Navy misteps add years to contract award

The Navy can't seem to get it right when it comes to awarding a contract to support its New Orleans data center. It is working on attempt no. 5 with no end in sight.

Four win spots on $994.7M small biz contract to support Army intel directorate

Four small businesses have won spots on a $994.7 million Army contract to support the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate.

CGI wins $124M recompete contract for program management, technical support

CGI has won a $124 million recompete contract with the Army Training and Doctrine Command Intelligence Directorate for program management and technical support.

Moog Inc. wins $30.6M contract for gun system support

Moog Inc. has won a $30.6 contract to provide the Navy with aircraft-mounted gun activation systems and related engineering and repair services.

Harris nabs $97M order to provide jammers

Harris Corp. has won a $97 million order to provide the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command with self-protection jammers.

Software problem temporarily grounds Lockheed's air traffic control system

A software glitch with Lockheed Martin's En Route Automation Modernization system led to cancelled and delayed flights across the Washington region.

$900M Special Operations Command contract faces protest fight

Two losing bidders -- Jacobs and Academi -- filed bid protests objecting to the Special Operations Command's decision to not award them spots on a $900 million professional services contract.

Abt Associates wins $7.4M contract for technical assistance

Abt Associates has won a $7.4 million contract to provide technical assistance for the Social Security Administration’s Work Incentive Planning and Assistance program.

Northrop wins $13.6M contract mod for IT support

Northrop Grumman has won a $13.6 million contract modification to provide information technology to the Army.

SRI International wins $8.5M R&D contract

SRI International has won an $8.5 million contract with the Navy to provide research and development services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

No protests for huge Leidos health record contract

IBM and Computer Sciences Corp. have decided not to protest Leidos' $4.3 billion Defense Department electronic health record contract, leaving us in the dark about many details of how Leidos pulled off the victory.

CSC takes on fight against weapons of mass destruction

Computer Sciences Corp. has won a $10.3 million contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency counter weapons of mass destruction.

Wright State Applied Research Corp. to support ISR efforts under $42.5M contract

Wright State Applied Research Corp. has won a $42.5 million contract to provide the Air Force with human-machine teaming for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance analysis.

Orizon Inc. nabs $6.3M task order for program, analytical support

Orizon Inc. has won a $6.3 million task order to provide programming and analytical support for web development to the Treasury Department.

Opinion

18F steps up its acquisition game

PSC President Stan Soloway takes another look at GSA's 18F experiment and finds that maybe it's going to help the acquisition process after all.

Two win $1.6B Navy C4ISR contract

M.C. Dean and Honeywell win $1.6 billion contract to put new C4ISR systems on Navy vessels.

FAST 50: How iTility turned a bad situation around

Things weren't looking good for iTility back in 2008. Then president and CEO Pete Sload bought the company and turned it around enough for iTility to land a spot on the 2015 Washington Technology Fast 50.

CSC loses bid to save missile defense contract

Incumbency and a low price weren't enough to save CSC's bid to keep a systems engineering contract with the Missile Defense Agency.

Centerra-Parsons wins $62.1M option for base operations support

Centerra-Parsons Pacific has won a $62.1 million option to provide base operations support services at Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia.

Jacobs awarded $7.1M contract extension for engineering, tech acquisition support

Jacobs Technology has won a $7.1 million contract modification to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center.