Opinion

So you want to be a consultant? 5 tips for your survival

Many people see becoming an consultant as either a good stop between other positions or as a new career path. Either way you need to keep these five tips in mind.

Dealmaking continues for MAG Aerospace

MAG Aerospace closes its third deal since being acquired by New Mountain Capital 10 months ago. This time MAG is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region.

Competition poised to heat up on $50B EIS contract

Now there are three primes with ATOs under the $50 billion EIS contract and expectations are rising that more task orders and competition are all on the way.

Three chosen for $446M DOD market research contract

Three firms are chosen for a $446 million blanket purchase agreement for IT research and informative services to defense agencies.

Disappointed bidders go to court over $7.5B SETI awards

Novetta and Technatomy prevailed when GAO ruled in favor of their protests, but they still didn't get a spot on DISA's $7.5 billion "SETI" contract. Now the companies have gone to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

For Lockheed's venture fund, the investment is only the beginning

Lockheed Martin embraces the idea of "technology scouting" through its ventures fund that invests in emerging tech firms. But Lockheed Ventures lead Chris Moran reminded our WT Power Breakfast audience that the investment is merely the tip of the iceberg and designed to take measured risks in innovation.

AF's Kessel Run wants contractors to supply software development, project management skills

Kessel Run is looking to hire companies to supply contractors with skills in software development and project management to work on their government-owned software repository.

Merlin invests in Wickr cybersecurity platform

In a move beyond traditional reselling agreements, Merlin International has invested in Wickr, a company with a secure, anti-hacking communications platform, to develop more of those solutions for the government space.

By Light acquires Phacil

By Light acquires Phacil nearly two years after the latter became a full employee-owned company.

Who made the biggest deals of 2018?

Outside of one very large exception, private equity firms dominated merger and acquisition activity in a 2018 that saw nearly 100 closed transactions.

How GD sees the market with CSRA in the fold

Almost one year since the blockbuster CSRA deal, General Dynamics IT still has some integration work to do but is mostly looking outward at market opportunities that underlined the acquisition's thesis.

Tyto Athene adds Kapoor, Johnson to advisory board

Tyto Athene names federal market veteran Kay Kapoor and former GSA executive John Johnson to its advisory board.

DIA developing $2.1B applications development contract

The Defense Intelligence Agency is developing a multiple award contract that could be worth more than $2 billion for a broad set of application development services.

Deloitte wins AF deal for force optimization work

Deloitte Consulting has won a $39.9 million contract to help the Air Force with force optimization.

Podcasts

Vectrus CFO resigns

Vectrus chief financial officer Matthew Klein has resigned from the company to pursue other interests.

7 win $240M Marine Corps training support contract

Seven companies have captured spots on a 10-year, $240 million Marine Corps training systems support contract.

NGA taps small biz for support tasks under MOJAVE contract

Quadrint Inc., a Falls Church, Virginia., small business provider of analytics, cloud and data solutions, has won a trio of task orders for support services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Worth Reading: NY Times reviews JEDI contract

The JEDI contract has hit the pages of the New York Times, which provides a review of the controversial $10 billion Defense Department cloud contract.

Perspecta continues fight for $211M DHS contract

Perspecta has filed a second protest involving a $211M Homeland Security Department contract for cybersecurity support won by BAE Systems.

SAIC tweaks structure as prep for new CEO

With its CEO transition in place, SAIC is making other leadership changes as it prepares for Nazzic Keene to become the new chief executive.