GSA opens $5B VETS 2 IT services vehicle

The General Services Administration opens potential 10-year, $5 billion "VETS 2" IT services contract for business and is ready to accept task orders on the vehicle.

LGS names Beck CFO

LGS Innovations appoints three-decade government contracting veteran Jeff Beck as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Buchanan & Edwards adds FBI vet Healy

Buchanan & Edwards has hired 25-year FBI veteran Timothy Healy as director of the contractor's national security business.

General Dynamics counters CACI's bid for CSRA

General Dynamics has sweetened its bid for CSRA in the wake of an unsolicited offer by CACI International.

Maryland small business lands $50M NIST contract

G2 Inc. of Annapolis Junction, Maryland, has won a five-year, $50 million contract from NIST for cyber R&D and implementation services.

DXC's lost protest gives window to secretive NSA IT contract

Little is known about the NSA's multibillion dollar Greenway program. But GAO's decision to deny DXC's protest of an AT&T award provides a window into what the NSA values and how the competition unfolded.

Raytheon keeps $511M Air Force 'Cobra Dane' radar services job

Raytheon wins a $511 million recompete contract to continue its service work on radars the Air Force uses to collect intelligence for arms control and treaty verification.

Peraton hires Northrop vet King as growth lead

Peraton adds former Northrop Grumman business development executive Michael King as chief growth officer.

CACI turns up the heat with renewed bid for CSRA

CACI International is turning up the heat -- and stretching its finances -- to buy CSRA for $7.2 billion and snatch it away from the much-larger General Dynamics.

DISA opens $17.5B Encore III IT services for business

The bid protests are behind it and now DISA can start marketing the $17.5 billion Encore III vehicle for enterprise IT services.

Best deals of 2018 already happening

2017 saw a large uptick in mergers and acquisitions and so far it doesn't look like there will be any slow down in 2018 with several major deals already announced.

CACI makes $7.2B bid for CSRA in effort to top General Dynamics' offer

CACI International is making a new $7.2 billion offer for CSRA in hopes that it can top General Dynamics' bid for the government IT contractor.

Who made the year's best deals?

We tracked 103 mergers and acquisitions during 2017. Here are our picks for the best deals including the best dealmaker, newcomer and merger of equals.

Lockheed snatches $3.5B Army training device recompete

Lockheed Martin scores a $3.5 billion recompete contract win to supply training aids, devices and simulation tools for the Army.

Alion books $73M Navy unmanned tech prototype contract

Alion Science and Technology receives a $73 million contract to help the Navy develop prototype technologies for use on unmanned platforms.

General Dynamics clears antitrust hurdle for CSRA deal

General Dynamics' pending buy of CSRA can move forward after the mandated federal antitrust review waiting period ends.

Leidos wins $472M VA IT modernization job

Leidos takes a $472 million task order to help Veterans Affairs in its IT modernization efforts through work on data centers and cloud services.

Boeing's VC arm makes new autonomous tech investment

Boeing’s venture capital arm invests in an unmanned aircraft radar developer to further integrate autonomous vehicles safely into civilian airspace.

4 firms tapped by GSA to launch modernization centers of excellence

Four companies have been picked by the General Services Administration to help establish best practices for IT modernization efforts.

NTT Data battles on for $208M Education IT contract

NTT Data has filed another bid protest after losing a $208 million incumbent contract to CSRA, claiming there are still conflict of interest issues to resolve.