Opinion

What were 2012's top issues and trends?

Editor Nick Wakeman looks back at 2012, and picks the stories and trends that had the biggest impact on 2012, and some that we'll continue to feel in 2013.

  • By Nick Wakeman

7 contractors win $249M command and control contract with Air Force

Seven contractors have won a contract to perform command and control development work with the U.S. Air Force.

  • By Mark Hoover

Harris wins $66M option year under space operations contract

Harris Corp. has won the fifth option year for its Network and Space Operations and Maintenance contract, to operate, maintain and logistically support the U.S. Air Force Space Command's 50th Space Wing Mission

  • By Mark Hoover

What does your market snapshot look like?

If you wanted to create a picture of today's market, which elements would you include?

  • By Nick Wakeman

Who's won the biggest contracts in fiscal 2013 so far?

We give the breakdown of the biggest contracts for the first two months of fiscal 2013. Who are the big winners?

  • By Mark Hoover

Seven share $900M Navy prize

Seven companies will compete for task orders under the $900 million Battlespace Awareness Support Portfolio contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed's scandal: A lesson for the rest of us

Sure it is embarrassing, but Lockheed Martin's swift action in the face of scandal teaches an important lesson for any company.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed fires CEO-to-be over affair

Lockheed Martin's Christopher Kubasik, who was slated to become CEO on Jan. 1, was fired for having an affair. Marillyn Hewson tapped to be new CEO.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed takes on Labor data center consolidation initiative

Lockheed Martin will consolidate the Labor Department's data centers into a single facility before a move to the cloud.

  • By Nick Wakeman

20 to fight for $10B in tactical comm tasks

Twenty companies will compete for task orders under the Army's $10 billion Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems contract.

  • By Mark Hoover

Lockheed nets $114M win to upgrade combat simulators

Lockheed Martin will provide the Army with combat vehicle simulator upgrades and the Marine Corps with new training systems.

  • By Mark Hoover

College grads pick contractors as desirable employers

Government contractors will be represented on a list of the 100 most desirable places to work, according to a survey of recent college grads.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed to help Coast Guard take health records wireless

Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide the U.S. Coast Guard with MONAXOffice system, which aims to improve the updating of electronic health recrods on wireless devices.

  • By Mark Hoover

Is the glass ceiling for women shattering?

More government contractors are being run by women than ever before. Is this a real change in the market?

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed wins $13.5M contract to make UAVs smarter

Lockheed Martin will lead a team the automous capabilities of unmanned aircraft.

  • By Mark Hoover

12 contractors named to $7B Army services award

Contract calls for software and engineering services by Sept. 27, 2017.

  • By Mark Hoover

Lockheed clears protest hurdle on $4.6B GIG contract

Lockheed Martin is now free to begin working on the $4.6 billion Global Information Grid contract after the GAO denies SAIC protest.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed Martin will not give sequestration notice of mass layoffs

Contractors are not required to give advance notice of mass layoffs or facility closures before sequestration kicks in, with such costs being deemed allowable by the White House's recent guidance.

  • By Washington Technology staff

M&A activity faces sequestration hurdle

Sequestration and budget woes have cast a pall of uncertainty over the market, putting a damper on merger and acquisition activity.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed expands cybersecurity alliance

Verizon becomes the 18th member of Lockheed Martin's Cyber Security Alliance.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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