Companies

C Speed appoints McLaughlin as CEO

The former deputy Cyber Command leader succeeds Dave Lysack, who founded the radar tech company in 2006 and will move into a different role

Contracts

Protest hits last part of $8B NOAA services contract

A small business is challenging how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration evaluated its proposal for the ProTech 2.0 vehicle's final domain to be awarded.

Companies

IBM lays out what it knows (so far) from the push for contract cuts

Wall Street's questions to the CEO and chief financial officer of Big Blue centered on what the company sees in the shorter-term. Should the trend line continue for more cuts, their conversation with investors is poised to shift in another direction.

Companies

Trump’s first 100 days: Navigating the new contracting landscape

Join industry practitioners for cocktails and insights on how the administration's policies are reshaping the way government contractors operate.

Companies

PCG-SMX joint venture wins $532M Navy IT contract

Work will support an ongoing business transformation initiative at a Navy research, development, test and evaluation infrastructure division.

Companies

General Dynamics is 'in the conversation' to find more contract savings

In talking with Wall Street, GD's technologies segment leader Jason Aiken describes the ongoing dialogue with federal agencies on the future of contracting and how they see themselves as not "strictly in the consulting business per se."

Opinion

Beyond BD Intel: How government contractors are tripling win rates without changing their solution

Government contractors lose billions annually on contracts they should have won due to one simple, fixable mistake, writes BD expert Nic Coppings.

Contracts

SAIC wins $55M Space Development Agency integration contract

SAIC will take on systems engineering and related support work for SDA's emerging satellite network.

Companies

Lockheed to acquire Amentum product unit for $360M

Amentum's Rapid Solutions team manufactures communications and other tactical systems for national security programs.

Companies

Northrop takes $477M loss on B-21 to speed up production, cover materials costs

Anticipated losses on the stealth bomber’s first five production lots have now surpassed $2 billion.

Contracts

Leidos wins second chance at keeping $89B cancer research lab contract

The National Institutes of Health is asking for new proposals following the protest of the 25-year award to a University of California-led alliance.

Companies

Lockheed's CEO reacts to Trump's acquisition overhaul orders

In talking with Wall Street, Jim Taiclet highlights how many of the regulations and statutes that have evolved over decades look poised to be "really scrutinized and reduced."

Contracts

Small business owner wants Congress to protect OSDBU offices

One founder and CEO launches a video campaign amidst fear that if cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services spread across government, small businesses like his will lose access to critical resources and opportunities.

Contracts

DOD opens proposal window for $510M data, analytics contract

The Defense Department structured this multiple-award effort to further enable the use of data in managing force structure and mission activities.

Contracts

ANALYSIS: A less burdened customer collective also means a more powerful one

Don't confuse the Trump administration's push for agencies to have a leaner acquisition framework as making everything easier for contractors. Keeping them as customers might just get harder.

Opinion

A silent end for NITAAC?

Both websites for the National Institutes of Health's CIO-SP and CIO-CS contract vehicles are dark, leading to questions over whether the long-time contract vehicles are being shuttered.

Opinion

Maintain to sustain: why CMMC is a continued practice

Dr. Thomas Graham, vice president and chief information security officer at Redspin, lays out key principles for contractors to follow in the preparation and execution of their compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.

Podcasts

WT 360: Our EIC Frank Konkel on GSA, Google and the government as a single whole customer

Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec’s publications including us, jumps in to go over Google’s massive discounted offering to agencies and how that pact with the General Services Administration will not be the last like it.

Companies

Growth, operations and tech leadership moves across the market

A trio of board of directors additions also feature in this newest catalog of key hires, promotions and appointments.