Engility keeps $84M Navy warfare systems engineering work

Engility Corp. wins an $84 million recompeted contract to continue its systems engineering work on warfare systems for Navy platforms.

Raytheon's BBN arm tapped for Transportation Command simulation tool

Raytheon's BBN Technologies subsidiary will develop a tool for Transportation Command to assess the movement of military-related cargo and personnel.

SAIC feels no rush to pull trigger for scale

SAIC executives explain to Wall Street why they feel comfortable with the company's trajectory and current size in a consolidating government services market.

Battelle adds DNI vet Sullivan to board

Battelle adds three-decade intelligence community veteran Stephanie O'Sullivan to the board of directors.

Peraton books $41M Navy munition removal contract

Peraton takes in a nearly $41 million contract from the Navy to continue helping remove unexploded munitions worldwide.

Sizing up the General Dynamics IT-CSRA combination

General Dynamics has won the battle to acquire CSRA and create a top two federal IT player. We look at some of the latest numbers that show it.

CACI withdraws bid for CSRA, path clears for General Dynamics

CACI International withdraws its $7.2 billion cash-and-stock offer for CSRA to end a bidding war against General Dynamics.

FirstNet, Verizon announce core public safety networks

As FirstNet and AT&T launch the dedicated evolved packet core network to support first responders, Verizon announced general availability of its competing network.

Ernst & Young adds DOD IT vet Thomas to public sector team

Ernst & Young hires two-decade Defense Department IT veteran and White House Communications Agency Commander Cleo Thomas to the firm's public sector leadership team.

Our latest reader's guide to the GD-CSRA-CACI saga

We dove deep into the General Dynamics-CSRA combination and CACI International's subsequent effort to combine with CSRA, which GD successfully warded off with a sweetened offer. Here's a page that rounds up what we've done so far with a promise of more to come.

NIH heart institute awards $214M IT BPA

NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awards six spots on a $214 million IT services blanket purchase agreement.

DHS vet Chaillan joins Qualys as federal CTO

Former DHS Chief Architect Nicolas Chaillan joins secure cloud firm Qualys as federal CTO to lead government IT initiatives.

Special Operations Command kicks off visual database effort

Special Operations Command unveils plans to modernize its IT infrastructure in an effort to generate visual databases.

DOT posts enterprise IT shared services draft RFP

The Transportation Department released draft solicitation for a six-year enterprise IT shared services contract.

Boeing VC arm backs 'Internet of Things' nanosatellite business

Boeing's venture capital arm invests in Myriota, a nanosatellite technology startup focused on "Internet of Things" connectivity.

Inside the Navy NGEN IT services competition's teams and stakes

DXC, Leidos and CSRA are all seeking a major IT modernization foothold as they chase the Navy's NGEN IT services contract. What they told us about their strategies, plus how analysts are looking at the stakes for this competition.

Tech trade groups urge DOD to rethink cloud strategy

The Department of Defense reaped more than 1,000 comments on cloud procurement, including suggestions from technology trade groups to reshape its approach on a planned single-vendor cloud deal.

Opinion

Four must-watch federal market trends

Recompetes, backlogs, less uncertainty and more public-private partnerships will drive opportunities in the government market, according to Maximus' Tom Romeo.

Raytheon to proceed on $575M Army software services order

With the protest battle over, Raytheon will move forward on a $575 million task order to update software on Army missile defense and other weapons systems.

Leidos books $112M Army munitions logistics contract

Leidos takes a $112 million contract to continue its logistics services for Army munitions storage and resupply functions.