 - SIGNAL Corporation has been awarded a 5-year contract, valued at $14 million, to provide software lifecycle support for the...

BAE Systems, Information and Electronic Warfare Integration, Inc.
February 11, 2002... BAE Systems, Information and Electronic Warfare Integration, Inc. of Nashua, N.H., is being awarded a time and material contract, with a cumulative total of $125,000,000, for technical support services in support of the Advanced Threat Infrared...

McDonnell Douglas Corp.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a$24,051,953 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for support of the APG-63(V)1 radar system applicable to theF-15 aircraft. This support includes items for installation and...

IBM ESERVER EXTENDS U.S. MARKET LEAD IN 2001.
February 18, 2002... IBM's revenue share of the United States server market segment in 2001 skyrocketed nearly eight points year over year to 29.3 percent, extending the company's position as the country's leading server vendor by revenue, according to the...

NETLIANT UNVEILS GROUND-BREAKING STORAGE NETWORK PRODUCT.(Product Announcement)
February 18, 2002... Netliant, the leading provider of web-based products that drastically accelerate the marketing and sales of enterprise network solutions, has launched Netliant for Storage Networks, the next generation of automated planning and design solutions...

COMPAQ SELECTS TALARIAN TO PROVIDE HIGH-SPEED, MULTI-PLATFORM MESSAGING FOR ZERO LATENCY ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE.
February 18, 2002... Talarian Corporation (Nasdaq:TALR), a provider of infrastructure software solutions that deliver data and content in real time, has announced that Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) has selected Talarian's high performance messaging...

BELL MICRO AND LUCENT ENTER DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR STORAGE NETWORKING PRODUCTS.
February 18, 2002... Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) announced recently that Bell Microproducts (NSDQ: BELM) has signed a wide-ranging agreement to distribute and support Lucent products and services, including the OptiStar EdgeSwitch, a high performance router that...

SHARP SYSTEMS OF AMERICA CAPTURES B2B MARKET WITH AQUEDUCT'S B2B PLATFORM.
February 18, 2002... Aqueduct, Inc., a provider of outsourced e-commerce services to brand-name product manufacturers, has announced the release of the B2B platform for Sharp Systems of America, a premier provider of LCD technology. Aqueduct's B2B platform...

ALCATEL AND STMICRO SIGN AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPLY OF FUTURE GSM/GPRS CHIPSETS.
February 18, 2002... STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE:ALA) have entered into a new cooperation agreement for the development of future GSM/GPRS chipsets for mobile phones and other wireless connectivity applications. Under the...

DATARAM ANNOUNCES 512MB AND 1GB DDR MEMORY FOR HP WORKSTATION X1100.
February 18, 2002... Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAM), has launched two new memory upgrades for Hewlett-Packard's HP workstation x1100, aimed at engineers, artists and producers of digital content creations. Dataram is offering high-performance ECC Double...

NETWORK INSTRUMENTS AND SYMBOL TECH TO PARTNER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIRELESS NETWORK ANALYSIS TOOLS.
February 18, 2002... Network Instruments, LLC, a provider of high-performance protocol analyzers and device mapping software, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Symbol Technologies, Inc. to co-develop wireless network analysis tools. These tools...

NEOMAR ANNOUNCES ENHANCED SECURE ENTERPRISE ROUTER PROXY FOR WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
February 18, 2002... Neomar, a developer of wireless enterprise software solutions, has announced significant enhancements to its Secure Enterprise Router Proxy (SERP) software for wireless service providers. The software brings new functionality, performance, and...

HITACHI CHOOSES SONIC FOR CONSUMER PCS.
February 18, 2002... Sonic Solutions' (Nasdaq:SNIC) Sonic DVDit! software is being bundled with Hitachi's (NYSE:HIT) personal computers marketed in Japan to home users who want a fast and easy way to make their own DVD-Video discs from programs they record on TV....

USINTERTECH ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT'S .NET STRATEGY.(Product Announcement)
February 18, 2002... USIntertech has released ASPdb.Net, its very powerful .NET development engine. Based upon its successful, award-winning Classic ASP-db, USIntertech's ASPdb.Net allows easy and seamless operation and development in the new .NET Framework....

SOLARMETRIC RELEASES JAVA DATA OBJECTS SOFTWARE.
February 18, 2002... SolarMetric, a company spearheaded by MIT alumni, will start selling licenses of its Kodo JDO product immediately. Kodo JDO is an implementation of Sun's Java Data Objects (JDO) specification. "I'm delighted that we're able to bring Kodo...

