ManTech cryptic on $158M Air Force space security win

ManTech International discloses a $158 million Air Force Space Command contract that is light on details, but continues to reveal how contractors are playing in the military space market.

Two battle to remain in White Sands range competition

Incumbent Trax International and AECOM's URS Federal business are fighting back after being eliminated from the competition to support the Army's White Sands Missile Range under a $360 million contract.

Booz Allen sees 2019 contract activity 'spread out over the year'

In his quarterly call with Wall Street, Booz Allen CEO Horacio Rozanski says to expect contract spending to be spread more evenly over the fiscal year versus a fourth quarter crunch.

3 trends reshaping the government cloud market

After years of hype, cloud-enabled government may finally arrive. Here are three trends to watch and the problem with JEDI.

IBM makes big play for Red Hat

IBM's planned $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat will have a big impact across the entire technology market, public sector included, as the desire for hybrid cloud solutions accelerates.

Endeavor, Howe and Howe team to chase big Army ground robot program

Endeavor Robotics has joined forces with Howe and Howe Technologies to pursue the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program.

Leidos results beg the question: Did the fourth quarter spending spree fizzle?

Leidos cut its sales outlook for this year partly because of lower-than-expected federal spending, which begs the question of whether the traditionally hyped "fourth quarter spending spree" fizzled out.

DOD moves $8B back-office cloud buy to Schedule 70

Defense IT officials have moved their $8 billion back office cloud procurement for productivity and communications from DISA to the GSA schedule.

Microsoft goes to bat for military work

Microsoft has joined Amazon as commercial technology companies that have publicly touted their work with the federal government and the military in particular as a good thing to do.

CACI's Asbury on the need to embrace change

CACI International CEO Ken Asbury shared how his company has changed to meet the shifts and demands of a rapidly-evolving market.

GAO gives four bidders another shot at $7.5B DISA SETI contract

Citing problems with how DISA evaluates innovation factors and pricing, GAO has recommended four companies be given another shot at the $7.5 billion SETI contract.

In a hot M&A market, are there enough sellers?

Calendar year 2018 has been an active market for mergers and acquisitions, but are there are enough sellers to match all of the buyers?

Textron goes to ground with unmanned acquisition

Textron is acquiring an unmanned ground vehicle maker to try and take a share of anticipated growth in longer-term programs of record.

Who's your public buyer?

Acquisition experts Marc Marlin and Kate Troendle continue their four-part series that examines who is driving the resurgence in government market M&A. Here in part two, they look at why the public companies have become "somewhat of a unicorn" in the buyer universe.

Oracle puts up fight for lost DISA contract

Oracle has filed a protest after ViON Corp. captured a $329.6 million contract to supply SPARC processing services to DISA.

Army moves $785M training contract forward without General Dynamics

General Dynamics has lost its bid to get back in the competition for a $785 million Army training contract now that GAO has ruled against their protest.

Cloud security firm Fugue gets backing from IC investor In-Q-Tel

Cloud security outfit Fugue receives an investment from the intelligence community’s venture capital arm In-Q-Tel.

Northrop consolidates parts of tech services in bid to increase efficiency

Northrop Grumman is consolidating two of the three divisions within its technology services segment into a single unit in a move to bring more efficiency to the business.

GSA taps AI to review contract solicitations

The Solicitation Review Tool, long in development, would leverage artificial intelligence to ensure that federal contracts posted online comply with disability rules.

General Dynamics' CEO explains call center business exit

General Dynamics CEO Phebe Nokavovic explains to Wall Street why the company decided to "re-home" a call center business to Maximus and why she sees that match as a better fit.