Navy chooses 3 small firms for combat direction, C5ISR tech services contract

The Navy picks three small businesses for a potential five-year contract to support combat direction and so-called “C5ISR” platforms.

ECS takes $79M machine learning contract

ECS Federal receives a $78.8 million Army contract for services related to machine learning and computer vision engineering.

Best value trumped price for these lucrative FEMA contracts

The Government Accountability Office upholds FEMA awards to Serco, Fluor and CH2M Hill to support FEMA across different regions of the country.

FDA awards $300M in drug reporting tech contracts

The same four companies FDA picked for a drug information system contract have also been tapped to develop methods for automated reporting of adverse effects.

GSA awards $2.5B next-gen payroll tech contract

The General Services Administration awards its $2.5 billion contract for new HR-related software and services from the commercial world.

LMI books $220M Border Patrol acquisition support order

LMI books a $220 million task order for acquisition lifecycle and engineering support services to U.S. Border Patrol.

Ernst and Young hires former Army vice chief Dan Allyn

Ernst and Young hires former Army Vice Chief of Staff Dan Allyn to the consulting firm's leadership team.

PE firm HIG Capital adds Iron Bow to government market investments

Miami-based private equity firm H.I.G. Capital has made another deal in the government market through taking a majority stake in federal IT reseller and integrator Iron Bow Technologies.

Leidos to reorganize structure, names Fasano defense lead

Leidos is reorganizing its business from having three business groups to four and current BD lead Gerry Fasano will become defense group president.

CSRA-General Dynamics IT wins Navy commercial cloud pact

The CSRA arm of General Dynamics' IT services arm wins a key contract through which the Navy aims to speed up its move to commercial cloud services.

Sevatec names Salient CRGT vet May as growth lead

Sevatec brings aboard former Salient CRGT executive Tim May as chief growth officer.

ManTech hires GD vet Rudo as intell lead

ManTech International hires former General Dynamics executive Adam Rudo to oversee work for intelligence agencies.

Northrop names Leidos vet Ann Addison as HR lead

Northrop Grumman appoints current Leidos Chief HR Officer Ann Addison to the same position.

Industry pushes back against DOD's payment plan changes

The final rule is due by Jan. 1 but there is plenty of opposition to the Defense Department's plan to change how it makes payments to contractors for ongoing work.

Army gets $12B ITES-3S awards out the door

The Army finally awards its much-anticipated $12.1 billion ITES-3S contract, the branch's primary mechanism to acquire commercial IT services.

GSA completes integration of CenturyLink, Level 3 EIS contracts

GSA cancels CenturyLink's EIS telecom contract and renames the Level 3 contract as part of effort to integrate the contracts held by the now-merged companies.

Copper River to support Pentagon with cloud support services

Small business Copper River picked to supply the Washington Headquarter Services with cloud support services at the Pentagon under a $15.6 million contract.

Travel management issues helped nix Perspecta's TSA bid

Perspecta's high price was one issue in its battle for the TSA IT infrastructure contract, but the company's plan for managing travel also was too risky for the agency.

Siemens' federal arm names Tina Dolph CEO

Siemens' U.S. federal subsidiary appoints Tina Dolph as its next president and CEO.

Boeing closes buy of small sat company Millennium Space Systems

Boeing closes its buy of small satellite maker Millennium Space Systems as part of a larger push for more agile technologies.