NEWARK, N.Y., March 24 (UPI) — U.S. company Ultralife Corp. announced the acquisition of a majority of Science Applications International Corp.’s tactical-communication business assets.

LOS ANGELES, March 24 (UPI) — The U.S. Air Force has contracted Aecom Technology Corp. to support repair work at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., March 24 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has contracted Teledyne Technologies Inc. for the delivery of Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Glider unmanned undersea vehicles.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded additional funding to BBN Technologies to continue development of translation technologies.

MCLEAN, Va., March 24 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Department has contracted Alion Science and Technology to help improve efficiency at the Weapon Systems Technology Information Analysis Center.

WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) — BrainScope Co. has completed a recent traumatic brain injury data acquisition in a push to develop technologies that treat U.S. troops exposed to explosions.

ARLINGTON, Va., March 24 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has selected BAE Systems to compete for simulation and training task orders as part of a multibillion-dollar contract vehicle.

CHICAGO, March 23 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Department has exercised a contract option with Advanced Life Sciences Holdings Inc. to continue development of a biological defense therapy.

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., March 23 (UPI) — The U.S. Coast Guard has approved a Siemens Building Technologies video-surveillance system for use at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware.

NEWARK, N.J., March 23 (UPI) — BioNeutral Group Inc. has named a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency bioterrorism expert as a lead homeland security and defense consultant.

FREIBURG, Germany, March 23 (UPI) — South Korea-based Doosan DST contracted Northrop Grumman Corp. to provide infantry fighting vehicles with navigation technologies.

HERZLIYA, Israel, March 23 (UPI) — Botswana security authorities announced the installation of Israel-based ioimage’s video-analytics technology at a prison in the country’s capital of Gaborone.

CUPERTINO, Calif., March 23 (UPI) — A report released by U.S. company Trend Micro said that in 2008, Internet-based criminal activity increased with exploits that moved at unprecedented speeds.

TUCSON, March 23 (UPI) — Raytheon has delivered the first of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy vehicles to the U.S. Air Force.