MAG Aerospace keeps on with the dealmaking

MAG Aerospace announces its fourth deal in less than two years with plans to acquire AASKI Technology to expand C5ISR capabilities and add new contracts.

Contracts, the law and coronavirus

In this commentary, attorney James Fontana explores the legal issues around the coronavirus and the questions contractors need to consider as they navigate the days and weeks ahead.

SAIC closes $1.2B Unisys Federal deal

Science Applications International Corp. has closed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Unisys Federal.

Coronavirus pushes GSA to nix FAST 2020

Citing health concerns, the General Services Administration cancelled its April flagship training conference.

SAIC-Unisys clears last hurdle before closing $1.2B

SAIC's deal to acquire Unisys Federal for $1.2 billion has cleared its last hurdle, meaning closing of the transaction is imminent.

DOD offers narrow corrective action for JEDI

The Defense Department wants to take a corrective action but it will only look at a very narrow aspect of its JEDI award to Microsoft and only if the judge says OK.

CMMC update: Compliance deadline shifts

DOD chief information security officer for acquisition policy told contractors that CMMC compliance has shifted, giving them more time to get their audits done.

Salient CRGT tapped for special ops IT support

Salient CRGT has won a $38.1 million Army task order to provide mission critical IT communications infrastructure and services for U.S. Special Operations forces.

A bit of insight on Perspecta's NGEN protest

Perspecta's protest of the NGEN contract includes allegations of organizational conflicts of interest.

VA telecom work hit with protests

A $127 million EIS task order awarded by the VA has been hit by a pair of protests.

Senate panel looks for supply chain options

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing a conversation about how to mitigate supply chain risks associated with outsourcing and globalization.

Opinion

Understanding the challenge of short attention spans

Content is still king but to be effective you have to understand and overcome the every shrinking attention span of your target audience.

Acquisition contracts key to agencies opening telework options in face of coronavirus

The coronavirus is driving more agencies to expand telework options and acquisition vehicles are there to ease the pain.

PAE cites contract wins, M&A strategy in first quarterly report

As a newly minted public company, PAE shares a strategy that includes contract wins and mergers and acquisitions.

DXC to sell Medicaid business for $5B

DXC Technologies is selling its state and local business sells and supports Medicaid Management Information Systems to Veritas Capital for $5 billion.

Applied Insight names new CEO, other exec moves

Applied Insight has shuffled its executive suite and named a new CEO as part of the company's continuing growth as a mid-tier player in the market.

Perspecta continues fight for both its biggest contract and a second large one

With protests on consecutive days, Perspecta is refusing to back down from fighting to keep its Navy NGEN network services contract and how the DOD's big email award competition is going.

NIST's Ron Ross pivots to DevSecOps

Agile software and software security techniques are taking a firmer hold as agencies look for faster, better ways to provide services.

What's on Parsons' 2020 agenda with its IPO in the rearview mirror

Parsons Corp.'s second act as a publicly-traded company began 10 months ago with a traditional IPO and 2020 figures to be one of continued transformation for the company. The immediate term though presents the challenge all businesses are facing in navigating the coronavirus outbreak.

As coronavirus spreads, contractors brace for a 'shutdown of another kind'

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak is pushing contractors and customers alike to prepare for something like a government shutdown but still very different.