Acquisition reform needs candor, accountability of contractors

Customs and Border Protection assistant commissioner Mark Borkowski offers straight talk on costs and performance of contracts as part of his recommendations for acquisition reform.

General Dynamics, CrowdStrike partner to increase customer access to threat intelligence

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has partnered with CrowdStrike to provide customers with access to shared threat intelligence that will further improve the prevention, detection, attribution and remediation of cyberattacks in real time.

Cubic Corp. wins $200M IDIQ to provide Army with training system

Cubic Corp. has won a potentially $200 million contract to supply the Army with the Army Mobile Instrumented Training System.

BAE Systems wins $44.3M contract to support radar, comms systems

BAE Systems has won a $44.3 million contract to support the Air Force’s Solid State Phased Array Radar Systems.

National Park Service seeks contractor for database move

The National Park Service plans for a five-year contract to enhance its database of air and water resource information across the Everglades National Park in southern Florida.

Technatomy gets $3.3M contract extension for EHR work

Technatomy Corp. wins a $3.3 million extension to provide program management support to the Defense Health Agency.

Dell, iGov lodge ITES-3H protests

Dell Federal Systems, iGov and Technology Integration Group have both filed pre-award protests because they are being excluded from the final competition for the $5 billion Army ITES-3H contract.

HumanTouch LLC acquires management solutions firm

HumanTouch LLC has acquired CorasWorks Corp. in a move that brings together platform-as-a-service and information solutions with management solutions built on the Microsoft SharePoint platforms.

Force 3 taps insider to be CEO

Force 3 has tapped current president Mike Greaney to be chief executive officer of the company.

Lockheed wins $340M extension to NASA operations assistance work

Lockheed Martin has won a $340 million contract extension to help NASA with its human spacefilight missions.

State taps DynCorp for global IT services under $165M task order

DynCorp International has won a $165 million task order to provide global IT services to the State Department’s Bureau of Information Resource Management.

NCI wins $5.2M contract to provide Army command with IT services

NCI Inc. has won a $5.2 million contract to provide the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command with IT services.

ManTech wins $89.4M contract to support Army tactical communications

ManTech International has won an $89.4 million contract to provide C3 system field software engineering support to the Army’s Software Engineering Center.

Serco wins $9M contract to support C4ISR capability on MRAP vehicles

Serco Inc. has won a $9 million contract to support the C4ISR capabilities on the Navy’s Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.

BD: It's not rocket science, it's people science

Business development might not be rocket science, but it is definitely people science, and you ignore that truth at your own peril.

Haystax acquires cybersecurity, network management firm

Haystax Technology has acquired NetCentrics in a move that bolsters its cybersecurity and network management capabilities.

Exelis acquires Germany-based aviation company

Exelis has acquired the air traffic flow management business of Bremen, Germany-based Barco NV in a move that boosts Exelis’ aviation solutions and its international stake.

Alion wins $10M nanotechnology contract with Air Force

Alion Science and Technology has won a $10 million contract to provide the Air Force with nanotechnology development and technology transfer.

MacAulay-Brown taps new VP of Operations and Logistics division

MacAulay-Brown has named Troy Kohler vice president of the company’s Operations and Logistics Division.

JB Management taps new president and CEO

JB Management has named Andrew Vonada president and CEO.