SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                              --------------------


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) March 7, 2002





                               CONVERA CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           Delaware                      000-31989               54-1987541
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      (State or other              (Commission File No.)     (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)                              Identification No.)



                          1921 GALLOWS ROAD, SUITE 200
                             VIENNA, VIRGINIA 221826
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              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (703) 761-3700



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Item 5.  Other Events
         -------------

         On March 7, 2002, Convera Corporation ("Convera") acquired Semantix
Inc., a private software technology development company specializing in
cross-lingual processing and computational linguistics technology, for 900,000
restricted shares of Convera common stock. Semantix becomes a wholly owned
subsidiary of Convera under the name "Convera Canada Inc." and functions as a
research and development center based in Montreal, Canada.

         Convera also issued a press release on March 7, 2002 in connection with
the purchase of Semantix Inc. The Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1



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                                    SIGNATURE



         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


                                   CONVERA CORPORATION


                                   By:/s/ Patrick C. Condo
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Patrick C. Condo
                                   President and Chief Executive Officer



Date:  March 15, 2002


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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.1


                         CONVERA ACQUIRES SEMANTIX INC.


       Acquisition Provides Significant Language Development Technologies
       to Convera, Cross-Lingual Search Capabilities to Convera Customers


VIENNA, Va., March 7, 2002 -- Convera (Nasdaq: CNVR) today announced that it has
acquired Semantix Inc., a private software technology development company
specializing in cross-lingual processing and computational linguistics
technology. The acquisition of Semantix, including its engineering personnel and
intellectual property, is expected to help Convera derive greater revenues
through the direct sales of language modules to new and existing customers. In
addition, the Semantix acquisition broadens the linguistic capabilities of the
Convera RetrievalWare(R) search and retrieval technology, specifically in the
areas of cross-lingual search and the continued development of language
capabilities to support the needs of specialized vertical markets, such as the
government intelligence community.

With the addition of Semantix's cross-lingual search capability, Convera becomes
the first search vendor to offer a commercial, off-the-shelf solution that
allows users to enter a search request in one language and actually receive
relevant result documents in several different languages (i.e., submit a search
in English, receive relevant English, French, Spanish and German documents).
Convera's tightly integrated cross-lingual search capability is an enhancement
to the new version of RetrievalWare, version 7.0, expected to be launched later
this month.

Convera acquired Semantix for 900,000 restricted shares of Convera common stock.
Semantix becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Convera under the name "Convera
Canada Inc." and functions as a research and development center based in
Montreal, Canada. Former shareholders of Semantix are subject to lock-up
agreements that track the restrictions of Rule 144. The acquisition is not
expected to materially affect Convera's annual operating expenses.

The Semantix acquisition also strengthens Convera's engineering capability
through the addition of Francis Malka, Semantix chief technology officer and
founder, who will join Convera as its vice president of advanced technologies.
Malka will add significant depth to Convera's research and development team by
applying his expertise in linguistics to helping build solutions for enterprise
and government customers that access, utilize and manage unstructured
information in multiple languages and in specialized vertical fields.

"We are excited to have Francis and his team join Convera," said Pat Condo,
president and CEO of Convera. "Through this acquisition, Convera gains
additional products it can sell to new and current customers and a group of
software professionals skilled in language development technologies that can
help us drive new product development and realize new competitive advantages."

About Convera's RetrievalWare(R)

Convera's RetrievalWare is a high-performance intelligent search system that
allows broad flexibility and scalability for implementation across corporate
intranets and extranets. Convera's RetrievalWare enables users to index and
search a wide range of distributed information resources, including text files,
HTML, XML, over 200 proprietary document formats (such as word processors and
publishing systems), relational database tables, document management systems and
groupware repositories. Advanced search capabilities include concept and keyword
searching, pattern searching and query-by-example. Convera's RetrievalWare
excels in distributed client/server environments with hundreds or thousands of
users, documents, images and/or multiple media assets. RetrievalWare is the
industry's most advanced search and retrieval solutions based on its ability to
search the broadest range of information repositories, handle information in
multiple languages, deliver the most relevant information on any subject, and
present the information in a way that knowledge workers can use most
efficiently.


