Raytheon lands potential $466M missile engineering contract

Raytheon will carry out engineering and technical services on three types of ship-based missile defense weapons under a potential four-year, $466 million contract.

DISA unveils $350M professional services vehicle RFP

The Defense Information Systems Agency releases its request for proposals for a five-year, $350 million professional services contract vehicle with nine slots reserved for small businesses.

Treasury floats mobile device management RFI

The U.S. Treasury begins a survey to find vendors interested in implementing a mobile device management system for the agency.

FedBid gets new Labor reverse auction contract

FedBid will continue its reverse auction partnership with the Labor Department under a new potential five-year contract.

ViaSat receives sole-source DISA equipment contract

ViaSat will produce additional ground transceivers for the Defense Information Systems Agency under a new $13.7 million sole-source contract.

Opinion

3 secrets highly successful firms use everyday

Marketing expert Liz Harr shares research that explains what separates highly successful companies from those who are faltering. Hint: Don't be everything to everyone.

Crossmatch gets IARPA biometrics defense contract

Crossmatch wins a $5.8 million contract to develop technologies for a Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency-run biometric identification program

DARPA taps BAE for power grid security program

BAE Systems and DARPA will collaborate to develop networks for use in case the U.S. electric grid suffers a cyber disruption.

Verizon wins Navy phone services contract

Verizon will link two Navy bases in the Hampton Roads region to telephone services under a five-year, $24.5 million contract.

AI faces the line between hype and promise

Artificial intelligence is quickly emerging as the next big thing just like cloud computing five years ago. But question remains over what is real, what is hype and how to tell the difference.

Engility plans entry into NASA scientific computing competition

Engility Corp. plans to pursue a large upcoming NASA scientific computing services contract as part of its civilian and highly technical services market strategies.

SSL grows federal exec team, proceeds on DARPA robotics program

Space Systems Loral makes a promotion and expands its U.S. government leadership team as the company also proceeds on a program key to its federal market growth efforts.

PAR names two-decade SAIC vet to CEO role

PAR Technology names current board member and two-decade SAIC veteran Donald Foley president and CEO.

ManTech books DHS program management task orders

ManTech International lands two task orders worth up to $18 million combined for program management and technical services to DHS' Science and Technology directorate.

4 questions to ask when you lose a competition

GAO wants the Education Department to rethink how it picked the winners for a contract to collect delinquent student loans and in the process has offered up some lessons for anyone who loses out on a contract.

Silicon Valley's Coupa plans DC presence, hires federal leader

Silicon Valley-based Coupa Software will build a government sales team and eventually open a Washington, D.C. facility as it also names a new federal leader.

Orbis, RSI combine in government and commercial info management push

Orbis Technologies and RSI Content Solutions have merged to create a new content and information management provider with government and commercial market footprints worldwide.

CBP declares border surveillance milestone, seeks larger deployments

Customs and Border Protection agency has given full operating capability for General Dynamics' updates to a southern border surveillance system as agency eyes more widespread deployments.

Raytheon's BBN arm lands DARPA software contract

Raytheon's BBN Technologies subsidiary wins a contract to make software for DARPA to use in algorithms for computing platform tasking.

Army's $249M cloud services contract has lots of primes and plenty of flexibility

The Army designed ACCENT to be a fast and flexible vehicle for migrating applications to the cloud and with 50 primes vying for work, the competition promises to be intense.