DHS seeks drone solution for border security

DHS plans to test small drones with sensors that can identify people and vehicles from above, track flying objects and collect data on active shooters.

Is Amazon Web Services expanding its CIA cloud to Army intell?

Amazon Web Services might be expanding its CIA cloud to an Army intelligence agency and the rest of the service's intelligence operations.

ManTech's growth means it also has to win the talent

ManTech International keeps adding new contracts and growing its sales, which means the company also has to score wins in the fierce competition for talent.

IT industry group asks Congress to stop DOD from JEDI single award

The IT Alliance for Public Sector has sent a letter to congressional leaders that outlines industry's objections to the Pentagon's single-award strategy for its JEDI cloud contract.

Nutanix's JEDI play faces delay

Nutanix is facing delays to the launch of its public cloud offering that might jeopardize its chances of forming a team to chase the Defense Department's $10 billion JEDI contract.

DOD sets date to discuss $8B cloud email effort with industry

Amid speculation and controversy surrounding its massive “JEDI” effort, the Defense Department schedules an event to discuss its second large cloud initiative for email and calendar services.

Raytheon's space pipeline grows behind closed doors

Raytheon sees space as a growth area, but the highly classified nature of the work means they can't say much about it.

Next NDAA might add more cyber provisions

The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act could have a slew of new cyber provisions aimed at streamlining the Defense Department’s collaboration with the rest of government.

Army wants better data to control costs

The Army wants to get a better grasp on what it spends and the performance quality it gets in return.

What the F-35 can teach us about not sharing lessons learned

As sophisticated and advanced as the F-35 is, the early fielding of the next-generation fighter reveals that there are some problems technology can’t solve.

DOD says JEDI strategy justification coming May 7

Defense Department officials tell Senate lawmakers that required reports to justify the $10 billion JEDI cloud acquisition strategy will come by May 7, ahead of the final solicitation.

Northrop sees more synergy between services, rest of company

Northrop Grumman is seeing more synergies between its services business and the rest of the company. They also see that as helping keep segment margins high.

DISA plans major info systems network upgrade

DISA is planning a major bandwidth increase for the Defense Information Systems Network and the infrastructure that connects the various combatant commands.

With CSRA in tow, GD watches how JEDI 'shapes out'

General Dynamics is still in the early days of its takeover of CSRA but it is taking a close look at DOD's massive JEDI cloud contract.

Opinion

Revisiting the 3 Rs for GovCon success

Research, resources and relationships are the building blocks for success in the federal market. Here's why.

Small or large business contract question at heart of bid protest

A small business is seeing an incumbent contract get switched to full-and-open and it doesn't like that one bit.

Lockheed CEO encouraged by budget but warns of sequestration

Even with higher defense spending and some more budget certainty, Lockheed Martin’s chief executive likes to remind anyone who will listen that one headwind remains: sequestration.

How soon will AI be more than the next big thing?

AI is gaining momentum in the government market as IT shops look to it as a critical tool in facing cybersecurity threats.

CBP planning $96M contract for integrated logistics

Customs and Border Protection has released an RFI as it starts work on a $96 million contract for integrated logistics.

Raytheon forms cyber partnership with Virsec

Raytheon forms an alliance with Silicon Valley-based commercial cyber company Virsec to bring new network defense products to global government and critical infrastructure entities.