About Convera

Convera is a leading provider of software products that access, organize and
utilize enterprise data, whether text, video, audio or image files. Convera's
advanced technologies and products enable organizations to optimize the value of
all their content, establishing an information infrastructure that effortlessly
scales to provide large numbers of users with fast, accurate, web-enabled access
to all relevant information for a broad range of business critical applications
including enterprise portals, knowledge management, customer relationship
management and many more. For more information, contact Convera at 800-788-7758,
via e-mail at info@convera.com or on the Web at www.convera.com.


This release, including any statements from Convera personnel, contains
statements about Convera's future expectations, performance, plans, and
prospects, as well as assumptions about future events. The reader is cautioned
not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these
statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties, including without
limitation, business and economic conditions and trends; continued success in
technological advances; possible disruption in commercial activities caused by
terrorist activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and security
arrangements; reduced customer demand relative to expectations; competitive
factors; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC
reports.

Actual results may differ materially from our expectations as the result of
these and other important factors relating to Convera's business and product
development efforts, which are further described in Convera's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings can be obtained from the SEC's
website located at www.sec.gov.

Any forward-looking statements are based on information available to Convera on
the date of this release, and Convera assumes no obligation to update such
statements.

Convera(TM), the Convera design logo, RetrievalWare(R), and Screening Room(R)
are worldwide trademarks of Convera Corporation or its wholly owned subsidiary,
Convera Technologies, Inc. All other marks contained herein are trademarks of
third parties.

Contact:
     Convera Corporation
     Investor Relations:
     Dan Agan, 703/761-3700
     dagan@convera.com
      or
     Media:
     John Murray, 703/761-3700
     jmurray@convera.com
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                              --------------------

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) March 7, 2002

                               CONVERA CORPORATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                      000-31989               54-1987541
------------------------------     ---------------------    -------------------
      (State or other              (Commission File No.)     (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)                              Identification No.)

                          1921 GALLOWS ROAD, SUITE 200
                             VIENNA, VIRGINIA 221826
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (703) 761-3700
Item 5.  Other Events
         -------------

         On March 7, 2002, Convera Corporation ("Convera") acquired Semantix
Inc., a private software technology development company specializing in
cross-lingual processing and computational linguistics technology, for 900,000
restricted shares of Convera common stock. Semantix becomes a wholly owned
subsidiary of Convera under the name "Convera Canada Inc." and functions as a
research and development center based in Montreal, Canada.

         Convera also issued a press release on March 7, 2002 in connection with
the purchase of Semantix Inc. The Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1
SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

                                   CONVERA CORPORATION

                                   By:/s/ Patrick C. Condo
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Patrick C. Condo
                                   President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:  March 15, 2002
EXHIBIT 99.1

                         CONVERA ACQUIRES SEMANTIX INC.

       Acquisition Provides Significant Language Development Technologies
       to Convera, Cross-Lingual Search Capabilities to Convera Customers

VIENNA, Va., March 7, 2002 -- Convera (Nasdaq: CNVR) today announced that it has
acquired Semantix Inc., a private software technology development company
specializing in cross-lingual processing and computational linguistics
technology. The acquisition of Semantix, including its engineering personnel and
intellectual property, is expected to help Convera derive greater revenues
through the direct sales of language modules to new and existing customers. In
addition, the Semantix acquisition broadens the linguistic capabilities of the
Convera RetrievalWare(R) search and retrieval technology, specifically in the
areas of cross-lingual search and the continued development of language
capabilities to support the needs of specialized vertical markets, such as the
government intelligence community.

