Harris IT spinoff takes on new name

After about three months with no permanent identity, the former Harris IT business has now christened itself Peraton. Its CEO Stu Shea takes us further inside the company's new era.

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Investors dump Booz Allen stock on DOJ probe news

Wall Street has responded swiftly to the news of the Justice Department's investigation into Booz Allen Hamilton with a selloff in the firm's stock.

Former NCI controller pleads guilty to embezzlement

The former NCI Inc. controller at the center of several embezzlement investigations pleads guilty to stealing $19 million and faces 20 years in prison.

DOE gives six tech giants HPC research funds

Six large tech firms will take part in an Energy Department program that seeks to create the U.S.' first exascale computer by 2021.

Boeing makes plans to use undersea drones as another growth opportunity

Boeing's defense leader touts its undersea drone partnership with Huntington Ingalls as an example of the airplane maker's portfolio diversity push beyond just fighters.

SAIC CEO: 'still investing in' training, cyber areas as Marine vehicle programs advance

SAIC's CEO tells investors the company's core government services investments remain intact as its vehicle platform integration programs for the Marine Corps move further along.

Leidos, Cray forge security product alliance

Leidos and supercomputer maker Cray team up to offer security products in the federal and commercial markets.

Bill proposed to let companies 'hack back'

A newly-proposed bill in Congress seeks to let companies go on the offensive if they suffer a network breach or intrusion.

CSRA wins potential $266M EPA IT contract

CSRA books a potential five-year, $266 million contract to help the EPA run its IT infrastructure and applications.

DARPA taps Boeing for unmanned reusable spaceplane

Boeing comes out as the winner of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to build an unmanned reusable spaceplane to carry satellites into orbit.

DXC wins potential $150M GSA ID credential management contract

The recently-launched DXC Technology wins a potential 10-year, $150 million contract to manage identity credentials for GSA.

Acting federal CIO strongly signals shared services acceleration

The acting federal chief information officer tells the ACT-IAC Management of Change conference shared services adoption will take place "on a scale that we've never done before."

Finance meets strategic advice in new Celero-Nation Analytics venture

Many GovCon stocks have set continuous all-time highs since the Trump November election win. Nation Analytics and Celero Strategies are seeking to parlay that heightened interest from Wall Street through a new GovCon service.

AECOM's URS arm wins potential $264M NASA facility services contract

The URS Federal Services business of AECOM wins a potential eight-and-a-half year, $263.9 million NASA facility support services contract.

Thornberry puts forth DoD acquisition reform bill

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry proposes bill that seeks to reform the Defense Department's acquisition processes via commercial practices.

Inside the Space Systems Loral 'U.S. Access Plan'

The famed Silicon Valley satellite outfit Space Systems Loral is moving into the classified space arena and its government leader takes us inside the company's "U.S. Access Plan."

Wall Street eyes cyber stocks in wake of Wannacry attack

Investors snap up shares in cybersecurity stocks including those in the government market as world deals with aftermath of worldwide ransomware attack known as Wannacry

Microsoft cloud infrastructure spend totals $1B per month

Microsoft's annual cloud infrastructure spend totals $1 billion a month in enterprise and heavily-restricted areas such as federal, the Azure GM tells a Washington Technology event audience.