D-LINK DELIVERS VERSATILE WIRELESS 11B COMBO BRIDGE OR ACCESS POINT.(Product Announcement)
February 18, 2002... D-Link has introduced D-LinkAir DWL-900AP Combination Wireless Bridge or Access Point, which is both WiFi compatible and IEEE 802.11b compliant. This new combo wireless bridge or access point has the ability to act as a standard wireless access...

SEAPINE SOFTWARE, INC.: TESTTRACK PRO 4.6 INTEGRATES WITH VISUAL STUDIO .NET, VISUAL BASIC 6, AND ADDITIONAL SCM TOOLS.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 18, 2002... TestTrack Pro now integrates with Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET (Nasdaq:MSFT), Visual Basic 6, and also includes added integration with SCM applications such as CVS, SourceOffSite Classic, and StarTeam. "TestTrack Pro offers best of breed...

VIA TECHNOLOGIES STANDARDIZES ON BIOS SOFTWARE FROM PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES.
February 18, 2002... Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:PTEC), a provider of device-enabling and management software products for connected digital devices, recently announced that it has signed a broad licensing agreement with VIA Technologies (VIA) to help VIA...

SERENA DELIVERS MAINFRAME SECURITY AND CONTROL FOR DESKTOP DEVELOPMENT.(Product Announcement)
February 18, 2002... SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), a supplier of software that automates change to enterprise code and content, recently announced the general availability of Serena ChangeMan ZDD, Desktop Development for z/OS & OS/390. An industry first,...

TRUESAN BECOMES BROCADE FABRIC ACCESS PARTNER.
February 18, 2002... TrueSAN Networks, Inc. (www.truesan.com) has become a Brocade Fabric Access Partner. With this alliance, TrueSAN gains access to the Brocade Fabric Access API (application programming interface), Brocade development support, and the extensive...

SOPHISTICATED CHART PLOTTING SOFTWARE INCORPORATES REAL-TIME EXCHANGE WITH NAVIGATION ELECTRONICS.(Product Announcement)
February 18, 2002... Powerful, easy-to-use new software from Raymarine is now available for the personal computer that goes far beyond traditional chart plotting functions. RayTech Navigator Version 4.0 seamlessly integrates onboard instruments including live...

IBM OFFERS 'SPEEDY' INTRO OF NEXT-GEN WIRELESS AND TELECOM SERVICES.
February 25, 2002... IBM has announced the introduction of its Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE). An open-standards based framework, SPDE gives wireless and wireline telecommunications service providers the flexibility to introduce new voice, text...

COMPUTER SCIENCES ENDS DEAL WITH GLOBAL CROSSING.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... (Reuters) - Consulting firm Computer Sciences Corp. Friday said it will end its information technology outsourcing deal with high speed communications network Global Crossing Ltd. effective March 1. The company said the $400 million...

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT INQUIRIES.
February 25, 2002... (Reuters) - Computer Associates International Inc. said Friday it is the subject of two government probes, sending its stock to a seven-year low as the software company lurches from one crisis to the next. The news of inquiries by the U.S....

SAFENET AND COMPAQ COMPUTER JOIN FORCES TO SECURE WIRELESS TRANSACTIONS.
February 25, 2002... SafeNet (Nasdaq: SFNT), a provider of Internet security technology and Compaq have entered into a joint effort to provide enhanced security for wireless transactions. Under the agreement, SafeNet will embed Compaq's MultiPrime security...

MARATHON TECHNOLOGIES FIRST TO OFFER 55-KILOMETERS OF FAULT AND DISASTER PROTECTION.(Endurance VLDSS-55 )(Product Announcement)
February 25, 2002... Marathon Technologies Corporation, the developer and supplier of the industry's only fault- and disaster-tolerant solutions for Microsoft Windows environments, has announced the latest addition to its Endurance SplitSite product line. The...

LUCENT ROLLS OUT ADVANCED DSL PLATFORM.
February 25, 2002... France Telecom to Use Super-High Density and Gigabit Architecture to Deliver Next Generation Broadband Services Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) has announced a new super-high density broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) solution that...

