Convera Corporation
                           921 Gallows Road, Suite 200
                              Vienna, Virginia 2182
                                 (703) 761-3700



                                                                   June 15, 2006


Via Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Mail Stop - 4561
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC  20549

Attention:        Ms. Barbara C. Jacobs, Ms. Maryse Mills-Apenteng
                  and Ms. Anne Nguyen

Re:      Convera Corporation
         Form S-3 Registration Statement
         File No. 333-133344

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Convera Corporation (the "Company") hereby requests that the Commission take
appropriate action to make the above-captioned Registration Statement effective
at 4:00 PM Washington, D.C. local time on June 16, 2006, or as soon thereafter
as possible.

         Pursuant to the comments of the Commission set forth in the letter
dated May 11, 2006 in connection with the above-captioned Registration
Statement, the Company acknowledges that:

- -             should the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated
              authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does
              not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect
              to the Registration Statement;

- -             the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to
              delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement
              effective, does not relieve the Company from its full
              responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in
              the Registration Statement; and

- -             the Company may not assert this action as a defense in any
              proceedings initiated by the Commission or any person under the
              federal securities laws of the United States.

         Should you have any questions or comments regarding the foregoing,
please contact me at (703) 761-3700.


                                         Sincerely,

                                         Convera Corporation

                                         /s/ John R. Polchin

                                         John R. Polchin
                                         Chief Financial Officer






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