Roboteam seeks its share of unmanned ground space

Roboteam chases growing opportunities as unmanned ground vehicles become an important tool in fighting roadside bombs and other threats.

ECS Federal busts through $500M barrier with InfoReliance deal

ECS Federal CEO George Wilson set an 'aggressive' goal in 2015 to hit $500 million mark in a few years. Now he's done it with a deal to acquire InfoReliance and he's transformed the business along the way.

Jacobs renews fight for $208M Air Force contract

Just because you win a bid protest, doesn't mean you win the contract. Just ask Jacobs as it tries again to win a $208 million Air Force research and development contract.

Belcan uses acquisitions to build federal platform

Known as an engineering firm, Cincinnati-based Belcan has closed three deals in nine months to build a federal services platform around cyber, systems engineering, IT and professional services.

PSC brings on DoD, Hill vet as senior adviser

The Professional Services Council adds Pentagon and Capitol Hill veteran Bill Greenwalt to the trade group's ranks as a senior adviser.

BAE, LGS added to DARPA computing program

BAE Systems Inc. and LGS Innovations become the latest members in a program for DARPA to build software for computing asset management.

What's your outlook for Q2?

Our more recent Contractor Confidence Index showed a significant surge in confidence in the market. Is confidence holding? That's what we are asking in our latest WT survey.

Leidos arm chosen for VA data repository task order

Leidos' Systems Made Simple subsidiary wins a potential three-year, $29 million task order to support the VA's health data repositories.

ServiceNow names Blackboard, BMC vet to federal leadership role

Silicon Valley-based cloud firm ServiceNow names former BMC and Blackboard executive Brian Marvin to lead federal sales and oversee automated IT market push.

Opinion

Why it pays to be different in 2017

Today's M&A environment demands that if you want your company to be highly valued as an acquisition target, then you need to be highly differentiated.

CSRA takes $58M EPA high-performance computing contract

CSRA wins a $58 million takeaway contract to help run the Environmental Protection Agency's high-performance computing systems and laboratory projects.

Vencore Labs joins DARPA software development program

A Vencore subsidiary joins a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to build software for collective tasking of computing platforms.

Raytheon lands potential $466M missile engineering contract

Raytheon will carry out engineering and technical services on three types of ship-based missile defense weapons under a potential four-year, $466 million contract.

DISA unveils $350M professional services vehicle RFP

The Defense Information Systems Agency releases its request for proposals for a five-year, $350 million professional services contract vehicle with nine slots reserved for small businesses.

Treasury floats mobile device management RFI

The U.S. Treasury begins a survey to find vendors interested in implementing a mobile device management system for the agency.

FedBid gets new Labor reverse auction contract

FedBid will continue its reverse auction partnership with the Labor Department under a new potential five-year contract.

ViaSat receives sole-source DISA equipment contract

ViaSat will produce additional ground transceivers for the Defense Information Systems Agency under a new $13.7 million sole-source contract.

Opinion

3 secrets highly successful firms use everyday

Marketing expert Liz Harr shares research that explains what separates highly successful companies from those who are faltering. Hint: Don't be everything to everyone.

Crossmatch gets IARPA biometrics defense contract

Crossmatch wins a $5.8 million contract to develop technologies for a Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency-run biometric identification program

DARPA taps BAE for power grid security program

BAE Systems and DARPA will collaborate to develop networks for use in case the U.S. electric grid suffers a cyber disruption.