ECS adds David West as corporate development lead

ECS hires former Wolf Den Associates executive and federal market consultant David West as vice president of corporate development.

Octo cleared for Army brain injury contract

Octo Consulting can move forward on a contract to support Army research efforts around traumatic brain injuries now that bid protest hurdles have been cleared.

Peraton makes first post-Harris acquisition in deal for SRI

Peraton -- the former Harris Corp. IT services business -- makes its first acquisition as the independent company in a deal for Strategic Resources International.

CBP planning $96M contract for integrated logistics

Customs and Border Protection has released an RFI as it starts work on a $96 million contract for integrated logistics.

Leidos fights back after losing $25B Army competition

Leidos has turned to the Government Accountability Office after it lost out on a $25.5 billion Army logistics contract.

Army extends ADMC-2 for two years

The Army has extended the current Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-2 contract for hardware, software and related services as the legal battle for ADMC-3 drags on.

Serco's Americas arm hires Watson as federal services lead

Serco Group’s Americas arm adds former Science Applications International Corp. executive Tom Watson as senior vice president of federal services.

Raytheon forms cyber partnership with Virsec

Raytheon forms an alliance with Silicon Valley-based commercial cyber company Virsec to bring new network defense products to global government and critical infrastructure entities.

Army's massive RS3 contract gearing up for more action

The $37.4 billion Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services contract has 43 task orders in the pipeline and expects to add more primes through phase two awards in October.

Embedded IT firm gets IC venture arm backing

Embedded IT company Red Balloon Security has received an investment from intelligence community venture capital organization In-Q-Tel.

Centralized IT management needed to cut DOD cost

A more powerful CIO could bring savings to the Defense Department.

People drive success of M&A

Yes, there are cost and revenue synergies but a successful M&A deal often comes down to people and culture.

Three trends shaping the rest of 2018

Three trends -- budget, JEDI and M&A -- will shape the market for the rest of the year and beyond. And one other trend should keep you awake at night.

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3 steps to understanding your customer and fueling innovation

A good relationship with your customers is critical to bringing them innovative solutions. Here are three ways to get closer to your agencies.

DOD proposes $8B cloud email contract

The Defense Department has issued a draft solicitation for an $8 billion cloud-based email and calendaring contract.

General Dynamics freshens 40-year Army relationship with another win

General Dynamics IT maintains 40-year relationship with the Army Intelligence and Security Command with a new contract win to support IT networks.

Cubic the latest prime to part with defense services biz

Cubic Corp. is selling its defense services business as part of a portfolio reshaping to gain greater focus on core technology offerings.

Raytheon to build unmanned 'Barracuda' sea mine hunter

Raytheon takes a potential $362.7 million contract to develop an autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle for the Navy to use in the detection and mitigation of sea mines.

Dynetics takes next phase of DARPA's 'Gremlins' drone program

Dynetics has bested General Atomics to win phase three of DARPA's "Gremlins" program to build a drone that can take off and return to a C-130 in flight.

Army adds more time to ITES-2S to mitigate delays to version 3

The $20 billion ITES-2S vehicle has been extended by another two years as the Army works through the delays caused by a series of pre-award protests.