Top 100: GD embraces changing landscape

Whether reorganizing, making acquisitions or divestitures, General Dynamics is embracing change as it prepares for a market rebound.

Integrity Consulting tapped for $25M force protection contract

Integrity Consulting, Engineering and Security Solutions has won a $25 million Navy contract to provide program management support to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

STG fights for lost $17.8M HUD contract

STG joins the ranks of many incumbents who have lost contracts and then had to turn to a bid protest to try to hang onto it.

Top 100: Lockheed prepares for a return to growth

The federal market is still tight, and overall growth is hard to come by, but that doesn't mean the No. 1 company on the Top 100 isn't preparing for future growth opportunities.

PAE's A-T deal continues its evolution

PAE has completed its acquisition of A-T Solutions and company executives see it as a continuation of a strategy to add capabilities and broaden its global reach.

Introducing the 2015 Top 100

Washington Technology has published its annual Top 100 rankings, one of the leading indicators measuring the performance of the largest contractors in the government market.

How the biggest contractors are preparing for growth

Companies up and down the Top 100 are busy repositioning themselves for expected growth, but they still have to contend with a tight budget environment and customers focused on cost, efficiency and effectiveness.

Who won May's biggest contracts?

Contract activity picked up a bit in the fifth month of 2015, with May seeing some pretty substantial awards come to market with ceilings in the billions of dollars.

CSC agrees to $190M fine to settle SEC fraud charges

Computer Sciences Corp. is dishing out $190 million to settle charges that the company and former executives manipulated financial results and concealed problems about the company’s largest contract.

Where best-value meets low price

A recent GAO bid protest decision illustrates the risk companies face when their proposals are technically superior but come with a higher price tag.

Former Exelis CEO named to AIA post

David Melcher has been named president and CEO of AIA less than a week after selling Exelis to Harris Corp.

TASC wins $7M contract to support Air Force cyber assessments

TASC Inc. has won a $7 million contract to provide the Air Force with engineering and technical support.

Northrop Grumman taps new sector VP of operations

Northrop Grumman has named Kay Rand vice president of operations for the company’s Electronic Systems sector.

SRA wins $85M contract to provide IT services

SRA International has won an $85 million contract to support the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Opinion

Get ready for the end of fiscal year marketing hype

As executives and other professionals across the government contracting market focus on maximizing year-end sales, they are also inundated with marketing pitches. Here are six ways to separate the hype from the help.

Protests still dogging NetCents 2

The Air Force has again been hit with a bid protest involving the NetCents 2 contract. This time, it's an objection filed by the one contractor to not win a spot on the $7.9 billion Network Operations and Infrastructure contract.

KOAM Engineering Systems wins $76.1M contract to support Norfolk shipyard

KOAM Engineering Systems has won a $76.1 million contract to support the Navy’s Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va.

Northrop names two new VPs

Northrop has promoted Mick Jaggers and Stuart Linsky vice presidents within its organization.

CDM's next phase starts in 30 days

GSA will move the continuous diagnostics and mitigation acquisition vehicle into its second phase within the next month by issuing modifications to the BPA.

ManTech wins $29.2M systems engineering task order

ManTech International has won a $29.2 million task order to provide systems engineering services to the Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate.