Former Lockheed exec named Raytheon VP

Ron Stefano has been named vice president of Mission Operations Solutions for Raytheon Co.'s Intelligence and Information Systems business.

EMC buys Reston-based security analysis provider

EMC Corp. has acquired NetWitness Corp., a private provider of network security analysis solutions. The financial terms of the deal, which closed April 1, were not reported.

ManTech tasked with software services for Army Guardrail systems

ManTech International Corp. has received a two-year Army task order worth $22.6 million for a variety of software engineering services.

Anatomy of SRA's $1.9B sale

Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week trace the process behind the $1.9 billion sale of SRA International Inc. to Providence Equity Partners.

Agencies want industry's help with social media records

Federal agency panelists on April 4 discussed where they need help from vendors in addressing social media records management.

Top 20 civilian contracts for 2011

We rank the largest contract opportunities coming out of civilian agencies in 2011. Are you positioned to chase $29 billion in task orders?

Qwest scores $100M DOD Networx deal

An task order in excess of $100 million will make Qwest the Defense Department's sole Internet service provider.

Qwest, CenturyLink finalize merger, become fourth largest carrier

Qwest Communications and CenturyLink complete their merger and the government unit, which holds the Networx contract, will continue to operate as Qwest for the next several months.

SBA launches contracting program for women

Contracting officers can now set-aside contracts for woman-owned small businesses, under an interim rule issued April 1.

SRA sold to private equity group for $1.9B

SRA International Inc. is being sold to an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners in an all-cash deal.

SAIC strips away its oil and gas IT businesses

Science Applications International Corp. will become a more narrowly focused company once it completes the sale of its specialized oil and gas industry IT services to Wipro Ltd. of Britain, the company announced today.

KEYW locks up purchase of cybersecurity provider

KEYW Corp. has made its 10th acquisition since its founding in 2008, acquiring JKA Technologies Inc., a privately held provider of cybersecurity solutions to the intelligence community.

Deltek makes $26M deal for FedSources

The company acquires the rival of its Input acquisition in a bid to broaden research and consulting capabilities.

Deltek's FedSources deal opens new chapter in market research

The combination of Input and FedSources is seen as inevitable by some but could open opportunities for other market research firms.

The month that was

We round up some of the important industry news from the month of March.

Spread this around: Fresh ideas from the front lines of contracting

Steve Kelman and a group of contracting official present a number of ideas that could be used elsewhere in the government.

Defense Information Systems Agency

A look at the budget, priorities and people behind the Defense Information Systems Agency.

Are performance-based contracts worth the effort?

Performance-based contracts are easy to talk about but hard to implement. Two IBM experts explain why.

E-mail snafu no reason to disqualify company's bid

The Federal Claims Court ruled that a company's bid proposal was not late because it "was both reached and received by the government's e-mail servers before the due date."

Northrop Grumman scuttles its shipbuilding unit

Northrop Grumman Corp. today completed the spin-off of its Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. subsidiary, which designs, builds, and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the Navy and Coast Guard.