PSC names new vice chair, shuffles leadership panels

The Professional Services Council appoints a new vice chairman and added new members to its executive committee and board of directors.

CSRA books $61M Air Force ISR Contract

CSRA takes in a five-year, $61 million contract for engineering and systems integration work on Air Force ISR systems.

Former Air Force secretary James to join Textron board

Former Air Force Secretary and contracting industry veteran Deborah Lee James will join Textron's board of directors July 1.

Metron to build software for Navy modeling, simulation platform

Metron adds its second contract in the last two months for services to help the Navy develop a modeling and simulation environment.

PSC brings aboard new tech VP

The Professional Services Council has hired a Capitol Hill veteran as vice president of technology to take the role formerly held by Dave Wennergren.

Northrop gets $243M Air Force radar order

Northrop Grumman books a new two-year, $243.9 million contract to produce more active electronically scanned array radars for the Air Force.

Six3 receives Army asset integration contract

CACI's Six3 Systems business gets a two-year, $10.5 million contract to help the Army build a squad of human and unmanned assets.

General Dynamics wins potential $244M Navy training services contract

General Dynamics' IT arm will help the Navy with training development functions under a potential five-year, $244.9 million contract.

FedBid books Army reverse auction contract, 4th award in 2 months

FedBid reports its fourth reverse auction contract in the last two months as the latest award comes from the Army.

Grant Thornton, Cotton & Co. win DoD audit work

Grant Thornton and Cotton & Co. win contracts worth up to $54 million combined to perform audits for a pair of U.S. military commands.

SAIC receives extension on Marine Corps IT contract

Science Applications International Corp. gets a one-year, $30 million extension on its Marine Corps IT system support contract.

GSA IG's report offers cautionary tale

The GSA inspector general released its semi-annual report to Congress and it is full of stats about investigations and settlements, but the bigger lesson is that contractors need to stay focused on compliance.

Vectrus gets $212M Army comms support extension

Vectrus continues a recent streak of key awards with a one-year, $212 million extension on its Army communications and information systems support contract.

Booz Allen books $72M Navy fleet info contract

Booz Allen Hamilton retains incumbent work for data-related program management support services under a new potential five-year, $72 million contract.

DXC to break out U.S. government revenue, CFO says

Come the new DXC's next fiscal quarter, investors can gauge the IT services giant's U.S. public sector business.

Army awards $249M overseas security assistance support contract

The Army picks five companies for a five-year, $249 million contract to support security assistance training in overseas locations.

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CSRA strikes first deal, to pay $105M for NES Associates

In its second year as a public company, CSRA strikes its first acquisition deal since inception via a $105 million pact to buy telecom services firm NES Associates.

CSRA wins potential $266M EPA IT contract

CSRA books a potential five-year, $266 million contract to help the EPA run its IT infrastructure and applications.

DARPA taps Boeing for unmanned reusable spaceplane

Boeing comes out as the winner of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to build an unmanned reusable spaceplane to carry satellites into orbit.