Contracts

NASA chief calls out the 'plague' of cost-plus contracts

The space agency is hoping to increasingly use competitions among top vendors and fixed-price contracts as a new way of conducting business--and cutting steep costs for major projects.

Contracts

IRS seeks to shift from manual mail processes

The tax collection agency wants to adopt more digital methods for sorting 100 million pieces of mail each year.

Companies

ManTech sees 'incremental improvement' in the market

In-person meetings with key customers are back on the agenda as well as spending increases in defense and intelligence.

Contracts

Microsoft, DoD sign research and development pact

The company may have the chance to negotiate exclusive intellectual property rights—with an exception for the government—to innovations emerging from the collaboration.

Companies

Parsons sees rising infrastructure spending on the horizon

Two federal customers in particular have already increased outlays with more on the way thanks to the infrastructure bill passed last year.

Companies

Booz Allen hires former FBI cyber section chief

The two-decade FBI veteran will focus on protecting critical infrastructure and federal government assets.

Companies

Redwire picks insider as new chief technology officer

This appointment also means a reassignment of responsibilities for the space infrastructure company's growth strategy.

Companies

CollabraLink hires new defense & intelligence leader

The 15-year industry veteran most recently led ICF's cyber services and solutions portfolio.

Contracts

Avantus Federal purchases special operations support firm

The NewSpring Holdings-backed company sees that market as key to its next growth phase.

Companies

Leidos can identify inflation as a factor, but quantifying is harder

Companies like Leidos do have some aperture in their contracts to deal with inflation, but only so much.

Companies

Two Six Technologies adds info manipulation tools in acquisition

Thresher Ventures develops software to detect media manipulation activities by foreign governments.

Contracts

Another protest holds up $50B NIH contract

At least one bidder pursuing the CIO-SP4 contract for health and biomedical IT solutions is still confused about how past experience will be considered.

Companies

Siemens' federal arm appoints interim chief executive

The now-former CEO takes up a new gig after four years at Siemens Government Technologies.

Contracts

16 capture spots on $1B Army network contract

Winners will vie for task orders to support the Army's portion of the Defense Department's global electronic information setup.

Companies

L3Harris explains investment strategy to get new tech to market faster

Startups play a key role in L3Harris' plan to quickly bring new solutions to defense customers.

Podcasts

Considering AI as the means to the end solution

Part of finding business success in the vast world of artificial intelligence is using it as a means to the end, as SparkCognition’s government leader Logan Jones explains to our Ross Wilkers in this episode of Project 38.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT fighting for lost FBI contract

A rival bested General Dynamics IT for an FBI help desk contract and the company is challenging how the evaluation was conducted.

Contracts

NASA unveils $700M engineering solicitation

Proposals are due at the end of May for the single-award contract.