Booz Allen sees 2019 contract activity 'spread out over the year'

In his quarterly call with Wall Street, Booz Allen CEO Horacio Rozanski says to expect contract spending to be spread more evenly over the fiscal year versus a fourth quarter crunch.

3 trends reshaping the government cloud market

After years of hype, cloud-enabled government may finally arrive. Here are three trends to watch and the problem with JEDI.

Endeavor, Howe and Howe team to chase big Army ground robot program

Endeavor Robotics has joined forces with Howe and Howe Technologies to pursue the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program.

Leidos results beg the question: Did the fourth quarter spending spree fizzle?

Leidos cut its sales outlook for this year partly because of lower-than-expected federal spending, which begs the question of whether the traditionally hyped "fourth quarter spending spree" fizzled out.

DOD moves $8B back-office cloud buy to Schedule 70

Defense IT officials have moved their $8 billion back office cloud procurement for productivity and communications from DISA to the GSA schedule.

Microsoft goes to bat for military work

Microsoft has joined Amazon as commercial technology companies that have publicly touted their work with the federal government and the military in particular as a good thing to do.

CACI's Asbury on the need to embrace change

CACI International CEO Ken Asbury shared how his company has changed to meet the shifts and demands of a rapidly-evolving market.

GAO gives four bidders another shot at $7.5B DISA SETI contract

Citing problems with how DISA evaluates innovation factors and pricing, GAO has recommended four companies be given another shot at the $7.5 billion SETI contract.

Army moves $785M training contract forward without General Dynamics

General Dynamics has lost its bid to get back in the competition for a $785 million Army training contract now that GAO has ruled against their protest.

Northrop consolidates parts of tech services in bid to increase efficiency

Northrop Grumman is consolidating two of the three divisions within its technology services segment into a single unit in a move to bring more efficiency to the business.

Serco's US CEO joins 2019 Outlook event

We've added Serco's North America CEO Dave Dacquino as a speaker at our 2019 Outlook and Beyond event this Friday. Don't forget to register.

White House pitches tech giants on civic service

The Office of American Innovation hosted some of the biggest names in U.S. tech to explore ways to inject government with tech expertise from the private sector through "tours of duty."

Final solicitation for Navy's NGEN services recompete hits the street

The Navy posts the much-awaited final solicitation for the services portion of its multibillion dollar NGEN contract for global IT services and upgrade work.

Enlightenment Capital creates new intell player

Enlightenment Capital has created a new player in the intelligence market by merging four of its portfolio companies to create Everwatch Solutions.

SAIC forges ahead on ground vehicle integration push

Science Applications International Corp. was not chosen for the Marines' next-generation vehicle program but believes it can take those lessons into a similar Army competition.

Cloud, AI rework internal processes

While many government contractors market a cloud offering to their customers, they shouldn't overlook the use of the cloud and AI for internal process such as travel and expense management.

JEDI bid draws ire of Microsoft employees

A group of Microsoft employees are lobbying the company to drop its pursuit of the $10 billion JEDI contract, saying what the company should not build technology used to wage war.

Virginia's Loudoun County powers the data center market

A combination of bandwidth and connectivity have drawn data services and cloud providers to the Loudoun County in Northern Virginia county, making it home to 70 percent of the world's internet traffic.

GDIT builds team to chase $1B opportunity

With CSRA on board, GDIT has positioned itself to chase a $1 billion Army contract to run complex security systems at overseas locations.

OTAs too big to ignore

Sure, you can't build a space vehicle but when the Air Force awards over $2 billion in OTA contracts, you might want to pay attention.