Lockheed ramps up investment in unmanned undersea vehicle company
Lockheed Martin’s venture capital group ramps up its backing of unmanned sea vehicle maker Ocean Aero to stay ahead of the curve in an emerging domain.
Small firm unseats incumbent for $493M engineering contract
Science Systems and Applications Inc. wins a $493 million electrical and electronic engineering services contract with NASA and unseats a larger incumbent.
ManTech protests General Dynamics win of controversial DHS-ICE contract
ManTech is protesting a $113 million contract won by General Dynamics to support the Homeland Security Department's visa vetting initiative.
Speedcast eyes doubled government footprint in Globecomm deal
Speedcast agrees to buy satellite market competitor Globecomm to double global government sales and position for U.S. defense budget growth.
Coast Guard moving to update auxiliary management system
The Coast Guard has delayed maintenance on the system it uses manage its auxiliary members and now is starting to explore a cloud-based modernization effort.
Opinion
How to get past the transformation myth
Transformation can be a big scary word but it's important to remind customers that transitioning, instead of transforming, can be more painful and more expensive.
Former Black Box federal arm rebrands after sale
Arlington Capital Partners adds Black Box's government division to the investment firm's portfolio and rebrands the business.
Fast 50: Titania goes from blank slate to up-and-comer
Titania Solutions started as blank sheet of paper in 2012 but is now 100 people strong and growing, thanks to a few strategic wins and focus on its people.
Navy releases RFP for security info processing
The Naval Research Lab has issued a solicitation for a small business contract focused advanced secure information processing research.
What fifth grade teaches about good business
Classroom principles about listening, working hard, being respectful and taking responsibility apply to contractors as much if not more than they do to my son's fifth-grade classroom.
Mitre brings back Gagnon as cyber & physical security lead
Mitre Corp. brings Gary Gagnon back to the nonprofit organization as its cybersecurity and physical security leader.
1901 Group promotes pair of execs
1901 Group promotes a pair of management team members in Paul Wilkinson and James Christopher to the executive vice president ranks.
FAST 50: B3 bets on big IDIQ and wins
B3 Group had just seven employees when it bid on VA's $21 billion T4NG contract and that successful bid has made a huge difference for the company.
Fast 50 execs to share secrets to their success
Join us for our 2018 Fast 50 webcast with executives from three of the fastest-growing small businesses in the market. They'll share the secrets to their success and the key trends in today's federal market.
Podcasts
Project 38, Episode 4: The innovation challenge
In this episode we talk to John Wood, CEO of Telos Corp. as we continue our exploration of innovation and disruption in the government market. John shares his views on the challenges and obstacles to bringing innovation to the government market.
KeyW books $135M DOD remote sensing support pact
KeyW Corp. books a five-year, $135 million blanket purchase agreement for engineering services to support the U.S. military's remote sensing missions.
MAG Aerospace buys Ausley to grow Navy presence
MAG Aerospace continues its busy summer with the acquisition of Ausley Associates to grow work on Navy programs.
DOD gives JEDI cloud update, but what has really changed?
The Defense Department gives an update to the $10 billion JEDI cloud contract. But how they did it makes things slightly more cloudy and caps off an eventful week for this big-ticket contract.
Fast 50 : With steady beat Metronome finds its success
Metronome builds its rhythm of success through its adherence to five core values: passion, improving, teammates, mission and celebrating success.
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