Contracts

Air Force reboots $12B systems integration contract

BAE Systems and Guidehouse have waged a back-and-forth battle for the 18-year contract. but now the Air Force is starting over with a new sources sought notice.

Companies

ICF acquires Applied Energy group as grid demand spikes

This purchase is taking place amid a "once-in-a-lifetime transition" to a new distributed energy landscape, as ICF's chief executive John Wasson tells us.

Contracts

VA extends medical disability exam contracts worth $13B

Four incumbents keep their spots on the vehicle that exceeded its $6.8 billion ceiling as PACT Act claims drives a surge in veteran claims.

Contracts

Leidos wins $2.6B TSA equipment logistics recompete

The company can trace its incumbency on this program to 2013 and now manufactures some of the airport security equipment involved.

Companies

Science, tech and operations leadership moves across the market

Our final roundup of key executive promotions and hires for 2024 involves a bit of foreshadowing for one company in the upper quadrant of our Top 100.

Companies

How Booz Allen thrives on tech disruption

Richard Crowe, who leads Booz Allen's civilian business, sees artificial intelligence adoption and expertise as keys to the company’s continued growth.

Companies

Ayar Labs captures $155M to bring light into chip manufacturing

Three of the world's most notable chip manufacturers and Lockheed Martin's venture capital arm are investors in Ayar Labs, which is touting light transfer as an answer to the artificial intelligence-energy quandary.

Companies

Millennium Space Systems hires Gingiss as chief executive

Owned by Boeing since 2018, the small satellite maker is entering the next phase of its production ramp-up and market expansion push.

Companies

ManTech wins a pair of Marine Corps contracts to upgrade tactical systems

The company also will work on littoral warfighting systems under contracts worth an aggregate of roughly $1 billion.

Contracts

Groundswell's legal fight for $1B Army ERP contract moves to records access

Groundswell wants a former SAP executive to look at competition documents, but the winner Accenture Federal Services is pushing back.

Companies

Growth and strategy leadership moves across the market

A pair of appointments to boards of directors also feature a high-profile consulting firm and a global defense giant.

Contracts

Parsons, V2X form venture to chase $8B NSF Antarctica research contract

The National Science Foundation has operated there since 1959 and Leidos has held the current contract since 2011.

Podcasts

WT 360: How Leidos leans on repeatability in its tech transformation work

Steve Hull, president of Leidos’ digital modernization sector, goes over how the company looks for common themes across government that do not require completely reinventing the implementation and delivery wheels.

Companies

Talent, growth and tech leadership moves across the market

Plus one of the market's most high-profile consulting firms appoints a new president that will work right under its CEO.

Contracts

ManTech secures $1.4B cyber task order

The company will support the ICON framework for sharing intelligence across the national security community.

Companies

Lockheed details executive transitions in its enterprise, engineering functions

The defense giant's famed Skunk Works advanced development division is also getting a new leader.

Contracts

FAA awards two more seats on engineering recompete

The Federal Aviation Administration moves ahead on its selections for iteration number two of its Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support contract.

Companies

FAA chooses 4 for $1.4B air traffic control support contract

Each awardee is assigned certain geographic areas and each award has a different ceiling value.

Contracts

IBM wins $930M federal employee travel system contract

The General Services Administration expects 124 civilian agencies to transition to the new system by June 2027.

Contracts

CMS pulls the plug on $6.6B call center recompete

The incumbent Maximus filed a lawsuit after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put a labor harmony agreement into the solicitation, but CMS has essentially ended the argument.