Companies

Abt Associates, Edgewater hire new growth chiefs

These two companies bring in new leaders for their business development, capture and proposal functions.

Companies

Forward Slope acquires AI software integrator

Soar Technologies develops its artificial intelligence and machine learning offerings to assess large numbers of human knowledge in military applications.

Contracts

Leidos unseats longtime incumbent for $7.9B Army tech contract

Held by the same company for 28 years, the Common Hardware Systems contract is a "one-stop shop" for buying commercial IT products and services.

Contracts

Job 1 for makers of anti-drone defenses: write good software

Pentagon buyers are looking for control systems that are reliable, easy to use, and simple to update.

Companies

Robbins-Gioia brings in new CEO

Giovanni "GI" Tuck, a retired Air Force lieutenant general, takes the reins and will focus efforts on solutions for supply chains and maintenance and repair systems.

Contracts

GovPlace touts $567M cloud integration recompete booking

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency wants the incumbent to continue on expanding the availability of commercial cloud environments.

Contracts

QinetiQ's U.S. arm wins $224M satellite program support contract

QinetiQ US will work with the Space Development Agency on the engineering and technical aspects of a layered military satellite constellation.

Opinion

Are we 30 days from a government shutdown?

Crunch time on the budget is pretty much here, but there are positive signs that Congress could pass a short-term budget agreement. All the pressure is on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Companies

Microsoft enters partnership to build AI for large datasets

The global software giant is offering Synthetiac up to 1 million hours of cloud computing resources to accelerate the development of new tools for searching massive amounts of unstructured data.

Companies

GCOM, OnCore Consulting agree to merge

One of these two public sector software providers is backed by Sagewind Capital, a private equity firm active in the government market, and will bring a federal practice to the combined company.

Contracts

Leidos wins $918M DHS network support recompete

The Homeland Security Department uses the IT environments covered under this task order to secure and help share classified information across the law enforcement communities.

Contracts

ManTech drops another protest involving $4.5B Air Force intelligence contract

ManTech is one of three winners for the Special Access Program Security Support Services program, but has still filed a trio of protests challenging the labor rates of a competitor.

Contracts

DOD looks to counter China by accelerating drone acquisition, production

The "Replicator" initiative announced by the Pentagon's No. 2 official looks to leverage lo-fi, autonomous systems to outpace China on the battlefield.

Contracts

Maximus backs away from Postal Service protest

The company withdraws its challenge over the $175 million award to build a health benefits system for the U.S. Postal Service.

Contracts

CGI Federal touts $159M digital immigration info booking

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency wants a fully electronic setup to manage and process immigration claims.

Contracts

General Dynamics wins $712M DHS IT recompete

The Homeland Security Department sticks with the incumbent for this program focused on DHS' ongoing headquarters consolidation at the Washington, D.C. St. Elizabeth's campus.

Opinion

What do the Top 100 company slogans say about the market?

An analysis of the words companies use to describe themselves show how they can evoke an emotional response while telling a story of corporate capabilities.

Companies

NASA gives first glimpse at Florida launch facility recompete

The contract will continue logistics and other maintenance work at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Contracts

IRS awards $2B electronic payment system contract

The tax collection agency wants to make it easier to make payments via debit and credit cards, plus make the websites more accessible and user-friendly.

Contracts

VA backs off $400M document conversion award

The Veterans Affairs Department will reopen discussions with General Dynamics IT and GovernmentCIO, get revised proposals and make a new award.