BAE lands $72M Navy contract for aircraft systems support

BAE Systems has been tapped by the Navy to support air traffic control and landing systems under a $72 million contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

IntelliDyne gets $15.7M DHA direct support contract

IntelliDyne receives a $15.7 million sole-source contract for direct support to the Defense Health Agency Global Service Center.

  • By Nick Wakeman

IBM makes big play for Red Hat

IBM's planned $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat will have a big impact across the entire technology market, public sector included, as the desire for hybrid cloud solutions accelerates.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GSA taps AI to review contract solicitations

The Solicitation Review Tool, long in development, would leverage artificial intelligence to ensure that federal contracts posted online comply with disability rules.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Inside Hitachi's deal for REAN Cloud

Hitachi Vantara has closed its deal for REAN Cloud. Here is the inside story on how why this was so important to the buyer's federal arm and where they go next.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed CEO blends (another) sequestration warning with optimism

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson still sounds worried about sequestration. But she also shared with Wall Street some optimism based on the defense industry's long-cycled nature.

  • By Ross Wilkers

ODNI chief warns tech firms about their double standard

The nation's top intelligence official said contractors who have reservations about helping the U.S. government should extend those same concerns to how they deal with foreign ventures.

  • By Derek B. Johnson

CACI, Unisys, IBM execs headline 2019 outlook event

Leaders from CACI, Unisys and IBM will share their insights on where the market is headed in 2019 and beyond at a Washington Technology breakfast event Oct. 26. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from some of the brightest leaders in the market.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

Project 38: Deloitte's Dan Helfrich and the end of traditional IT

Deloitte's Dan Helfrich shares his views on how the migration to the cloud, blockchain, machine learning and IT modernization will spell the end of traditional IT services.

GDIT's Kristie Grinnell on the need for skills beyond IT

As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, contractors need to attract people who know IT but also have analytical and critical thinking skills.

  • By Ross Wilkers

What would you send to the moon? Lockheed wants to know

Lockheed Martin is searching for ideas for commercial payloads to the moon but I don't think my idea will fly.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Bloomberg tells tale of massive hardware hack

Bloomberg Businessweek has published a story describing a massive hardware hack perpetrated by the Chinese government but the primary victim says it never happened.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Peraton battles on for lost State contract

Peraton is fighting for a lost contract to support the State Department's Consular Affairs bureau though a variety of services under a $164.7 million contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DOD backs off controversial changes to contract payments

Industry and congressional pressure pushed DOD to pull back a controversial plan to revamp how progress payments are paid to contractors.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GE's dramatic fall offers cautionary tale

GE has fired its CEO and written down billions in value, giving a stark reminder that even the mightiest can fall.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Carahsoft wins $25M Army cloud migration contract

Carahsoft takes a $25 million fixed-price contract to migrate parts of an Army data warehouse to the cloud.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Hurricane Florence and the power of social media

I watched Hurricane Florence from 300 miles away and came across some very active social media feeds as the massive storm came ashore.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Tribalco wins Afghan support contract

Tribalco will provide command, control and IT support services to U.S. forces in Afghanistan

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Who are the government market's best innovators?

Washington Technology is glad to announce the 2018 class of Industry Innovators, who are bringing world-class solutions to their government customers.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Maximus might lose $100M contract because of conflict of interest

Maximus is at risk of losing a $105 million CMS contract now that GAO has ruled that a potential conflict of interest was inadequately considered before an award was made.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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