Get ready for a two-year deluge of large IT contract awards

The much-touted "JEDI" cloud contract certainly looms over the market but is far from the only the large enterprise IT opportunity analysts are watching closely.

Defense budget sets stage for innovation, more competition

The Pentagon's ask for more dollars highlights its emphasis on modernization and innovation. That means defense primes should expect to be kept on their toes by integrators and services companies who have scaled up through M&A to pursue those opportunities.

LinQuest picked to help stand up new Space Command

LinQuest Corp. has been awarded a $9.3 million contract to help establish the new U.S. Space Command.

Guidehouse adds Accenture vet Meehan

Guidehouse has hired longtime Accenture veteran Ed Meehan to be part of its leadership team.

KBR sees space as growth market, even with many details TBD

The government is still organizing the management of its space programs and assets, but for companies such as KBR the time to strike is now as growth opportunities emerge.

MacB falls short in bid to keep incumbent Army contract

The Government Accountability Office has rejected MacAulay-Brown's bid to keep an incumbent cybersecurity contract after the Army awarded the $55 million deal to Deloitte.

CenturyLink books $50B EIS telecom vehicle's first order

CenturyLink is awarded the first task order under GSA's $50 billion "EIS" vehicle for next-generation telecommunications services to federal agencies.

ManTech books $128M CBP task order

ManTech International books a $128 million task order for program management and engineering services to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Inside PAE's unmanned aircraft strategy

PAE might be best-known for logistics and facility management work worldwide, but it's also been building an unmanned aircraft strategy to complement its core.

EIS task order awards coming soon

At least three large agencies are about to make awards under GSA's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract for next-generation telecommunications solutions.

Harris finds buyer for night vision business

Harris Corp. has found a buyer for its night vision business, a move intended to help the company move forward on its merger with L3 Technologies.

SAIC keeps $292M NASA safety support contract

Science Applications International Corp. wins a $292 million recompete contract for engineering services to support NASA safety functions.

Karsun wins $80M FEMA agile development pact

Karsun Solutions wins an $80 million blanket purchase agreement for agile development services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Octo Consulting gets backing from Arlington Capital

Octo Consulting's CEO and founder tells us what's next for his company after they receive investment from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners.

Raytheon's services arm adds NSA vet Shea

Raytheon appoints three-decade National Security Agency veteran Theresa Shea to the leadership team in the company's services business.

Navy moves forward with DCGS-N intell gathering program

The Navy is moving forward with the next version of its intelligence gathering Distributed Common Ground System and is inviting industry to meet with its technical team.

Shareholders approve Harris-L3 merger

Shareholders of both Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies respectively approve the mergers of both companies.

Ken Krieg appointed LMI board chair

Former Pentagon acquisition chief Ken Krieg is appointed board chair at LMI.

Air Force wants software to model gas, oil refineries

The Air Force is looking for a commercial software solution to help better model gas and oil refinery processes to help the Joint Warfare Analysis Center meet its mission.

Applied Insight moves HQ, rounds out exec team

The next phase of Applied Insight's strategy to become a more formidable mid-tier market player sees the company move its corporate headquarters and round out a nearly dozen-strong executive team.