Fast 50 deadline extended

The deadline for nominations for the 2019 Washington Technology Fast 50 has been extended to Aug. 5 so there is still a chance to showcase how your company has grown over the last five years.

Fraud ring targets federal procurement

An international group of criminals is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in IT gear by targeting DHS and other federal agencies' solicitations.

Leidos eager for role in agencies' commercial cloud move

Commercial cloud providers are jockeying for position in the federal market as agencies increasingly eye cloud migrations: a trend Leidos sees as suiting itself just fine.

Leonardo DRS unit keeps $830M Navy hardware contract

A Leonardo DRS subsidiary wins a $830.7 million recompete contract to install network hardware for the Navy.

Booz Allen sees AI investments 'faster than we expected'

Agencies have been slow to invest in and adopt artificial intelligence and other automation technologies, but that is rapidly changing and Booz Allen Hamilton sees it as a train that will not be stopped.

Army tries again with $5B desktop, mobile product awards

The Army makes another attempt at getting its $5 billion Army Desktop and Mobile Computing 3 contract vehicle up and running after a nearly two-year protest saga.

GSA adds 24 to human capital support contract vehicle

GSA and OPM add 24 small businesses to its large Human Capital and Training Solutions contract, bringing the total to 44 primes.

Is Trump the last hope for those wanting to stop JEDI?

The judge's written opinion rejecting Oracle's protest against the JEDI cloud contract is now out. It's also now becoming clear that any future protests will have a hard time gaining traction.

AT&T posts $1 billion DOJ telecom win

The Justice Department intends to leverage the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to drive modernization.

Microsoft CEO offers defense for military work

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gives his defense of working with the federal government and the U.S. military in particular: a push back against those who think the software firm should look elsewhere for business.

Unisys honors Mark Cohn with research fund

Unisys Corp. has created a research fund as a way of honoring Unisys Federal CTO Mark Cohn, who died recently after battling lung cancer.

Four win seats on $99M unmanned aircraft contract

Four suppliers take spots on a $99.5 million Army contract to deliver tactical unmanned aircraft.

Opinion

Black Hats and Good Guys: How the deal is won

Whether you are defending an incumbent contract or trying to wrest away a deal from someone else, you need to know who the bad guys are.

Global consultancy grows A&D, government services M&A team

Global financial advisory firm Duff & Phelps expands its aerospace, defense and government services M&A practice with two key hires.

Opinion

Why subscription-based models are the future of federal IT investments

As agencies move to meet the growing list of IT modernization initiatives, they'll have little other choice but to turn to subscription-based solutions.

With budget deal done, House defense leaders turn toward NDAA

Despite a tentative two-year budget deal, House leaders are preparing for a tough conference to reconcile differences with the Senate's version of the National Defense Authorization Act.

How General Dynamics is positioning IT beyond this transition year

General Dynamics' IT services shop is just as busy looking and casting its net outward for large opportunities as it is with integrating CSRA.

Blue Delta adds Morea, Hathiramani to advisory board

Blue Delta Capital Partners adds industry veterans in Donna Morea and Deepak Hathiramani to the investment firm's advisory board.

Vectrus hires former PAE exec Coracides

Vectrus adds 25-year veteran and former PAE executive Mario Coracides to the leadership team.

Army kicks off round 2 of 'DCGS' intell system competition

Palantir took round one earlier this year in the long-cycled program to support the Army's "DCGS" battlefield intelligence gathering system. Round two is now on the street with a big price tag.