Huntington Ingalls, Parsons detail promotions in leadership ranks

Huntington Ingalls Industries reveals who will be its new chief operating officer and next lead financial executive, while Parsons Corp.'s board of directors elects a familiar face as its newest member.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Opinion

Corporate slogans tell us plenty about today's market

An analysis of the slogans from Washington Technology Top 100 companies tells us a lot about corporate priorities and how the market is changing and in some cases what resonates over time.

  • By Joyce Bosc

SOSi hires former CIA data science leader

SOS International has brought on board a three-decade CIA veteran to lead the company’s subsidiary focused on developing software tools to help customers apply data.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Pentagon auditors offer some detail on COVID reimbursements to contractors

The Defense Department's inspector general has released some detail on how the Pentagon has been reimbursing contractors for some paid leave during the pandemic but, only some.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Gunnison follows acquisition with quick win

Gunnison closed its first acquisition last month and the new addition quickly booked a $50 million contract award.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Court ruling caps stellar 2020 of contract wins for Leidos

With the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruling in its favor, Leidos can put a bow on its 2020 of big contract wins with the $7.7 billion Navy NGEN award and six others north of $1 billion now official.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How Northrop's tech scouting led them to this AI startup

Like all defense companies, Northrop Grumman is on the hunt for technologies outside of its own industry that could be beneficial to themselves and their customers. Here's how that search led Northrop to invest some equity in a Philadelphia-based AI startup and how others can at least get on the radar.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Court denies Perspecta's NGEN protest

The Court of Federal Claims denies Perspecta's protest of the $7.7 billion Navy NGEN network services award that went to Leidos earlier this year.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Architect of Lockheed Martin dead at 89

Daniel Tellep, one of the primary architects behind the merger that made Lockheed Martin, has died at age 89.

  • By Nick Wakeman

What's next for Blue Delta Capital after latest exit?

After selling Metis to PAE, Blue Delta Capital Partners will continue to do what it has always done -- find good CEOs who need an investment to fuel their next stage of growth.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts

PROJECT 38: How public-private partnerships have forever changed

The coronavirus pandemic is one of those situations where collaborations between the public and private sector entities had to accelerate given the situation. In this episode of Project 38, Guidehouse CEO Scott McIntyre and COO Charles Beard share their views with Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers on what those partnerships looked like in 2020 and how they’ll change going forward.

AWS renews JEDI protest with a few twists

Amazon Web Services has filed an amended protest filing over the JEDI award to Microsoft that renews many of the earlier complaints, but now it also says it offered a better price.

  • By Ross Wilkers

How Curtiss-Wright is bringing PacStar into the fold

Curtiss-Wright's latest foray into the defense communications landscape is its $400 million acquisition of PacStar. Executives from both sides update us on the integration and how they see where PacStar aligns with its acquirer.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Small HR firm takes $110M Commerce managed services pact

It took years of preparation, but Golden Key Group can tout its win of $110 million Commerce Department human resource services contract that is a takeaway from a larger incumbent.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Coronavirus relief for contractors gets proposed extension

The latest coronavirus relief bill includes an extension of Section 3610 of the CARES Act that allows contractors to get reimbursed for paid leave for certain workers who can't access government facilities.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Redwire picks up another space component maker

Redwire, the AE Industrial Partners-backed space outfit, makes another acquisition to further build out its portfolio of components and other technologies that support the space platforms.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Octo & Sevatec to join forces in merger of equals

Mergers of equals are rare events in the government technology market, but Octo and Sevatec executives have broken that mold and explain to us why the companies are joining forces.

  • By Ross Wilkers

ManTech closes second cyber-focused deal in a month

ManTech completes its second acquisition of a cybersecurity-focused company in nearly a month and is also touting talent as part of the equation.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Northrop still in the IT game even with divestiture

Northrop Grumman's agreement to divest the IT services business doesn't mean the company is abandoning IT. In fact, Northrop and other large defense companies can't abandon IT by any stretch.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Leidos partnered with, and is now buying, 1901 Group for managed services capabilities

Leidos executive Gerry Fasano describes what drew the company to partner with and now acquire 1901 Group, plus how both companies have taken similar approaches to serving their customers.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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