ICF wins $51M in Air Force cyberspace work

ICF takes a $51.7 million contract to carry out cyberspace support services for the Air Force’s Air Combat Command.

Raytheon's space pipeline grows behind closed doors

Raytheon sees space as a growth area, but the highly classified nature of the work means they can't say much about it.

L3 adds Melanie Heitkamp as HR lead

L3 Technologies hires former Leidos human resources executive Melanie Heitkamp as senior vice president and chief HR officer.

Next NDAA might add more cyber provisions

The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act could have a slew of new cyber provisions aimed at streamlining the Defense Department’s collaboration with the rest of government.

Army wants better data to control costs

The Army wants to get a better grasp on what it spends and the performance quality it gets in return.

What the F-35 can teach us about not sharing lessons learned

As sophisticated and advanced as the F-35 is, the early fielding of the next-generation fighter reveals that there are some problems technology can’t solve.

Harris appoints Bailey to board

Harris Corp. has appointed a new member of its board of directors in Louisiana-Pacific CFO Sallie Bailey.

DOD says JEDI strategy justification coming May 7

Defense Department officials tell Senate lawmakers that required reports to justify the $10 billion JEDI cloud acquisition strategy will come by May 7, ahead of the final solicitation.

Northrop sees more synergy between services, rest of company

Northrop Grumman is seeing more synergies between its services business and the rest of the company. They also see that as helping keep segment margins high.

Siemens names federal lead Humpton as U.S. CEO

Siemens Corp. appoints federal business leader Barbara Humpton as chief executive for the industrial conglomerate’s U.S. business in a move to take effect June 1.

In SGT deal, KBR further transforms its government services business

The $355 million acquisition of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies is just the latest move by KBR to transform its government services business.

DISA plans major info systems network upgrade

DISA is planning a major bandwidth increase for the Defense Information Systems Network and the infrastructure that connects the various combatant commands.

With CSRA in tow, GD watches how JEDI 'shapes out'

General Dynamics is still in the early days of its takeover of CSRA but it is taking a close look at DOD's massive JEDI cloud contract.

Opinion

Revisiting the 3 Rs for GovCon success

Research, resources and relationships are the building blocks for success in the federal market. Here's why.

CACI books $145M Army intelligence services order

CACI International books a $145 million task order to help research and evaluate intelligence information for the Army to combat insurgent activities and builds it lead as top prime on the $7.2 billion Global Intelligence Support Services contract.

Small or large business contract question at heart of bid protest

A small business is seeing an incumbent contract get switched to full-and-open and it doesn't like that one bit.

Steven Anderson joins Sallyport as chief growth officer

Retired Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson has joined Sallyport Global Holdings as the company’s new chief growth officer.

Lockheed CEO encouraged by budget but warns of sequestration

Even with higher defense spending and some more budget certainty, Lockheed Martin’s chief executive likes to remind anyone who will listen that one headwind remains: sequestration.

Encore III protester deemed too late by GAO

Planned Systems International's lost Encore III bid protest offers a lesson on timeliness for other government contractors.

How soon will AI be more than the next big thing?

AI is gaining momentum in the government market as IT shops look to it as a critical tool in facing cybersecurity threats.