SAIC taking long view in combo with Engility

SAIC certainly sees short-term opportunities arising from its deal to buy Engility, but is really focused on what happens after the current budget bump fades.

DISA awards $17.5B Encore III small business track

DISA makes small business awards against its $17.5 billion Encore III contract for broad enterprise IT services.

TSA extends Leidos' airport screening equipment contract

The Transportation Security Agency extends a Leidos airport screening equipment logistics contract the company once lost but got back.

SAIC to acquire Engility

Science Applications International Corp. strikes a deal for Engility Corp. that continues a run of consolidation and megadeals in the government IT and professional services landscape.

Where Leidos' next M&A play could be

Leidos is eyeing more acquisitions as a way to fuel more growth but don't expect another blockbuster similar to the Lockheed Martin deal.

Tribalco wins Afghan support contract

Tribalco will provide command, control and IT support services to U.S. forces in Afghanistan

Inside the good, the bad and ugly of debriefings and bid protests

Our next WT Power Breakfast dives into debriefings and bid protests with speakers from GAO, major government contractors and independent attorneys. Learn how debriefings and bid protests impact your business.

DOD makes last awards on $28B tech R&D contract

The Defense Department makes its last awards against a potential nine-year, $28 billion technology R&D contract.

General Dynamics keeps $2B State Department supply chain contract

General Dynamics takes a new $2.07 billion contract to continue its global security engineering and supply chain services for the State Department.

Amazon reaps a treasure trove of data with its HQ2 search

Amazon has reaped tons of data on nearly every U.S. city in its search for a location for a second headquarters. Data that competitors are unlikely to have.

ByteCubed makes first deal with Enlightenment Capital's backing

ByteCubed acquires digital user experience company Chief. This is ByteCubed's first acquisition since getting backing from Enlightenment Capital.

GSA kicks off competition for new DUNS service

The General Services Administration starts the competition to run a system that verifies who does business with the federal government.

WT launches online training courses

We are adding another tool to help government contractors succeed through the launch of online training courses. The first class on Proposal Writing to Win in the Digital Age is now available.

Opinion

Why your customer needs to embrace unified communications

In part two of a two-part commentary series, Larry Allen makes the case on why unified communications is critical to meeting security threats and agency missions.

Raytheon adds retired Air Force Gen. Pawlikowski to board

Raytheon adds retired Air Force Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski to the defense company’s board of directors.

Marines want research support for better force protection

The Marine Corps has issued a call for research support aimed at enhancing how it protects conventional forces.

Palantir to build platform for NIH research

Palantir Technologies wins a three-year, $7 million contract to build a collaborative scientific platform for NIH.

Perspecta, Navy ink $787.3M NGEN contract extension

Perspecta is getting a one-year, $787.3 million extension to run the Navy-Marine Corps NGEN IT network as the incumbent and challengers prepare to compete for the next iteration.

Protest withdrawn, ManTech celebrates big CDM cyber win

Now that Perspecta has withdrawn its protest, ManTech can move ahead with its $668 million CDM DEFEND cyber award.

DigitalGlobe extends key satellite imagery contract, new agency in charge

Maxar's DigitalGlobe arm extends its role on the government's key commercial satellite imagery contract as that program's management moves from one intelligence agency to another.