Leidos fights back after losing $25B Army competition

Leidos has turned to the Government Accountability Office after it lost out on a $25.5 billion Army logistics contract.

Army extends ADMC-2 for two years

The Army has extended the current Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-2 contract for hardware, software and related services as the legal battle for ADMC-3 drags on.

Serco's Americas arm hires Watson as federal services lead

Serco Group’s Americas arm adds former Science Applications International Corp. executive Tom Watson as senior vice president of federal services.

Raytheon forms cyber partnership with Virsec

Raytheon forms an alliance with Silicon Valley-based commercial cyber company Virsec to bring new network defense products to global government and critical infrastructure entities.

Embedded IT firm gets IC venture arm backing

Embedded IT company Red Balloon Security has received an investment from intelligence community venture capital organization In-Q-Tel.

People drive success of M&A

Yes, there are cost and revenue synergies but a successful M&A deal often comes down to people and culture.

General Dynamics freshens 40-year Army relationship with another win

General Dynamics IT maintains 40-year relationship with the Army Intelligence and Security Command with a new contract win to support IT networks.

Cubic the latest prime to part with defense services biz

Cubic Corp. is selling its defense services business as part of a portfolio reshaping to gain greater focus on core technology offerings.

Raytheon to build unmanned 'Barracuda' sea mine hunter

Raytheon takes a potential $362.7 million contract to develop an autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle for the Navy to use in the detection and mitigation of sea mines.

Dynetics takes next phase of DARPA's 'Gremlins' drone program

Dynetics has bested General Atomics to win phase three of DARPA's "Gremlins" program to build a drone that can take off and return to a C-130 in flight.

Army adds more time to ITES-2S to mitigate delays to version 3

The $20 billion ITES-2S vehicle has been extended by another two years as the Army works through the delays caused by a series of pre-award protests.

Lockheed, SAS join forces to bring next-gen analytics to F-35 sustainment

Lockheed Martin and SAS announced a collaboration to bring next generation analytics to the sustainment of the F-35 and other Lockheed aircraft.

Mercury the latest contractor to face activist investor

Mercury Systems is facing scrutiny from an activist investor that also put Kratos under the microscope earlier this year. What happens when companies face this pressure?

Deloitte wins $800M Air Force audit readiness job

Deloitte wins an $800 million contract to help the Air Force produce financial statements in order to prepare the service branch for an audit as the Defense Department moves forward on an agency-wide audit.

Hawkeye 360 adds Robert Work, John Mulholland to advisory board

Data analytics outfit HawkEye 360 adds former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work and retired Army Lt. Gen. John Mulholland to the board of advisers.

Delta Resources books $105M Navy warfare systems order

Delta Resources takes in a $105 million task order to help the Navy design, deploy and integrate warfare =systems onto vessels and other platforms.

Protests hold up $13B Air Force small biz contract

A $13 billion Air Force small business contract continues to be plagued by bid protests even before awards have been made.

Second draft RFP for DOD's JEDI cloud reveals few changes

The Defense Department is staying on course for a single winner of its multi-billion dollar JEDI cloud procurement based on the second draft solicitation.

DISA awards $592M computer chip services contract

The Defense Information Services Agency awards a $592 million contract for processor capacity services related to computer chips.

General Dynamics gets $144M to continue battlefield IT system work

General Dynamics has received a new $144 million Air Force contract to continue the operation and maintenance of an IT system used in the battlefield.