With the addition of Semantix's cross-lingual search capability, Convera becomes
the first search vendor to offer a commercial, off-the-shelf solution that
allows users to enter a search request in one language and actually receive
relevant result documents in several different languages (i.e., submit a search
in English, receive relevant English, French, Spanish and German documents).
Convera's tightly integrated cross-lingual search capability is an enhancement
to the new version of RetrievalWare, version 7.0, expected to be launched later
this month.

Convera acquired Semantix for 900,000 restricted shares of Convera common stock.
Semantix becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Convera under the name "Convera
Canada Inc." and functions as a research and development center based in
Montreal, Canada. Former shareholders of Semantix are subject to lock-up
agreements that track the restrictions of Rule 144. The acquisition is not
expected to materially affect Convera's annual operating expenses.

The Semantix acquisition also strengthens Convera's engineering capability
through the addition of Francis Malka, Semantix chief technology officer and
founder, who will join Convera as its vice president of advanced technologies.
Malka will add significant depth to Convera's research and development team by
applying his expertise in linguistics to helping build solutions for enterprise
and government customers that access, utilize and manage unstructured
information in multiple languages and in specialized vertical fields.

"We are excited to have Francis and his team join Convera," said Pat Condo,
president and CEO of Convera. "Through this acquisition, Convera gains
additional products it can sell to new and current customers and a group of
software professionals skilled in language development technologies that can
help us drive new product development and realize new competitive advantages."

About Convera's RetrievalWare(R)

Convera's RetrievalWare is a high-performance intelligent search system that
allows broad flexibility and scalability for implementation across corporate
intranets and extranets. Convera's RetrievalWare enables users to index and
search a wide range of distributed information resources, including text files,
HTML, XML, over 200 proprietary document formats (such as word processors and
publishing systems), relational database tables, document management systems and
groupware repositories. Advanced search capabilities include concept and keyword
searching, pattern searching and query-by-example. Convera's RetrievalWare
excels in distributed client/server environments with hundreds or thousands of
users, documents, images and/or multiple media assets. RetrievalWare is the
industry's most advanced search and retrieval solutions based on its ability to
search the broadest range of information repositories, handle information in
multiple languages, deliver the most relevant information on any subject, and
present the information in a way that knowledge workers can use most
efficiently.

About Convera

Convera is a leading provider of software products that access, organize and
utilize enterprise data, whether text, video, audio or image files. Convera's
advanced technologies and products enable organizations to optimize the value of
all their content, establishing an information infrastructure that effortlessly
scales to provide large numbers of users with fast, accurate, web-enabled access
to all relevant information for a broad range of business critical applications
including enterprise portals, knowledge management, customer relationship
management and many more. For more information, contact Convera at 800-788-7758,
via e-mail at info@convera.com or on the Web at www.convera.com.

This release, including any statements from Convera personnel, contains
statements about Convera's future expectations, performance, plans, and
prospects, as well as assumptions about future events. The reader is cautioned
not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these
statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties, including without
limitation, business and economic conditions and trends; continued success in
technological advances; possible disruption in commercial activities caused by
terrorist activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and security
arrangements; reduced customer demand relative to expectations; competitive
factors; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC
reports.

Actual results may differ materially from our expectations as the result of
these and other important factors relating to Convera's business and product
development efforts, which are further described in Convera's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings can be obtained from the SEC's
website located at www.sec.gov.

Any forward-looking statements are based on information available to Convera on
the date of this release, and Convera assumes no obligation to update such
statements.

Convera(TM), the Convera design logo, RetrievalWare(R), and Screening Room(R)
are worldwide trademarks of Convera Corporation or its wholly owned subsidiary,
Convera Technologies, Inc. All other marks contained herein are trademarks of
third parties.

Contact:
     Convera Corporation
     Investor Relations:
     Dan Agan, 703/761-3700
     dagan@convera.com
      or
     Media:
     John Murray, 703/761-3700
     jmurray@convera.com