Two commercial tech firms add government experience, expertise

Two companies involved in commercial technology bring aboard veteran executives of the government market in hopes of making further inroads with federal customers and systems integrators.

Perspecta's 'new normal' taking shape amid COVID-19 as outlook remains bullish

Perspecta's own transition to the "new normal" is very much the same across the entire market and neither is their outlook for what many believe is a flattening budget landscape, while another major catalyst awaits when a judge rules on Perspecta's NGEN protest.

Raytheon to acquire small sat maker for $350M

Raytheon Technologies is still integrating its two legacy businesses but has found a small satellite maker it apparently could not pass up on the opportunity to acquire.

Does the GovCon industry need a different model for innovation?

Discussions about how the government should be more inviting to industry always bring up the acquisition models agencies use to buy goods and services. But some industry watchers also say the sector may need a different model as well to make innovation happen.

Even with positive vaccine news, will COVID's economic impacts weigh on budgets?

Pfizer had universally-welcome news to share Monday morning on its coronavirus vaccine but that does not take away the pandemic's human and economic cost, including what it may mean for government budgets.

CNSI adds former CMS official to steer growth

CNSI appoints IBM and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services veteran Verlon Johnson as senior executive for the growth strategy.

ManTech welcomes industry-wide returns of employees to work

Government contractors still for now have CARES Act reimbursements to keep sidelined employees on the payroll, but the number of people caught in that situation is fewer than at the pandemic's start. That push back to a more regular work cadence is one ManTech sees boding well for itself and industry overall.

COVID recovery might drive the same tech priorities as the response, ICF execs say

The U.S.' recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic could bring similar priorities as that of the response to the pandemic as both require more advanced technology, according to ICF executives.

SAIC names Northrop exec as new CFO

Science Applications International Corp. hires Northrop Grumman executive Prabu Natarajan as its new chief financial officer to succeed the retiring Charlie Mathis.

Air Force taps 24 more to join battle management project

The Air Force continues to build its pool of contractors who will compete to develop technologies to field a new battle management system.

PAE sees 2021's funding picture looking like 2020

Of equal (maybe greater) importance than the election outcome for GovCon companies is what the budget landscape looks like and PAE believes 2021 will be mostly the same environment as 2020 from a funding perspective.

IBM continues fight for consolidated Army ERP contract

For a second time, Accenture has won a $786.7 million contract consolidating support for several Army enterprise resource planning systems. Also a second time, IBM has filed a protest objecting to how the evaluation was conducted.

AE Industrial's latest deal reveal is a pair

AE Industrial Partners has been busy lately announcing several acquisitions with the latest being a pair of deals across both the government and commercial travel sectors that are being combined into a single new entity.

Parsons further lifts curtain on its latest acquisition

Parsons Corp. recent acquisition sheds more light on the certainties it sees in the market amid a whole lot of uncertainty including a presidential election outcome that is TBD.

Massive missile defense, satellite program draws protests

The National Defense Space Architecture program is a huge undertaking, which makes getting in at the beginning a strategic advantage. It is no wonder then that the first two contract awards have drawn protests from disappointed bidders.

Inside the solutions driving the 2020 Industry Innovator Award winners

We lift the curtain on the solutions that earned these 16 companies awards as 2020 Industry Innovator winners.

VA makes final award for future CCN care network

The Veterans Affairs Department awards the last piece of its multibillion dollar effort to stand up a new care service provider network in the U.S. and its territories.

WIT leadership awards recognize multiple GovCon execs

Women executives from government contracting firms took home multiple awards during the annual Women In Technology Leadership Awards program.

Leidos keeps a watchful eye on post-election catalysts

Leidos has the same curiosity about the outcome of Tuesday's vote that everyone else does but the company also is watching the continuing resolution and a new Congress among other factors beyond the presidential race.

CIO-SP3 on-ramp protests should be near the finish line

One protest is still pending over the CIO-SP3 small business on-ramp and that signals this chapter in the procurement's history is about to close.