Noblis wins new work at Defense Threat Reduction Agency

The nonprofit has captured a new $263.3 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

Massive price difference aside, other factors swing DHS modernization award to AT&T

The $400 million-plus differences in price stand out, but other matters drove the Homeland Security Department to pick AT&T over its rivals to lead a modernization effort.

LMI's board adds venture capital & tech sector veteran

LMI's board of directors adds a nearly two-decade veteran of venture capital and investments in technology businesses.

Booz Allen Foundation appoints new leader

A nonprofit and charitable organization connected to Booz Allen Hamilton appoints one of its architects to executive director.

Northrop revives protest of $500M Navy contract

Northrop Grumman is back at its protest of a contract won by L3Harris Technologies to build the Navy's next-generation Navy radio jammer.

ManTech books $123M FBI IT security contract

ManTech touts its win of a potential $123 million IT and information security services contract with the FBI.

Maxar hires exec to lead product org

Maxar Technologies brings in a former Amazon and Electronic Arts executive to lead the product organization and roadmap for further development.

Small biz venture wins $215M MDA professional services contract

A joint venture of two small businesses wins a $215.6 million contract for broad professional services to Missile Defense Agency.

Under the hood of AT&T's EIS win at Transportation

AT&T’s booking of a 12-year, $175 million network modernization task order with the Transportation Department and the company’s start on that effort comes amid two broader trends in the public sector.

Deal done: Perspecta now in the fold of Peraton

Private equity firm Veritas Capital closes its acquisition of Perspecta, which is now being integrated with Peraton to present a new $7 billion-revenue government technology player.

What drew Noblis to acquire McKean Defense

Noblis leadership sees the nonprofit organization's acquisition of McKean Defense as both growing into a new customer set and further expanding the aperture of technology-related work.

Deloitte exec Greg Pellegrino dies at 55

Greg Pellegrino, an architect of Deloitte's public sector business, has died of a heart attack at age 55.

CACI keeps $500M Air Force contract

CACI International has retained a $500 million Air Force contract to support the logistics and depot infrastructure relied upon by the Air Force to maintain various aircraft and weapons systems.

Verizon wins $495M defense research network contract

Verizon wins back a large contract it held nine years ago and will help run a high-speed computing network shared by the Defense Department's scientific and research community.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Why a whole lotta data is only part of the equation

How does industry work with a government customer that must save every single piece of data it collects? Andrew Churchill of Qlik Federal tells our Ross Wilkers how new practices and an emphasis on the workforce can help.

NEC unveils federal subsidiary, leadership team

NEC's subsidiary for the U.S. market has unveiled a new business and executive leadership team that will focus on the federal government.

Maximus, PAE share integration updates

Maximus and PAE are among the government market's most serial acquirers and within the past five months have announced four deals with three of them closed so far. Analysts asked them about those integrations and the broader landscape they are taking place in.

Peraton's almost never-ending fight to keep State Department work

Peraton is now engaged in its seventh protest involving a $110 million State Department contract that the agency has awarded to competitors multiple times.

IBM puts 50B transistors on a single chip

IBM has developed a new chip that is smaller but can pack in 50 billion transistors on a chip the size of a fingernail, proving once again that Moore's Law continues.

Perspecta shareholders approve Peraton deal

Perspecta shareholders approve the deal with Peraton, clearing the way for Peraton to acquire Perspecta in a $7.1 billion transaction.