Contracts

LMI books $450M contract to extend DOD STEM scholarship program support

The Pentagon's SMART Program Office awards at least 400 scholarships a year and gave out 480 in 2021.

Contracts

Lumen, Verizon challenge $343M TSA telecom award

The task order being disputed here covers data network and voice services to the Transportation Security Administration.

Contracts

Peraton gets second chance at $800M in Social Security IT work

The Social Security Administration will no longer conduct a price realism analysis, which was the main sticking point of Peraton's protest.

Companies

The US Army Is hunting for more soldier-connected tech

A recent solicitation calls for soldier-centered networking and information technology that will link existing and prototype technologies together.

Contracts

Energy asks for new R&D in critical materials for clean energy

The Department of Energy launched its new request for information days after the passage of the CHIPS Act.

Companies

CACI speaks to the other half of today's talent crunch

Acquisition teams inside federal agencies need workers too and are losing them, which has a knock-on effect that CACI International wants investors to consider.

Opinion

M&A activity may have cooled but conditions are still positive

The number of transactions won't match 2021, but the dealmaking has continued this year with some new factors emerging to drive the market.

Companies

ICF's digital modernization strategy has two main legs

The global technology consultant is focusing on services centered around low-code/no-code and open source software, ICF's chief executive tells us.

Contracts

CACI renews fight for $343M TSA IT infrastructure contract

This protest saga is on again after the Transportation Security Agency chose a competitor for the second time.

Companies

Groundswell hires new lead talent exec

She joins the digital transformation company as it looks to scale up its human resources infrastructure.

Contracts

Booz Allen continues push for Air Force IT support work

The award has twice now gone to a competitor and followed by the same number of protests.

Opinion

What the slogans of the 2022 Top 100 tell us about the market

Slogans are short and succinct but they communicate volumes about changes in the market and the companies serving it.

Companies

Black Sage brings in new chief executive

The counter-unmanned aircraft tech firm was acquired three years ago by a middle market-focused private equity firm.

Companies

Maximus names new leaders for health consulting and federal alliances

The newly-created position covers technology and consulting services for federal health care customers.

Companies

Palantir blends government market uncertainty with ambitious self-labeling

The enterprise data software maker is looking to take on an identity similar to that of another large defense company.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: An insider's view on Peraton's mega integrations

Peraton Chief Growth Officer Mike King tells Editor Nick Wakeman why the combinations with Perspecta and Northrop Grumman's IT business has been worth the billions of dollars and energy to turn three distinct companies into something new.

Companies

Geospatial tech firm gets private equity backing

A team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory founded Descartes Labs in 2014.