Dell forms stronger bonds with distributors in federal market

Dell Technologies has launched a new program, through which it will work closer with three distributors as way of providing more support to small and mid-sized partners.

Huntington Ingalls closes Fulcrum acquisition

Huntington Ingalls Industries closes its acquisition of Fulcrum, the latest in a series of deals to help build its government services arm.

Leidos books $93M in USCIS agile development work

Leidos takes in a $93.5 million task order to implement new agile development processes for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency’s IT environment.

Lockheed looks to nature in $10M research effort

Lockheed Martin will research ways cells can create new materials that can be used to improve optical technology and coatings.

Hexagon eyes visualization tech growth through bolt-on acquisition

Swedish precision tech outfit Hexagon buys visualization product maker Thermopylae to grow a portfolio of tools used to create tactical edge maps.

Devis hires Perspecta, GDIT vet Anstett

Government IT consulting firm Devis adds two-decade industry veteran Frank Anstett to its leadership team.

Booz Allen hires former AWS exec DiGammarino

Booz Allen Hamilton adds to its leadership team Frank DiGammarino, a former executive from Amazon Web Services and White House senior adviser.

DTRA awards large biz piece of $535M IT services contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency doles out awards for the full-and-open piece of its $535 million enterprise IT services contract.

Leidos closes sale of commercial cyber business

Leidos completes the divestiture of its commercial cyber business and becomes the latest in a long line of government contractors to do the same.

ManTech not sounding apt for megadeals as organic growth shines

ManTech feels almost no pressure to make the same type of megadeal that many of their competitors have as they look to gain market share on their own accord.

Perpsecta pushes back on lost NASA contract

Perspecta has filed a protest over a $2.9 billion incumbent IT services contract with NASA that Leidos won.

FLIR gets more than robots with Endeavor deal

Endeavor Robotics brings FLIR Systems more robotic platforms but also the software and technology to make them more autonomous.

Judge pauses JEDI case as DOD investigates conflicts of interest

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has paused Oracle's lawsuit over the $10 billion JEDI cloud contract so the federal government can evaluate if potential conflicts of interest have impacted the procurement.

LMI joins venture capital fray in government market

Nonprofit consulting firm LMI launches a venture capital fund to find companies in emerging technology domains, not unlike what other government market giants have done.

To an extent, Leidos prioritizing growth over margin

Leidos is near the three-year mark since its megadeal to buy Lockheed Martin's IT services business and it sees a clear path to growth. Partly by design, that does mean some profit pressure.

Hexagon adds CACI vet Rich

Hexagon hires former CACI International programs lead Emma Rich as a senior vice president in the federal business.

Solers joins crowd in $7.5B SETI contract

After prevailing in its bid protest in October, Solers was finally awarded a spot on DISA's $7.5 billion SETI contract.

Perspecta points to big Army win as early sign of success

Just eight months old and Perspecta can already point to a $900 million Army win as just one sign that the logic behind the three-way merger is already paying off.

3 takeaways from Oracle's latest JEDI filing

In its motion for judgment, Oracle restates its case but offers some intriguing details about what it wants, alleged contracting officer miscalculations, and argues that the CIA cloud ain't so hot.

Amazon cancels N.Y. HQ2 project

Citing too much local opposition, Amazon has cancelled plans for the Queens, New York, location of its second North American headquarters.