San Diego-based software company InnovaSystems International is being awarded an estimated $58,704,051 contract to support the Defense Readiness Support System-Navy.

This is the first week of May and to all Star Wars fans, may the fourth be with you. Mexican heritage and pride will also be celebrated this weekend on Cinco de Mayo. But first, these events:

Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, has introduced a bill (H.R. 1691) to transfer certain public lands in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, from the Bureau of Land Management to the Secretary of the Navy. The exact acreage wasn’t immediately available.

Military families have financial needs different from most civilians -- they relocate, they’re stationed overseas and they need a bank that can accommodate them no matter where they are.

If the federal budget sequester, which went into effect at the start of March, was expected to be the trigger for a sharp drop in stocks prices, investors failed to get the message.

San Diego's military operations account for $12.4 billion of the region’s economy and employ 107,000 people, according to an economic snapshot report released Monday by the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 departed Naval Air Station North Island on April 19 and will join up with San Diego-based guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) for a scheduled Western Pacific deployment.

The inaugural VinDiego Wine and Food Festival on April 6 helped raise $8,400 for Freedom Station USA, a local nonprofit that provides temporary lodging facilities, as well as educational and career guidance to injured and disabled military heroes who are medically retired or discharged.

The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) San Diego Post announced its 2013 Projects of Excellence award recipients during a luncheon last week.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) will return to San Diego on April 19, the same day the USS Preble (DDG 88) is scheduled to depart for deployment to the 7th Fleet Area of Operations.

Two newly energized solar arrays have added to an already-recognized effort toward greater sustainability at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Monday is Tax Day, and you know what that means -- all those procrastinators out there will be cramming to file their returns while the rest of us impatiently wait for the money to reach the bank. Keep an eye out for some Tax Day freebies and deals, including extended happy hours and BOGO deals. Oh, and check out some of these events, too.

Carlsbad-based ViaSat Inc. purchased local startup LonoCloud Inc. to augment its broadband network.

The guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) will return to San Diego from its deployment to the 4th Fleet Area of Operations (AOR) on April 12.

Radiation oncologists Ryan Grover and Huan Giap joined the medical staff at the Scripps Proton Therapy Center.

San Diego’s proud military history will be on display during the BOMA International 2013 Every Building Conference & Expo, June 23–25 in San Diego. Former Navy SEAL team leader Rob O’Neill will be the keynote speaker at this annual industry wide conference for commercial real estate professionals. O’Neill translates his elite SEAL team training into high-impact, actionable insights on leadership, decision making, operating in uncertain environments and becoming the “best of the best.”

Cubic Worldwide Technical Services, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB), has been awarded a contract for nearly $134 million for the Base Period and Option Years from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division based in Orlando, Fla.

Sequestration will keep one of the most popular aviation acts in the world from dazzling crowds at the Marine Corps Air Station Air Show in San Diego this fall.

San Diego County’s economic outlook improved sharply during the early part of this year, fueled by sharp increases in home-building permits, local stock prices and help wanted ads, along with a sharp drop in new unemployment claims, according to the latest report on leading economic indicators released from the University of San Diego.

Citing a series of technological breakthroughs, Navy leaders announced plans April 8 at the Sea-Air-Space exposition to deploy for the first time a solid-state laser aboard a ship in fiscal year 2014.