e-QIP reopens for business

With the reopening of e-QIP, the security clearance process begins again and contractors are breathing a sigh of relief.

Low price draws protest from incumbent

What can we learn from a bid protest where the incumbent's price was more than 25 percent higher than the winning bid? Plenty, and it depends on your point of view.

BAE Systems wins $11.1M contract for integration support

BAE Systems has won an $11.1 million option to provide the Air Force with ground-based strategic deterrent integration support.

Veritas Capital to acquire Alion Science and Technology Corp.

Veritas Capital has acquired Alion Science and Technology Corp. just a few months after the company announced it was planning a public offering to pay down debt.

ICF International nabs $100M in contracts to support children education

ICF International has won $100 million in contracts to support the Health and Human Services Department, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start.

Northrop Grumman appoints new VP, homeland security, international affairs

Northrop Grumman has named Bruce Walker vice president, homeland security, civil, regulatory and international affairs.

NGA warning: Share past performance data or else

A small business official with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency didn't pull any punches when she warned them about not sharing past performance data of small business subs: If you don't share, she'll take you to court.

Booz Allen Hamilton wins $66M contract to support Navy modernization directorate

Booz Allen Hamilton has won a $66 million contract to support the Navy Information Dominance Forces Shore Modernization and Integration Directorate.

Engility wins $8M USAID contract to support international energy initiatives

Engility has won an $8 million task order to support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s program to create sustainable energy futures for countries in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus.

Lockheed to upgrade Navy electronic warfare defenses under $154M contract

Lockheed Martin has won a $154 million contract to upgrade the Navy’s electronic warfare defenses against evolving threats like anti-warfare missiles.

McBee Strategies appoints new EVP

McBee Strategies has named Greg Garcia executive vice president, where he will help lead the firm’s growing cybersecurity policy advocacy, communications and coalition management practice.

Contractor ponies up $40M for botched health exchange

Noridian Healthcare Solutions has agreed to pay $40 million to the state of Maryland to settle allegations that it botched the state's health insurance exchange website.

A brief history of Lockheed Martin's IT business

The roots of the IT business Lockheed Martin is divesting go back nearly 30 years and pre-date the Lockheed and Martin Marietta merger. It's a story of acquisitions and contract wins worth reviewing.

Unisys adds big names to public sector ranks

Unisys Corp. has hired Mark Foreman to lead its global public sector business and retired Army Maj. Gen. Jennifer Napper to run its defense and intelligence group.

GDIT scores $32.4M contract to support Joint Staff command and control

General Dynamics Information Technology has won a $32.4 million contract to support the Joint Staff J6 C4 Assessments Division.

Cubic Corp. wins $18M contract to support Australian simulation training

Cubic Corp. has won an $18 million contract to provide a managed workforce solution to the Australian Defence Simulation and Training Centre (ADSTC) Simulation Support Services.

ICF wins $7.6M recompete to support energy initiatives

ICF International has won a $7.6 million recompete blanket purchase agreement to support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Climate Protection Partnerships Division.

Leidos taps new international markets SVP

Leidos has named Kevin Massengill senior vice president, International Strategic Account Executive.

Capitol Hill's cyber focus is good and bad

DLT Solutions' cyber expert Don Maclean offers his analysis of the good and bad in the leading cybersecurity proposals being considered by Congress.

PAE sees early payoff for A-T deal with new contract award

A new contract award for PAE solidifies the company's business case for acquiring A-T Solutions earlier this summer.