Harris gets ceiling extended by $500M for tactical communications contract

Harris has had its ceiling increased by $500 million for its contract with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command.

Opinion

Who needs sales and BD training? Everyone

If you aren't training all of your employees to be knowledgeable ambassadors for your company, you're missing a gold opportunity to expand the reach of your sales and BD organization.

Lockheed's 5-part succession plan

In a market that has become hyper competitive, developing talent should be a top priority. We draw some lessons from Lockheed Martin's succession process, and its emphasis on identifying future leaders of the company.

SEWP V takes on supply chain worries

NASA SEWP will collect data on supplier relationships as it tries to secure the supply chain for its customers.

MicroTech adds new SVP, CFO to executive suite

MicroTech has named Lynn Wasylina chief financial officer, and Bill Collins senior vice president of Product Solutions. The two will help the company survive sequestration's spending cuts.

SRA announces team for $11B DHS TABSS contract

SRA International, one of 12 winners of the lucrative TABSS contract, has announced its team for the $11 billion contract.

Linda Gooden's fortunate career path detour

In part two of our Q&A with Lockheed Martin's Linda Gooden, she talks about her roots, and what the future might hold.

USO's night of triumph and tribute

The USO's annual awards dinner is a great reminder of the sacrifices and heroism of the military service members, and the families that support them.

Lockheed's Linda Gooden shares the lessons of her career

As she approaches retirement, Lockheed Martin's Linda Gooden shares the challenges, triumphs and principles that shaped her career leading the largest IT contractor in the government market.

DynCorp wins $35.3M pact for training, support of tactical vehicles

DynCorp International has won a contract for training and other support for the Army's medium tactical vehicle support.

Signs of an HP comeback

Things are looking brighter for Hewlett-Packard, as it rebounds on Wall Street and awaits a showdown on its biggest government contract.

Fallen contractor honored with Defense of Freedom medal

Santa Gracia Ramirez, an employee of Pacific Architects and Engineers, was killed by a suicide bomber while training Afghan correction officials as part of a State Department contract.

Do you have a diversification plan?

Lockheed Martin and IBM Corp. look further afield to leverage their technologies. Their strategies provide a lesson for the rest of the market, for those looking for new ways to leverage what they've got.

DISA looking for more PKI support

DISA has released a request for information for DOD public key infrastructure services, as well as a performance work statement for contractors, as it considers development of a new contract.

GD takes on F-18 advanced computer work

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has won a contract to deliver advanced mission computers to the U.S. Navy's F/A-18 aircraft.

Nominations open for contractor of the year awards

The 2013 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards nomination period is open, so it's time to apply for this year's slate of awards.

Northrop wins $58M DISA modernization job

Northrop Grumman has won a task order with the Defense Department to modernize its joint command and control system.

Northrop Grumman takes on $71M contract for unmanned helicopter

Northrop Grumman has won a contract to produce six additional Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, adding onto the 14 that it has already under contract to deploy.

DCAA gets its own bad review

The Defense Department inspector general has criticized the Defense Contract Audit Agency for poor supervision and not meeting standards in how it conducts its reviews of government contracts.

SRA International wins $29M IT development contract

SRA International has won a contract with the Air Force to develop IT-related capabilities for the service's air logistics centers.