White House tech council sets vision for IT modernization
A new IT modernization plan from the Trump administration's American Technology Council looks to use commercial cloud and industry best practices to improve how the government uses technology.
Jacobs adds Treasury, health care footprint through Blue Canopy acquisition
Jacobs Engineering Group acquires cyber and data analytics contractor Blue Canopy to expand into the Treasury, education and health care agencies.
Draper books $37M missile defense tech research contract
Nonprofit Draper receives a five-year, $36.9 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency research and analyze new guidance technologies.
Delayed contracts, rush to end fiscal year collide in September
Industry is facing a September that promises to be busier than the usual fiscal year's end. But they also must manage through delays in major procurements.
Unisys uses partnership to bring commercial, federal business together
Unisys signs a reseller agreement with Computer Marketing Associates to help bring one of the former's commercial products into wider use in the federal space.
Leidos takes $98M medical research support contract
Leidos wins a potential five-year, $98.4 million contract to help establish and manage panels that advise the government on biomedical research funding applications.
NTT Data books $82M Navy acquisition support contract extension
NTT Data's services arm takes in a two-year, $82 million contract extension to continue its acquisition support for the Navy's submarine fleet.
ManTech receives $39M Navy testing services contract
ManTech International will help the Navy conduct tests for systems integration, diagnostics and safety hazard programs under a $39.6 million contract.
Lockheed elevates Hill to BD lead
Lockheed Martin promotes three-decade company veteran Stephanie Hill to senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development.
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Why we should save DHS' biodefense, chemical threat centers from proposed Trump budget cuts
A former DHS undersecretary and his Chertoff Group colleague explain the growing threat from biological and chemical agents and why Congress and the Trump administration need to back away from proposed cuts to their budgets.
ManTech takes $133.4M Army intelligence command contract
ManTech International will supply analytical support services to the Army intelligence command under $133.4 million contract.
Army starts development of audit agency contract
The Army Audit Agency is developing a contract for IT services to cover a wide range of needs such as system upgrades and cybersecurity.
Textron arm, General Atomics join $499M Air Force vehicle research contract
Textron's AAI Corp. subsidiary and General Atomics become the fourth and fifth awardees on a potential eight-year, $499 million Air Force vehicle research contract.
MCR adds Pender as analytics group president
MCR hires three-decade industry veteran Sean Pender to lead the company's new analytics-focused business group.
KeyW rides opportunity 'bubble' post Sotera deal
KeyW Corp. continues to lay down the foundation it believes will drive success from its combination with Sotera Defense Solutions.
Microsoft wins one battle in challenge to AWS
Microsoft has won a quiet victory in its ongoing fight to dig into Amazon Web Services' dominance as a cloud provider in the federal market.
Is a UTC-Rockwell Collins deal imminent?
If it closes, a reported United Technologies Corp.-Rockwell Collins combination would bring together the No. 46 and No. 48 companies on the 2017 Washington Technology Top 100 prime contractor list.
LinTech wins $48M defense IG IT contract
LinTech Global bests 18 other bidders to win a potential five-year, $48.4 million contract for IT services to the Defense Department's Office of the Inspector General.
BlackSky wins Air Force geospatial data cloud contract
Seattle-based BlackSky will build a new cloud-based data broker platform for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a two-year, $16.4 million contract.
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