Inside Huntington Ingalls' plan to grow its unmanned business

Huntington Ingalls is buying marine robotic technology maker Hydroid for $350 million as it positions itself to capture a large share of the unmanned marine market as Navy spending increases.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Take 2: DFAS notice reveals need for file scanning solution

Now more fully, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service describes how it wants to search and mitigate the presence of personally identifiable information in a wide range of systems and file types.

  • By Nick Wakeman

What's next for 'Amentum' after AECOM spinoff

The now-former AECOM Management Services business is now an independent government services company with private equity backing. So where does the now-casted "Amentum" go from here?

  • By Ross Wilkers

Introducing the 2020 Federal 100 industry winners

Industry representatives were selected for 29 slots on FCW's 2020 Federal 100 list. Congratulations to all the winners.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GSA launches second phase of schedule consolidation

The General Services Administration has started the process of modifying contracts to fit the new unified buying schedule.

  • By Mark Rockwell
Opinion

5 AI trends that will change you and your customer

Over the past two years, the long-awaited promise of artificial intelligence for the federal government has started to become a reality as the market moves beyond exploration and deeper into collaboration and information-sharing.

  • By Brad Mascho

DFAS looks for tools for personally identifiable information

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is looking for a tool to help with managing personally identifiable information.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Bureau of Indian Affairs developing new multiple award vehicle

The agency that provides services to hundreds of Native American tribes wants a multivendor computer hardware contract that allows its agencies to comply with set-aside goals and unite sometimes fragmented buying.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Round 2: CMS makes 20 awards for $5B research support contract

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services makes a second try at awarding a $5 billion data and research support contract that could be protested again.

  • By Ross Wilkers

IBM creates new federal structure amid broader changes

IBM has created a new structure for its government business by consolidating units to create a streamlined approach to the market, all as CEO Ginni Rometty prepares to retire.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DOD finalizes cybersecurity standard for contractors

The Defense Department released the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification standard that all defense contractors will have to meet by 2026.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Booz Allen sees growth speeding up with one caveat

Booz Allen Hamilton is experiencing strong overall growth but one part of the business is relatively flat as the company works to hire enough people.

  • By Ross Wilkers

General Dynamics retains $883M Army live training contract

With no competition, General Dynamics' mission systems arm keeps an $883 million Army live training contract.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Public companies balance disclosure, secrecy around growing classified work

Publicly-traded government contractors have to strike a delicate balance when talking about their classified businesses, especially as they become major areas of growth.

  • By Ross Wilkers

What is not in CACI's product play

CACI International's product play puts it more into the hardware domain and the company is glad to be there:, up to a certain point.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Fight over $400M DOJ training contract drags on

The Justice Department continues in its struggles to award $400 million contract for international law enforcement training.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Should we fear the shift of FPDS contract info to Beta.Sam?

GSA is beginning the transition of the FPDS contracting information system to Beta.Sam.Gov and is telling users to take screen shots to save their work before the move.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GSA names permanent acquisition chief

Julie Dunne will lead the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA on a permanent basis.

Plenty of action promised as new CMMC standard looms for contractors

The roll-out of the final Defense Department cybersecurity compliance standard for contractors is just days away. Here are some items to watch in the coming weeks as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.

  • By Nick Wakeman

General Dynamics sees contract delays as slowing IT growth

General Dynamics IT saw its revenue growth hampered somewhat in 2019 due to protests and award delays, but 2020 does start with bookings success and maybe more if large awards such as NGEN and the DEOS redo go their way.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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