Leidos names Albanese health group BD lead

Leidos appoints Jason Albanese to lead business development functions for its health group.

OBXtek promotes HR lead Sharon Harrington to senior VP

OBXtek promotes Human Resources Vice President Sharon Harrington to the government services contractor’s senior VP ranks.

Too many protests? Not really

GAO's annual bid protest report shows protests are holding steady. But that doesn't mean there are too many.

Opinion

Your next BD hire might already be working for you

The arrival of Amazon's HQ2 is going to complicate an already tough hiring environment but your best BD talent might already be working for you.

Podcasts

Project 38: MetTel’s Diana Gowen and the telecom pivot

Diana Gowen, a veteran of the government telecom market, talks about what has changed and what hasn't and why partnerships and bringing solutions to your customers are fundamental to success in the government market.

Inside Wolf Den's spinoff strategy

Wolf Den Associates is taking its technical solutions business and creating an independent company. Here is the strategy behind the spin.

Mid-tier player scales up through merger

With its first deal since being acquired by a private equity firm, Sentinel has quickly made its own transformative merger to move deeper into the middle tier.

Microsoft captures $479M Army personal network OTA

Microsoft has won a $479.2 million Army contract to create a personal network for soldiers through an OTA competition.

BAE to research machine learning for DARPA RF defense program

BAE Systems will research machine learning algorithms for a DARPA program to better identify and decipher radio frequency signals.

Amazon Web Services goes to space through Lockheed partnership

Amazon Web Services is entering the space hardware market though a new partnership with Lockheed Martin.

NetCents portal goes down, transparency goes up

The Air Force's NetCents 2 Products portal is having some technical difficulties and new solicitations are going out via FBO.gov. That means non-contract holders can now see what the Air Force is buying.

Boeing wins $383M Air Force satellite security contract

Boeing takes a $383.4 million contract to build a ground system for defending Air Force satellites against jamming and intercepts.

GSA to consolidate multiple award schedules

The General Services Administration plans to consolidate dozens of its buying schedules across product areas including IT and services to reduce duplication.

Leidos hires Raytheon vet Tim Freeman

Leidos hires Raytheon executive Tim Freeman as a senior vice president to work in the defense group.

Novation issue nixes bid for Army logistics work

STS wants to buy a logistics contract from Engility but the Army won't novate, so the branch rejected a joint bid from the companies.

EverWatch makes first acquisition, grows intell work

EverWatch has made its first deal since it was created by Enlightenment Capital through a merger of four portfolio companies into one.

New JEDI filing moves IBM's protest forward

With a new filing, IBM shows that it isn't giving up on its protest of the $10 billion JEDI cloud solicitation despite Oracle's lost.

VA's $25B 'VECTOR' services contract open for business

With protests behind them, the VA can now move forward on their $25 billion "VECTOR" contract for professional services.

Stratascorp wins $210M Military Sealift Command IT contract

Small firm Stratascorp wins a $210 million contract to run computer systems of the Navy's Military Sealift Command.

IBM continues fight for TSA Secure Flight contract

IBM has filed a new protest after TSA re-affirmed a contract award to Accenture for the $50 million Secure Flight program.