Lance Swann, long-time CSC exec, dead at 78

Lance Swann, who spent 33 years as an executive for Computer Sciences Corp., died Sept. 29, 2017 after a long battle with prostate cancer.

Talk about changes: 69 firms dropped from Top 100 since 2003

Looking back at the 2003 Top 100, it shows the tremendous changes that have occurred in the federal market as 69 companies have dropped from the list. Where did they go and why?

SAIC using integrator skills to chase next-gen armored vehicle opportunities

SAIC is leveraging its skills as a systems integrator and its domain expertise to break into the market for next-generation armored vehicles.

CMS signs onto GSA's OASIS services vehicle

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services becomes the latest agency to sign up for the General Services Administration's OASIS professional services vehicle.

Alion names new chief strategy, tech officers

Alion Science and Technology shifts its current chief technology officer to chief strategy officer and hires a new CTO.

SAIC wins $980M Army 'Battlefield Systems' recompete

Science Applications International Corp. wins its largest recompete with the three-year, $980.2 million Army "Battlefield Systems" services task order.

WT Innovator: cBEYONData eyes growth through focused strategy

CBEYONData put its focus on agency CFOs and compliance requirements from the DATA Act as a catalyst for its innovation strategy.

Five win $188M Navy program management contracts

Five companies win contracts worth up to $188.7 million combined over five years for program management and engineering services to the Navy.

Peraton names Foglesong chief HR officer

Peraton appoints a new chief human resources officer in Laurie Foglesong, who led HR functions when the business was Harris Corp.'s IT division.

Accenture drops protest of $142M Army contract

Accenture has dropped its protest of the Army General Fund Enterprise Business System, a $142 million contract where it was the incumbent, and leave the work to rival IBM.

PAE, Parsons partner to chase Army's $82B LOGCAP V contract

PAE and Parsons form a joint venture in pursuit of the Army's upcoming potential 10-year, $82 billion LOGCAP V logistics contract.

Inside MacDonald Dettwiler's new 'Maxar' era as DigitalGlobe buy closes

Canada's best known space company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates is now "Maxar" after its blockbuster acquisition DigitalGlobe buy closed. Maxar's CEO takes us inside what's next.

Deltek to acquire market intell rival Onvia for $70M

Federal market intelligence giant Deltek is further shoring up its domination of the arena through its $70 million purchase of rival Onvia.

WT Innovator: Business Integra shoots for the stars as it shifts away from staffing work

Business Integra Technology Solutions focused on high-end scientific challenges at NASA as it made a dramatic shift form IT and staffing work to engineering services and products.

Boeing raises autonomy bet with Aurora acquisition

Aerospace giant Boeing makes another move in its effort to be an autonomous technology leader through the acquisition of drone maker Aurora flight Sciences.

DCS wins $207M Navy aircraft systems engineering contract

DCS Corp. beats out one other bidder for a potential five-year, $207 million Navy aircraft systems engineering contract.

Raytheon elevates Ernst to corporate development head

Raytheon promotes its investor relations leader Todd Ernst to vice president of corporate development in a role that includes oversight of the defense contractor's mergers-and-acquisitions program.

Tetra Tech books $356M FAA navigation system R&D contract

Tetra Tech takes in a five-year, $356 million contract to help the Federal Aviation Administration research and develop future navigation systems.

DoD's $28B technology research services contract open for bids

The Defense Department's solicitation for bids on a potential nine-year, $28 billion technology R&D contract hits the street.

WT Innovator: Acquisitions, alliances key to Booz Allen's innovation strategy

Booz Allen Hamilton has been using acquisitions, new hires and alliances as a way to create a sustainable innovation culture at the more than 100-year-old company.