Perspecta, Navy ink $787.3M NGEN contract extension

Perspecta is getting a one-year, $787.3 million extension to run the Navy-Marine Corps NGEN IT network as the incumbent and challengers prepare to compete for the next iteration.

Protest withdrawn, ManTech celebrates big CDM cyber win

Now that Perspecta has withdrawn its protest, ManTech can move ahead with its $668 million CDM DEFEND cyber award.

DigitalGlobe extends key satellite imagery contract, new agency in charge

Maxar's DigitalGlobe arm extends its role on the government's key commercial satellite imagery contract as that program's management moves from one intelligence agency to another.

GD-Raytheon JV takes $502M test site support contract

A General Dynamics-Raytheon joint venture wins a $502.2 million contract for engineering and technical services at a ballistic missile defense test site.

Army awards part 1 of $7B HR support contract

The Army awards the first part of an almost $7 billion human resources support contract vehicle with the second round due soon.

Cloud security firm gets IC investment arm's backing

Cloud computing security firm StackRox receives an investment from the intelligence community’s venture capital arm In-Q-Tel.

DOD extends JEDI deadline, shuts down Q&A

The Defense Department is giving interested parties more time to put together their bids for the big-ticket JEDI cloud infrastructure contract, but it says 'No' to more questions.

DynCorp hires CIA vet Kelton as intell business head

DynCorp International hires three-decade intelligence community veteran and former CIA executive Mark Kelton as a senior vice president.

Cubic promotes Knowles to defense president

Cubic promotes Michael Knowles to succeed Dave Buss as president of its defense segment.

Opinion

How an issue-based approach can make you a better government contractor

Contractors play a critical role for the government but an issue-based approach to the market can lead to deeper and stronger customer relationships and have an even greater impact on the community.

L3 closes info security deals, quietly makes unmanned acquisition

L3 Technologies closes a pair of deals for information security companies and somewhat quietly bought an unmnanned aircraft business in its last quarter.

DISA seeks industry input on SATCOM awareness tools

DISA wants industry's help to better defining the scope of its satellite communications ordering, management and situational awareness tools.

Sevatec hires Schefer as homeland security BD lead

Sevatec hires two-decade market veteran Chuck Schefer to lead business development in the homeland and national security markets.

UPDATE: DISA nixes rapid milCloud 2.0 migration RFI

Almost overnight, the Defense Department cancels its search for market ideas on how to can more quickly and efficiently move data and applications to its on-premise milCloud 2.0 environment.

L3 wins $454M Army unmanned payload contract

L3 Technologies wins a $454 million contract to build electro-optic infrared laser designator payloads for the Army's fleet of Shadow unmanned aircraft.

Raytheon elevates Azevedo to space segment lead

Raytheon elevates three-decade company veteran Roy Azevedo to president of the defense contractor’s space and airborne systems segment.

Cubic adds Banerjee to board

Cubic Corp. adds former HP labs leader and long-time tech R&D veteran Prith Banerjee to the board of directors.

Lockheed ramps up investment in unmanned undersea vehicle company

Lockheed Martin’s venture capital group ramps up its backing of unmanned sea vehicle maker Ocean Aero to stay ahead of the curve in an emerging domain.

Small firm unseats incumbent for $493M engineering contract

Science Systems and Applications Inc. wins a $493 million electrical and electronic engineering services contract with NASA and unseats a larger incumbent.

ManTech protests General Dynamics win of controversial DHS-ICE contract

ManTech is protesting a $113 million contract won by General Dynamics to support the Homeland Security Department's visa vetting initiative.