What the trucking industry taught Lockheed's CEO about networks

In his last job prior to becoming Lockheed Martin CEO, Jim Taiclet began working with partners in telecommunications and other sectors on creating a network effect for the U.S. trucking industry to take it in an autonomous direction. Taiclet told investors that could be a model for doing the same in national defense.

LMI chair to retire, board elects successor

LMI's board chair will retire after nearly 13 years on the panel and the past two as its leader.

Another ECS Federal acquisition builds its health care offerings

ASGN and its government technology business ECS have made their third acquisition in less than a year, adding more health care capabilities and customers.

Leonardo DRS acquires gimbal tech maker

Leonardo DRS acquires a maker of gimbal technology to better enable the movement of sensors and cameras installed on platforms.

CNSI forms deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services

CNSI is forming a deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services to develop more cloud-based solutions for Medicaid management information systems.

Noblis' evolution told by this foray into solutions

Like many others in industry, Noblis is shifting more toward a solution-based model of delivery for customers that signifies how the federal ecosystem has changed along with the nonprofit organization's own approach.

CACI adds retired major general to national security tech sector

CACI International appoints a retired Army major general as a senior vice president to help oversee the company’s portfolio of technologies for national security.

LMI fights to get onto Army Futures Command vehicle

LMI is pushing back against its elimination from the competition to get on a $240 million contract to support the Army Futures Command.

PROJECT 38: Inside AT&T's three pillars for public sector growth

AT&T's public sector and public safety businesses have three main pillars for growth and a mandate to bring the company's commercial offerings into government. Get the inside view here in part two of our Ross Wilkers' conversation with AT&T's public sector business chief Jason Porter and Jill Singer, who leads the defense and national security business.

Search tech firm unveils public sector push

Yext, a maker of enterprise search tools, has launched a new public sector team and hired a nearly two-decade market veteran to be in charge of it.

PSC: Make COVID cost relief provision permanent for contractors

The Professional Services Council says making permanent the COVID-19 relief provision for contractors to recoup some labor costs will come in handy the next time another emergency happens.

PAE sees growth through acquisitions as it navigates the drawdown in Afghanistan

PAE saw strong growth in the last quarter thanks to strategic acquisitions but now it must navigate the impact of the troop drawdowns in Afghanistan.

COVID, acquisitions fuel Maximus' revenue growth

Maximus has seen significant revenue growth in its latest quarter fueled by support of the government's COVID-19 response and what has come from recent acquisitions.

Geospark co-founder returns to CEO post

Geospatial technology company Geospark Analytics appoints one of its co-founders to be CEO again and chart the next phase of growth.

Altamira appoints new business development leader

Altamira Technologies Corp. brings in a new senior vice president of business development nearly six months after a new CEO joined the company.

Opinion

With CMMC certification, slow and steady wins the race

Despite delays in getting the third-party assessors online and the potential for other CMMC delays, there is no reason not to take action. Here are three steps to start right now.

Leidos versus SAIC continues as they fight for $2.5B NASA contract

There appears to be a disagreement among NASA, the companies involved and even the Government Accountability Office over whether to dismiss Science Applications International Corp.'s protest of a $2.5 billion IT infrastructure contract it lost to Leidos.

The talent race will never end, but here's how contractors are talking about it

How these four publicly-traded government technology and professional services companies talk about talent helps explain how the entire market is seeing the same trends.

Lockheed finance chief exits, acting successor named

Lockheed Martin's chief financial officer for the past two years has retired and the company appoints its treasurer to take on those duties as the search begins for a new CFO.

L3Harris declares its post-merger divestiture push as nearly done

L3Harris Technologies sounds just about done with its post-merger divestitures, which should translate to greater focus on the integration and revenue synergy efforts.