Companies

Huntington Ingalls' board adds former Navy general counsel

The largest U.S. military shipbuilder's board of directors gains a new member that once was the Navy's top legal official.

Companies

Lockheed Martin hires former L3Harris finance chief

Lockheed Martin's new chief financial officer joins the defense hardware giant after two years as CFO at another blue chip player in the market.

Opinion

Why lowest price, technically acceptable contracts suck

The practice of lowest price, technically acceptable contracting might work for buying pencils, but it's nothing but trouble for systems and services.

Companies

When L3Harris sees its supply chain pains easing

L3Harris Technologies has been candid about its supply chain difficulties, which brings the question of when the company believes those challenges will be in the rear view mirror.

Contracts

DHA makes first awards under $1.4B workforce, tech transformation vehicle

The Defense Health Agency chooses an initial slate of winners for a $1.43 billion contract vehicle to build an infrastructure to more quickly develop commercial-like health technologies.

Companies

Middle-market investor buys ServiceNow, intell community specialist

Private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management's latest acquisition of a government technology company focuses on a business that specializes in the ServiceNow software platform and intelligence community.

Companies

SEC looks to expand cyber coverage

The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a new look at how it asks publicly traded companies to disclose cybersecurity risks.

Companies

Where Booz Allen sees more market turbulence and volatility

Booz Allen Hamilton is in year one of its newest business strategy that is being rolled out amid many factors that are out of the government services company's control.

Contracts

NASA moves forward on $720M tech development recompete

NASA has updated the draft solicitation for a $720 million contract to help the agency develop new technologies.

Companies

Huntington Ingalls details CEO transition

Huntington Ingalls Industries' chief executive since its spinout from a former parent is handing the reins to his successor in March.

Companies

How SAP NS2 aims to drive the cloud conversation and its business with it

SAP's NS2 subsidiary is a lot like other government technology companies in that they both work with and compete against the commercial cloud infrastructure providers, so here is now the software giant's subsidiary is figuring it out.

Contracts

PAE objects to elimination from USAID competition

PAE wants back in on the competition for a contract to support the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Companies

CACI and Northrop sound cautiously optimistic in face of headwinds

Northrop Grumman and CACI International leaders see challenges in the year ahead but expressed optimism for the future.

Companies

Rejection of contractor vaccine mandate does not bar workplace safety measures

The court's decision to block the Biden administration's order that contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19 or test regularly has been in place since December.

Companies

Proximas Group adds CEO to guide growth

Proximas Group brings in a new chief executive to lead integration and growth initiatives.

Companies

CACI's latest acquisitions bolster its commitment to secure communications

CACI International ended 2021 with an acquisition and started 2022 with another, and both deals signal CACI's commitment to secure communications from anywhere at anytime.

Companies

Federal Advisory Partners makes first acquisition with Sagewind's support

Just four months after acquiring Federal Advisory Partners, that portfolio company makes a purchase of its own with the backing of its private equity owner Sagewind Capital.

Companies

Trio of integrators look inside to promote new CEOs

Three federal technology integrators named new CEOs this week and all three looked within their own ranks to make their picks.

Opinion

What Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs can teach government contractors

The NFL playoffs are an object lesson in training and preparation. Fewer better examples show that than how the Kansas City Chiefs managed the end of regulation time in their playoff game, and how the Dallas Cowboys failed to in theirs.

Companies

How General Dynamics' tech businesses are turning the page to 2022

General Dynamics IT and Mission Systems units are the hardest hit by the current supply chain issues and the numbers reflect that impact. But the company sees hopeful signs for the coming year.