Opinion

Do I have what it takes to ghost?

Many BD and sales professionals complain about having a great meeting with a prospect and then never getting calls or messages returned. Often it's because of the wrong preparation for that first encounter.

Opinion

Why you should embrace zero trust architecture

As the market moves forward and the Cybersecurity Executive Order takes hold, there will be no avoiding zero trust architecture. Here's how you should shift your focus.

Contracts

Space acquisitions could see more 'discipline' from Biden pick

Frank Calvelli, the nominee for the first ever assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, said better program management was key to keeping procurement on-time and on budget.

Contracts

Air Force Eyes Space-Centered Cyber Training

A new request for information is set to inform future budget and program decisions.

Opinion

10 tips for cracking the state & local cybersecurity market

There is a huge opportunity in the state and local market thanks to a new $1 billion cyber grant program. Here are 10 ways to position yourself for that influx of resources.

Contracts

What Does Another Continuing Resolution Mean for Federal Contractors?

These stopgap spending measures can lead to "endless stop-and-start contract cycles, creating inefficiency and disruption."

Contracts

Protest hits CIO-SP4 on proposal deadline day

One company is arguing that the 16 amendments to the $50 billion CIO-SP4 contract vehicle have not gone far enough to address the perceived problems.

Companies

Russian hackers are hitting cleared defense contractors, security agencies warn

The two-year campaign targeted sensitive but unclassified information stored by defense contractors.

Contracts

Navy starts the bidding for $4B shipboard network recompete

Companies can now start getting their proposals together in pursuit of a place on a Navy $4.1 billion contract to continuously upgrade the products and systems supporting shipboard networks.

Contracts

Five firms to vie for $250M in Navy aircrew tech supply work

The Navy makes awards on a $250 million contract covering the development of electronic warfare simulation and radar systems for aircrews.

Contracts

DISA greenlights GDIT for identity management production

This new $162 million agreement means General Dynamics IT will bring its identity, credential and access management solution into production to secure access to Defense Department applications.

Contracts

First protest hits $1.4B DHA workforce support award

Booz Allen Hamilton is crying foul after being left off the Defense Health Agency's selection of winners for a $1.4 billion vehicle focused on the workforce.

Contracts

AT&T expands FEMA telecom footprint through $167M in awards

AT&T is touting a series of task orders that designate it as the Federal Emergency Management Agency's single integrated communications provider and lead partner for network modernization efforts.

Companies

Leidos scores another multi-billion dollar takeaway

The Government Accountability Office rejects Science Applications International Corp.'s challenge of a $2.5 billion NASA award to Leidos, who now has yet another large takeaway win on the board.

Opinion

11 tips for teaming with prime contractors

There are plenty of pitfalls and possible mistakes when you form partnerships. Here's a guide for what to do and what to avoid.

Contracts

Space Force will have to defend $700M award

Space Force must now further explain why it picked Booz Allen Hamilton over both the incumbent and another challenger for a $678 million contract to support remote sensing efforts.

Contracts

3 more companies added to NASA's $6B spacecraft vehicle

NASA finalizes awards in the second on-ramp round for its $6 billion contract to more quickly buy spacecraft and related components.

Companies

AT&T takes second piece of DISA telephony program

AT&T can claim victories in both major pieces of a Defense Information Systems Agency program for broad telephony services across the U.S. military’s various combatant command regions.

Contracts

10 picked for $500M CMS agile delivery effort

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services taps 10 companies for a $500 million blanket purchase agreement to use agile technology delivery to improve the quality of care.

Contracts

How do you bring more tech to soldiers? Army Futures Command wants to know

A new sources sought notice from the Army Futures Command wants feedback on how to get leading-edge technologies to ground soldiers: including 5G, more sensors, and better protection from chemical and biological weapons.