Kratos subsidiary wins $29.6M drone agreement

Micro Systems, a subsidiary of Kratos, has won a $29.6 million basic ordering agreement to provide the Navy with unmanned aerial drone command and control systems and services.

A-T Solutions wins $6.5M contract to conduct security auditing program

A-T Solutions has won a $6.5 million contract to conduct the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to conduct its Security Auditing Program.

DynCorp wins $8.5M contract for Cambodian work

DynCorp International has won an $8.5 million contract with the Navy to provide operations support in Cambodia.

Acentia makes bid to bolster health IT work

Acentia has bought a small Atlanta-based contractor that holds an important CDC contract, opening a new front for its health IT business.

State, local agencies want better efficiency but face infrastructure challenges

While most state and local organizations plan to fully deploy data center consolidation, mobility, security, big data and cloud computing in the next three years, most agencies simply aren’t prepared for the resulting demands on their IT infrastructure.

Labor solicits $16M set-aside for cybersecurity protection

The Labor Department is offering service-disabled veterans a four-year, $16 million contract to help in securing the department’s critical IT infrastructure and information systems.

NCI wins $9M Army contract to support PEO EIS

NCI Inc. has won a $9 million contract to support the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems Project Director Reserve Component Automation Systems.

Fight continues for US VISIT contract

BAE Systems and American Systems Corp. are continuing their fight for a recompete of a portion of the US VISIT contract with DHS. Round two has just begun.

Chertoff Group promotes five insiders to new posts

The Chertoff Group has made five internal promotions in order to better manage its existing lines of business and develop new opportunities for growth.

Four win $497M contract to develop, integrate C4ISR

Four companies have won a $497 million contract to provide technical administrative operations support services to the Army.

Navmar wins $12.5M contract to develop biometric identity system

Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. has won a $12.5 million Navy contract to develop a biometric identity system.

Motorola tops Harris in protest battle

Motorola Solutions protested and won a fight for an Army land mobile radio contract after it learned that Harris planned to supply Motorola radios as part of its solution.

Contractors cry foul ahead of CMS fraud contract

CGI Federal and HealthDataInsights are both protesting a Centers for Medicaid and Medicare contract that is still going through the source selection process.

Defense Commissary wants IT system for grocery shelves

The Defense Commissary Agency is considering a six-year, $256.8 million contract to update its enterprise business system to get a fully integrated commercial-off-the-shelf supply chain solution.

ICF closes deal for Brussels communications firm

ICF International has completed its acquisition of Mostra SA, boosting ICF’s strategy of providing implementation services that leverage its advisory services and enhances its policy work.

OPM takes some clearance work from USIS

The Office of Personnel Management will take over all final reviews of background investigations, pulling back the work from USIS, which was accused by the Justice Department of fraud.

ICE looks for mainframe replacement

The Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency must replace its main-frame computer system with a new one with more capabilities, and officials have asked companies to propose systems that can be fielded quickly.

Special Ops focus helps small biz take down bigger players

ARMA Global has maintained a laser focus on U.S. Special Operations Command and its help it take on and beat some of the biggest players in the market. It's latest win makes it SOCOM's largest IT provider.

Accenture report shows slow cloud adoption

Despite the federal Cloud First mandate, only 10 percent of agencies have migrated more than one half of their IT portfolios to the cloud so far. A new Accenture report points to some of the reasons why.

Raytheon wins $9.8M contract to support DARPA’s Plan X program

Raytheon has won a $9.8 million contract with DARPA to play a part in the agency’s Plan X program, which seeks to help U.S. government agencies plan, execute and assess cyber network operations.