How foosball killed this $700M NASA win
A weekly gathering for food and foosball that included a NASA official and a member of the winning team for a $700 million contract caused a conflict of interest that was not mitigated, thus nixing the award.
Serco's US arm appoints new finance chief
Serco Inc., the British contractor's U.S. subsidiary, is bringing on a new chief financial officer as its current CFO approaches retirement.
Round 2: Air Force makes new awards for Skyborg unmanned effort
The Air Force makes a second round of awards for Skyborg -- its program to develop future unmanned aerial vehicles that can use artificial intelligence in working with their manned counterparts.
Northrop books $690M defense intell data award
Northrop Grumman secures a $690 million contract to work with the Defense Intelligence Agency on building a new data environment for housing information.
Push back begins against anti-diversity training ban
An IT group, a law firm and a government worker union have added their voices to the opposition to the White House plan to ban training that addresses certain areas of diversity and inclusion.
FAST 50: OM Group's willingness to change brought success
OM Group lands at No. 3 on the 2020 Fast 50 thanks to the company's willingness to change and its focus on the next big thing in technology.
Tetra Tech continues acquisition thrust in federal tech
Tetra Tech makes another acquisition in its continued push to add more technology and analytics work as a complement and perhaps even core to the engineering and construction business.
ST Engineering's US arm names new ruggedized division lead
ST Engineering North America appoints a new president and CEO of its Miltope division that makes ruggedized computers and other systems.
How the Amentum-DynCorp deal came to be in a COVID world
A dialogue had been long established, but the final leg of talks for Amentum to acquire DynCorp International almost exclusively happened through remote due diligence. The CEO of Amentum sees that shift as mirroring what is happening across the government market.
White House approves interim CMMC rule
The White House approved an interim rule to mandate defense contractors prove they adhere to existing cybersecurity standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
GSA makes awards on 3 OASIS unrestricted pools
The General Services Administration makes awards on three pools of the $50 billion OASIS professional services vehicle's unrestricted portions in what could mark the end of the on-ramp season for the contract.
Special Operations Command tries again at $950M services awards
After multiple protests, Special Operations Command makes a second attempt at awards on a $950 million small business set-aside contract for engineering and other professional services.
DC Capital backs special operations tech firm
Private equity firm DC Capital Partners takes a partial stake in a provider of hardware and software products to the special operations community.
Podcasts
PROJECT 38: Why Leidos isn't standing still
Leidos is the largest company in the market coming in at No 1. on the 2020 Top 100, but isn't sitting back as business development chief Roy Stevens explains in this podcast with Washington Technology editor-in-chief Nick Wakeman.
Amentum hits gas pedal with DynCorp acquisition
Not even a year after its creation, Amentum did not wait long to be a buyer and has announced a deal to acquire DynCorp in a deal that brings new customers and broader capabilities as Amentum's CEO explains.
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