DARPA calls for bids in hardware security program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants industry ideas on how to make hardware design tools with inherent, built-in security.

Air Force plans small biz summit at Andrews AFB

The 11th Wing at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland is hosting a small business summit to talk about upcoming opportunities.

Coast Guard plans for transition to ehealth records

The Coast Guard is gathering industry insights as it begins a transition to electronic health records and away from a paper system.

What to watch for with Trump's Buy America order

IT might be exempt from Trump's Buy America order -- probably -- but there are still issues you need to watch.

FedBid to extend Agriculture reverse auction services

FedBid has received a contract for continued reverse auction services to the Agriculture Department within the same week of a similar award from Labor.

PAE puts up fight for $3.6B Air Force contract

PAE is putting up a fight to keep an incumbent Air Force contract worth $3.6 billion.

Army taps 10 for $231M nonpersonal training support contract

Ten companies will vie for task orders to offer nonpersonal support services for a U.S. Army training and education hub.

Aixxia to build DARPA research innovation platform

Aixxia receives a $13.4 million "other transaction agreement" award to build an online innovation environment for DARPA scientists and engineers.

Roboteam seeks its share of unmanned ground space

Roboteam chases growing opportunities as unmanned ground vehicles become an important tool in fighting roadside bombs and other threats.

ECS Federal busts through $500M barrier with InfoReliance deal

ECS Federal CEO George Wilson set an 'aggressive' goal in 2015 to hit $500 million mark in a few years. Now he's done it with a deal to acquire InfoReliance and he's transformed the business along the way.

Jacobs renews fight for $208M Air Force contract

Just because you win a bid protest, doesn't mean you win the contract. Just ask Jacobs as it tries again to win a $208 million Air Force research and development contract.

Belcan uses acquisitions to build federal platform

Known as an engineering firm, Cincinnati-based Belcan has closed three deals in nine months to build a federal services platform around cyber, systems engineering, IT and professional services.

PSC brings on DoD, Hill vet as senior adviser

The Professional Services Council adds Pentagon and Capitol Hill veteran Bill Greenwalt to the trade group's ranks as a senior adviser.

BAE, LGS added to DARPA computing program

BAE Systems Inc. and LGS Innovations become the latest members in a program for DARPA to build software for computing asset management.

What's your outlook for Q2?

Our more recent Contractor Confidence Index showed a significant surge in confidence in the market. Is confidence holding? That's what we are asking in our latest WT survey.

Leidos arm chosen for VA data repository task order

Leidos' Systems Made Simple subsidiary wins a potential three-year, $29 million task order to support the VA's health data repositories.

ServiceNow names Blackboard, BMC vet to federal leadership role

Silicon Valley-based cloud firm ServiceNow names former BMC and Blackboard executive Brian Marvin to lead federal sales and oversee automated IT market push.

Opinion

Why it pays to be different in 2017

Today's M&A environment demands that if you want your company to be highly valued as an acquisition target, then you need to be highly differentiated.

CSRA takes $58M EPA high-performance computing contract

CSRA wins a $58 million takeaway contract to help run the Environmental Protection Agency's high-performance computing systems and laboratory projects.

Vencore Labs joins DARPA software development program

A Vencore subsidiary joins a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to build software for collective tasking of computing platforms.