Army working on IT sales deal for Ukraine

The Army is developing a contract to sell a variety of IT hardware and software products to Ukraine.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Opening day set for Raytheon-UTC combo

All regulatory approvals are now behind it, so the future "Raytheon Technologies" has set its first day of business as a new company.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Efforts underway to bolster cash flow in face of COVID-19 pandemic

From large prime support for smaller subs to changes in DOD's progress payment policies, multiple efforts are underway to address the cash crunch many companies are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • By Ross Wilkers

SAIC sees some buffers against COVID-19 impact

Due in large part to the nature of its work, Science Applications International Corp. is telling investors it expects to be able to manage through the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • By Nick Wakeman

One defense merger gets (somewhat) approved, another one closes

The aerospace-and-defense sector's largest-ever merger gets a conditional green light to go ahead, while the country's biggest military shipbuilder closes a deal that signifies a key part of its strategy.

  • By Ross Wilkers

AT&T pushes back after SSA contract goes to rival

AT&T has lost an incumbent SSA contract to industry rival Verizon and is taking its objections to the Government Accountability Office.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

PROJECT 38: The small business path to CMMC compliance

Alba Aleman, Citizant CEO and recognized small business advocate, explains that small businesses should embrace the Defense Department's new cybersecurity requirements for contractors as both a way of differentiating themselves and path to being a stronger organization instead of seeing it as a burden.

Pandemic puts squeeze on company finances

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, more companies are warning about risks to their top and bottom lines as evidenced by recent disclosures by publicly traded GovCon players.

  • By Ross Wilkers

COVID-19's impact will far outlast the pandemic

COVID-19 will reverberate through the market for years to come but what that impact will look like and what it'll mean to the GovCon market are questions that are yet to be answered.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Opinion

Legal update on coronavirus impact

Government contractors find themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place as agencies are slow to issue guidance to allow more worker flexibility in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • By James Fontana

Cyber firm ShorePoint makes acquisition for growth in CDM

Cyber services outfit ShorePoint acquires a data management and transformation company to gain more of a footprint in the government's massive "CDM" cyber initiative.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Parsons hires former Hill staffer to help lead space biz

Parsons Corp. adds one of the architects behind Congress' creation of Space Force to the company's leadership team.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Is the future of telework now as coronavirus spreads?

Telework is becoming the norm for just about everyone who can amid the coronavirus pandemic. But in some ways, the trend was already headed in that direction and current events will keep it that way.

  • By Ross Wilkers

COVID-19 drives Maximus to halt financial guidance

Maximus is temporarily suspending its financial guidance to investors because of the coronavirus pandemic and what it is doing to the economy. How soon will other public GovCon firms follow suit?

  • By Ross Wilkers

CGI makes deal to buy TeraThink

CGI Group is buying TeraThink to add more agile development skills into the global IT giant's federal shop.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NCI asks GAO to reconsider denied protest

NCI Information Systems lost a protest of a $145 million Army contract but wants the Government Accountability Office to re-examine the company's complaints.

  • By Nick Wakeman

OMB expands use of easy-acquisition procedures in face of COVID-19

The Office of Management and Budget's revised thresholds for federal purchases are a welcome tool for agencies and federal contractors

  • By Mark Rockwell

AWS complains that DOD's JEDI corrective action is too narrow

Amazon Web Services only got part of what it wants in DOD's proposed JEDI corrective action and is asking the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to expand the scope.

  • By Ross Wilkers

SAIC clears protest, opens $950M DLA contract

Science Applications International Corp. can now move on a $950 million Defense Logistics Agency contract now that protest delays have been cleared up.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Sabre Systems takes $77.7M Navy digital transformation award

Sabre Systems wins a $77.7 million contract to support Navy digital transformation efforts and that includes work on the NGEN program.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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