3DLABS WILDCAT III 6110 GRAPHICS CHOSE BY COMPAQ FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE EVO WORKSTATIONS.
February 25, 2002... 3Dlabs, Inc. Ltd. (Nasdaq:TDDD) has announced that Compaq Computer Corporation has chosen the high-end Wildcat III 6110 graphics accelerator for its latest-generation Evo Workstations W6000 and W8000. The Wildcat III 6110 will be available in...

SIMPLIFIED OPEN SERVICES PLATFORM CHOSEN TO POWER VOPIER COMMUNICATIONS.
February 25, 2002... Simplified, a software infrastructure company that provides solutions for managing the supply chain of communication services, has announced that VoPier Communications Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Taiwan Telecommunications Network Services Co.,...

TRANSIDIOM, WINJA AND J WALK SERVER SOFTWARE TO RUN ON LINUX STRATEGIC OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM.
February 25, 2002... SEAGULL (AEX: SEAGULL), a provider of legacy application enhancement software technology, has announced that the company's Transidiom, WinJa and J Walk product lines will run on the Linux operating system on mainframe, iSeries and Intel...

NORTHROP BIDS $5.9 BILLION FOR TRW.
February 25, 2002... (AP) - In a bid to gain a strong foothold in the lucrative military satellite market, defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp. made a surprise $5.9 billion offer Friday to buy TRW Inc. TRW shares soared more than 26 percent in response to the...

RAYTHEON CONTINUES TO REPLACE DOD WAREHOUSING WITH IT SOLUTION.
February 25, 2002... Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a one-year contract extension to continue the full supply chain management of spare parts at Anniston Army Depot, Ala., and Red River Army Depot, Texas. The $9.3 million contract was awarded by the...

COMTECH RECEIVES $8.9 MILLION IN NEW ORDERS FOR U.S. ARMY'S MOVEMENT TRACKING SYSTEM.
February 25, 2002... Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) has received approximately $8.9 million in new orders for equipment and services relating to the Movement Tracking System (MTS) that it is supplying to the U.S. Army since January 1, 2002. ...

BAE SYSTEMS AWARDED LASER WARNING CONTRACT.
February 25, 2002... BAE SYSTEMS Integrated Defense Solutions has received a $3.5 million contract from ATK Integrated Defense Company, Clearwater, Florida, for production of an integrated laser warning receiver. This contract is for deliveries of laser warning...

ANTEON AWARDED $7.8M NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND CONTRACT.
February 25, 2002... Anteon Corporation, has been awarded an eight-year (one year base plus seven one-year options) task order to support the Navy's Personnel Command in Millington, Tenn. The task, valued at $7.8 million if all options are exercised, was awarded...

LORAL-BUILT INTELSAT 904 TELECOM SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED.
February 25, 2002... Intelsat 904, the latest in a line of advanced communications satellites built for Intelsat by Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NYSE: LOR), was successfully launched at 1:59 a.m. EST (6:59 a.m. GMT) this...

TRW Inc, Systems and Information Technology Group.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... TRW Inc, Systems and Information Technology Group, Clearfield, Utah., is being awarded a $47,161,972 fixed-price-incentive/award fee contract modification to provide for various quantities of application specific integrated circuits in support...

Raytheon Systems Development Co.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Raytheon Systems Development Co., Marlborough, Mass., is being awarded a $12,911,083 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to provide for the Join Simulation Systems (JSIMS) program interdependencies, the revised JSIMS alliances schedule,...

Science Applications International Corp.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $7,603,348 to exercise an option under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00104-01-D-H029) for support...

Logicon, Inc.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Logicon, Inc., Falls Church, Va., is being awarded $7,589,419 to exercise an option under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00104-01-D-H028) for support services involving the formulation...

Veridian Information Solutions.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Veridian Information Solutions, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded $6,900,147 to exercise an option under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00104-01-D-H030) for support services involving the...

The Boeing Co.
February 25, 2002... The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $5,000,000 (not-to-exceed) contract modification to provide for initiation of follow-on modernization activities for the control segment supporting the Global Position System Satellite...

Digital System Resources, Inc.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Digital System Resources, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $53,072,933 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to exercise an option under contract (N00024-01-C-6239) for level-of-effort engineering and...

Raytheon Electronic Systems.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Raytheon Electronic Systems, of Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a $12,076,244.99 delivery order amount as part of a $44,949,788 cumulative total cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for calendar year 2002-2004 support services for Patriot Missile...