Poaching employees hurts contractors and agencies alike
Government agencies and contractors should set aside their heated competition over skilled workers to keep costs down and prevent excessive turnover.
Economic concerns and new political priorities force contractors to be proactive
A study addressing how to win federal business in lean economic times has a wealth of ideas designed to improve a company's ability to win contracts.
General Dynamics snaps up Axsys Technologies
A General Dynamics unit will acquire Axsys Technologies Inc., a developer of electro-optical and infrared sensors and systems and surveillance and reconnaissance cameras, for $643 million.
SAIC to support DOD information assurance training
SAIC will help the Defense Department meet cybersecurity requirements under a training contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Contractors to support Joint Forces experimentation
The Joint Forces Command has awarded two multiple-award contracts with a combined ceiling of more than $1 billion to four prime contractors.
Contractors see promising future as government hackers
The white hot business opportunity that cyber warfare presents has sparked a spirited competition among the largest government contractors.
PSI boosts health care IT for DOD Tricare program
Planned Systems International leads a team that will provide health care technical assistance to the Defense Department under a $5.45 million task order.
Administration moves to scrap FCS in existing form
The Defense Department’s chief arms buyer, Ashton Carter, said May 18 the administration was on the verge of canceling the entire Army Future Combat Systems program in its present form, according to media reports.
DOD gets assistance with IFF system
Alion Science and Technology will help the Defense Department evaluate an identification system designed to reduce friendly fire accidents.
Supplemental bills address award fees
Congress tries to toughen a 2007 law that set guidance on how to judge whether contractors' work is worth any extra money.
General Dynamics and Elbit Systems create UAS Dynamics
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products and Elbit Systems of America have formed a new company named UAS Dynamics LLC, to provide unmanned aerial systems to the Defense Department.
Alion to provide modeling technology to DOD
Alion Science and Technology will provide modeling research and development to the Defense Department under a contract worth an estimated $14.4 million.
CSC to support DOD communications infrastructure
Computer Sciences Corp. will furnish systems engineering and program support services to the Army project manager responsible for maintaining communications transmission systems under a contract potentially worth $226 million over three years.
The race for technology reform
In his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama brought a fresh approach to new technologies and an ambitious IT reform agenda. However, a lack of specific details has frustrated the contracting community.
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