Serco Inc. adds CMS vet Shields as healthcare lead

Serco Group's North American arm hires former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services executive Karen Shields as vice president of the health sector.

CGI books $68M USAID cloud contract

CGI's federal arm receives a five-year, $68.2 million contract for cloud services to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Harris receives $765M Navy portable radio contract

Harris Corp. will deliver portable radios and other related parts to the Navy under a new potential five-year, $765 million sole-source contract.

Introducing the most innovative companies of 2017

We've picked the most innovative companies in the government market as we launch a new awards program, the Washington Technology Industry Innovators. Who made our list?

VA hands down $25B VECTOR services contract to 68 firms

The Veterans Affairs Department makes 68 awards on its potential 10-year, $25 billion VECTOR contract for general management and business support services to 68 service-disable, veteran-owned companies.

SAIC restructures business groups, offers 100 senior managers early retirement

Science Applications International Corp. is consolidating its business organizations and offered voluntary retirement to 100 senior managers after a challenging first half to its fiscal year.

Polaris Alpha revs M&A engine with another deal

Polaris Alpha closed its fifth acquisition in the past year as it continue to build its portfolio in the emerging domains of cyber, electronics and space.

The Army has a few questions for you as EAGLE's version 2 nears

The Army is working on its next EAGLE contract and it is looking for more feedback from contractors on what is working well and where they can improve.

Opinion

Cyber tech firms need integrator partners to broaden their services

Cybersecurity providers need the ability to provide a more expansive, holistic offering beyond just their own product portfolio so partnering with systems integrators is critical.

Losing bidders complain about $7.8B Social Security IT awards

The Social Security Administration picked three companies for its $7.8 billion IT support services contract. Now the losing bidders, including two incumbents, are not happy at all.

Navy narrows 'Orca' underwater drone field to Boeing-HII, Lockheed

The Navy chooses a Boeing-Huntington Ingalls team and Lockheed Martin to proceed on the branch's "Orca" underwater drone development program.

MDA clears regulatory hurdle for $2.4B DigitalGlobe deal

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has cleared one of the final regulatory hurdles for its estimated $2.4 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe and now expects to close the deal by Oct. 6.

Enlightenment Capital backs IT security firm CyberCore

Middle-market investment group Enlightenment Capital is partnering with CyberCore to help in the latter's customer expansion efforts.

NavAir releases RFP for support services

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division is creating a five-year small business contract for support services for its AIRWorks Division.

Is the Trump bump over for government contractors?

The Washington Technology Contractor Confidence Index took a steep drop in the third quarter as expectations for growth, hiring and investment fell significantly.

Opinion

LPTA has no place in SATCOM contracts

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat executive, on how a recently introduced bill validates the need to remove satellite services acquisition from traditional “Lowest Price Technically Acceptable” (LPTA) considerations.

UT-Austin receives $1B Navy acoustics research contract

A University of Texas-Austin laboratory organization receives a potential five-year, $1.1 billion Navy contract to research acoustics for the U.S. military.

Obsidian wins $97M Marine Corps training development contract

Small business Obsidian Solutions Group takes a six-year, $97 million Marine Corps training exercise development contract.

iGov elevates Reiche to BD SVP

Systems integrator iGov moves company executive Chuck Reiche up to senior vice president of business development.

Air Force's $1B cloud award part of the 'invisible IT market'

The Air Force awarded a $1 billion contract to a team led by Dell EMC with no public disclosure. And the Federal Acquisition Regulations say there is nothing wrong with that.