Polaris Alpha continues buying run in Fourth Dimension deal

Polaris Alpha extends its profile as an active acquirer through its latest purchase of cyber and hardware services outfit Fourth Dimension Engineering.

PlanetRisk wants back in on NGA logistics contract

PlanetRisk has filed a protest after being removed from consideration of a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency contract for global logistics support.

DOJ moves on small business awards for $1.4B IT services contract

The Justice Department moves closer to final awards on the small business piece of a $1.4 billion follow-on IT support services contract.

Amazon's rare protest dismissed after typo revealed

GAO has dismissed a protest by Amazon Web Services after learning that a typo in an Army sources sought notice made it seem a solicitation specifying Google products had been released.

IBM loses Accenture protest but investigation still looms

IBM lost its protest of the TSA "Secure Flight" contract won by Accenture. But TSA is continuing to investigate allegations of a Procurement Integrity Act violation.

Air Force awards 5 small firms $950M agile cyber R&D contract

The Air Force picks five small businesses for a $950 million contract to carry out agile research-and-development work in cybersecurity.

How Trump's tweets could lay groundwork for Amazon DOD cloud protest

Trump's hatred of Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos could be used for grounds of a bid protest if Amazon Web Services were to ultimately lose the competition for DOD's massive JEDI contract.

How the SOSi-STG deal came to be

SEC filings provide a look at how SOS International came to make its $83 million deal for STG.

Army awards $248M unmanned aircraft contract to 7 firms

The Army awards seven companies positions on a potential five-year, $248.5 million contract to supply unmanned aircraft systems.

STG finds its white knight

SOS International acquires troubled STG Inc. for $83 million to add new cyber and other IT services with national security and diplomatic agencies.

Another firm joins protests over CIO-SP3 on-ramp awards

All Points Logistics is the second company to protest on-ramp awards for the NIH CIO-SP3 contract.

ManTech awarded $104M in Marine Corps vehicle work

ManTech International books $104.5 million in contract awards engineering and integration services on Marine Corps ground vehicles.

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Get ready for the next wave of contractor compliance requirements

The wave of cybersecurity compliance requirements continues to swell and even if your agency has asked yet, they will soon. Here's what you need to know.

Army project could be Orolia's lever to grow DOD work

Orolia plans to use its recent $34 million Army contract for personnel rescue beacons as a lever to penetrate deeper into the U.S. defense market.

Coast Guard opts in to DOD electronic health record effort

The Defense Health Agency has added the Coast Guard to the scope of the $4.3 billion contract Leidos has with DHA to implement an electronic health record system.

Boeing pushes ahead with seabed to space strategy

With its various unmanned pieces in place, Boeing pushes forward with the strategy of connecting communications and data sharing across multiple platforms from the seabed to space.

Leidos wins $13M Air Force laser research program

Leidos wins a $13.9 million contract to research semiconductor laser technology for the Air Force.

Nonprofit org CTC adds Brothers, Shyu, Nichols to board

Nonprofit Concurrent Technologies Corp. adds a trio of government service veterans to its board of directors in Reggie Brothers, Heidi Shyu and Camille Nichols.

Siemens' federal arm adds Mike Jin as CIO

Siemens Corp.'s federal market subsidiary hires nearly two-decade government IT veteran Mike Jin as its chief information officer.

PlanetRisk books $12M Army visual info support system contract

PlanetRisk books a $12.5 million contract to help the Army run a global system for sharing information on incidents and threats near military facilities.