General Dynamics books $155M F-35 program office IT order

General Dynamics' IT services arm takes a $155 million task order to support the F-35 Joint Program Office's technology environment.

SAP NS2, Google form cloud integration partnership

SAP National Security Services and Google are partnering to bring integrated cloud computing and data offerings into the public sector.

Public GovCon firms to face shutdown questions

Financial reporting season kicks off the last week of January for many publicly-traded government contractors. They need to prepare to answer tough shutdown questions.

TeraThink captures $100M PBGC award

TeraThink has won a $100 million, single-award contract to support the financial management systems at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Small biz vulnerability grows as shutdown continues

Contractors of all shapes and sizes are having to make all kinds of adjustments as the partial shutdown continues but some may be more drastic than others, especially for small businesses.

Enlightenment Capital backs secure IT company System High

Government market investment firm Enlightenment Capital acquires a controlling stake in System High Corp. to create another platform in the sector.

Navy awards $12.6B maintenance, logistics contract

The Navy awards a $12.6 billion contract for maintenance, logistics and other support work on manned and unmanned aircraft.

CenturyLink makes exec promotions in government arm

CenturyLink promotes a pair of executives in its government business and added more duties for one leader who was elevated late last year.

VT Group makes deal for National Technologies Associates

VT Group acquires engineering and logistics services provider National Technology Associates.

BAE books $250M NGA video, analytics order

BAE Systems Inc. takes a $250 million task order for video and analytics services to NGA in support of that agency's technology roadmap.

Analytics outfit OmniSci hires new federal lead

San Francisco-based analytics company OmniSci has hired 25-year government market veteran Ray Falcione Jr. as vice president of the federal business.

Opinion

Can the shutdown lead to better government?

The partial government shutdown will end ... eventually ... and when it does there are concrete actions that can be taken to avoid the current debacle in the future.

Shutdown roils the GovCon labor market

The ongoing partial government shutdown is taking a toll on today's workforce and is damaging the ability to build tomorrow's.

Huntington Ingalls makes another deal to expand services work

Huntington Ingalls Industries continues its push into the government services market with a second acquisition in two months.

Constellis takes on reorg, shifts key execs

Constellis realigns its structure and moves several key executives to new roles.

Noblis hires Belcan, Booz Allen vet Jacques

Noblis hires two-decade federal IT industry veteran Rich Jacques to lead its intelligence practice.

GovCon CEOs should answer the call to be moral leaders

Calls are increasing for corporations and businesses to take leadership roles on social and moral issues. It's a role that government contractors are equipped to embrace.

Bad timing: Public GovCon firms will have to report on shutdown's impact

The timing of this partial government shutdown means that many of the market's public companies will have to address its impact on their businesses when they report financial results in the coming weeks.

Boeing's VC arm backs satellite tech startup

Boeing's venture capital arm continues its search for disruptive space and satellite technologies with a new investment in startup Isotropic Systems.

This CEO won't collect paycheck until shutdown ends

Moe Jafari, CEO of HumanTouch, a mid-size government contractor, has pledged to forego a paycheck until his employees affected by the partial government shutdown can get paid again.