Verizon promotes Cohen to federal civilian lead

Verizon elevates one of its team leaders in Andrea Cohen to lead the telecommunications company's business with federal civilian agencies.

Leidos drops fight for $578M TSA contract

Leidos has fought to keep an incumbent Transportation Security Administration contract since October but has now withdrawn its protest. That clears the way for Peraton to take over the work.

Acquisition nixes chance at FDA contract

Synchrogenix was a small business and then it became large. That caused problems as it pursued an FDA contract.

Deep Water Point adds Northrop vet Caro

Federal management consulting shop Deep Water Point brings aboard former Northrop Grumman health care executive Amy Caro as a partner.

Veritas Technologies hires former Agriculture acquisition lead Alboum

Data management outfit Veritas Technologies hires former Agriculture acquisition leader Jonathan Alboum as public sector chief technology officer.

NCI creates AI leadership role, hires CrossChx's Mascho

NCI Inc. creates the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and hires CrossChx founder Brad Mascho for the role.

Novetta adds former ManTech exec Varner to board

Novetta adds the recently-retired ManTech group president Bill Varner to the board of directors.

BAE books Army precision guidance contract

BAE Systems' U.S. arm takes in an $8 million contract to develop guidance kits that help munitions change course without the use of GPS.

Possible VMware-Dell deal has all the hallmarks of a rapidly changing market

Whether Dell and VMware pull off a reverse merger where VMware buys Dell, the possibility of such a bold move says a lot about the market and the need to adapt.

Unisys picks Andrew Boyd to lead defense and intell business

Andrew Boyd has been hired as group vice president for defense and intelligence agencies for Unisys Federal.

General Atomics continues software upgrade to Reaper drone

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems won a $49.3 million order to continue work on the MQ-9 Reaper drone under an Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Combat Command contract.

Air Force taps 3 for Air Force alternative energy work

Concurrent Technologies Corp., Southwest Research Institute and the University of Dayton Research Institute will share in $49 million Air Force contract for research-and-development work related to alternative energy.

Small business takes on Missile Defense cyber work

Small business Decisive Analytics has won a $59.5 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to support cybersecurity compliance requirements.

AAI picked for unmanned systems work in Afghanistan

The Air Force has tapped AAI Corp. to supply and operate unmanned aircraft systems in Afghanistan.

Opinion

M&A momentum flowing into 2018

The positive momentum driving M&A activity picked up last year and the expectations of acquisition experts Bob Kipps and Marc Marlin are that it will continue in 2018 and maybe beyond.

L3 sounds ready to buy in 2018

L3 Technologies executives signal they will continue their busy acquisition activity from last year into this year. And a couple could close soon, they say.

ICF adds Sholtis as cyber services lead

ICF hires almost 10-year cyber arena veteran Jonathan Sholtis as senior vice president of cybersecurity services.

Serco's Americas arm closes BTP Systems acquisition

Serco Group's subsidiary for the Americas region completes its acquisition of defense technology services company BTP Systems.

Uncertain budgets weigh on Air Force leaders

Budget uncertainty is taking a toll on research and modernization efforts at the Air Force.

Proposed NAFTA changes could impact federal IT

Shifts in market access agreements could have in impact on government procurement, especially the ability of U.S. firms to compete for Canadian government work.