Vectrus appoints new CFO

Vectrus appoints 25-year industry veteran Susan Lynch as its CFO.

ICF's Kesavan to step back from CEO role, Wasson to step in

ICF Chairman and CEO Sudhakar Kesavan will lessen his workload when he steps back from the chief executive role and is succeeded by COO John Wasson.

Win or lose the contract, don't forget employee transitions

Employee transitions from one company to the next and even contract to contract can get expensive, so don't forget to plan ahead.

WT podcast lands top executives

Our Project 38 podcast has landed interviews some of the leading executives in the market. If you aren't a regular listener, you should be.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: How Parsons plans to leverage its IPO

Chuck Harrington, Parsons' chairman and CEO, discusses the company's initial public offering and what the move means for them going forward.

E3/Sentinel makes data analytics play

E3/Sentinel has made another move to go further up the mid-tier with its acquisition of Data Works Inc. to add analytics, big data and software skills.

Perspecta makes first acquisition, to pay $250M for Knight Point

Perspecta makes its first acquisition as a publicly-traded company through a $250 million deal for managed IT services provider Knight Point Systems.

SAIC's Keene sees growth opportunities ahead

On the eve of taking the reins as SAIC's new CEO, Nazzic Keene talks about the company's growth opportunities in intelligence and space.

Integration, portfolio review high on L3 Harris' to-do list

The now one-month-old L3 Harris Technologies has integration at the top of its to-do list, along with deciding which businesses may have a better home somewhere else.

Podcasts

Nazzic Keene on the future of SAIC

On the cusp of taking the reins as CEO of SAIC, Nazzic Keene spoke with us about her new role and vision for the future of Science Applications International Corp.

Mercury to pay $100M for area display maker

Mercury Systems makes another acquisition as part of its story to become more of an end-to-end defense subsystem supplier.

Fast 50 deadline extended

The deadline for nominations for the 2019 Washington Technology Fast 50 has been extended to Aug. 5 so there is still a chance to showcase how your company has grown over the last five years.

Leidos eager for role in agencies' commercial cloud move

Commercial cloud providers are jockeying for position in the federal market as agencies increasingly eye cloud migrations: a trend Leidos sees as suiting itself just fine.

Leonardo DRS unit keeps $830M Navy hardware contract

A Leonardo DRS subsidiary wins a $830.7 million recompete contract to install network hardware for the Navy.

Booz Allen sees AI investments 'faster than we expected'

Agencies have been slow to invest in and adopt artificial intelligence and other automation technologies, but that is rapidly changing and Booz Allen Hamilton sees it as a train that will not be stopped.

Army tries again with $5B desktop, mobile product awards

The Army makes another attempt at getting its $5 billion Army Desktop and Mobile Computing 3 contract vehicle up and running after a nearly two-year protest saga.

GSA adds 24 to human capital support contract vehicle

GSA and OPM add 24 small businesses to its large Human Capital and Training Solutions contract, bringing the total to 44 primes.

Microsoft CEO offers defense for military work

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gives his defense of working with the federal government and the U.S. military in particular: a push back against those who think the software firm should look elsewhere for business.

Unisys honors Mark Cohn with research fund

Unisys Corp. has created a research fund as a way of honoring Unisys Federal CTO Mark Cohn, who died recently after battling lung cancer.

Four win seats on $99M unmanned aircraft contract

Four suppliers take spots on a $99.5 million Army contract to deliver tactical unmanned aircraft.