Contracts

DARPA chooses 6 for $1.25B professional services vehicle

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency uses its so-called TASS vehicle to acquire technical support for its programs and offices in areas such as research-and-development.

Companies

HII's board adds former Southern Command leader

Craig Faller retired from the Navy in 2021 after 38 years of service.

Opinion

TSA backtracks on $93M award to Deloitte after protests

Three unlikely competitors pursued this blanket purchase agreement to help the Transportation Security Agency run its security operations center.

Contracts

Army developing next version of enterprise-wide payroll system

CACI International has worked on the system since 2015. but will almost certainly face competition for the recompete.

Contracts

Booz Allen books $630M Space Force engineering contract

With the protest phase now done, the company and customer alike can go ahead on integrating new technologies and techniques into space-based sensing programs.

Contracts

Booz Allen stands alone in T4NG protest fight

The Veterans Affairs Department's potential $60 billion IT services and solutions vehicle remains tied up in the courts.

Opinion

Townes-Whitley becomes SAIC's new leader

Science Applications International Corp. is among the handful of the market's largest companies to install a new CEO over the past 12 months.

Companies

V2X hires RTX vet as finance chief

Shawn Mural most recently worked in the same capacity for one of RTX's three business segments.

Contracts

Special Operations Command starts process to recompete $8B logistics contract

A pair of site visits are on the calendar for companies interested in this largest of SOCOM's service contracts currently held by Lockheed Martin.

Contracts

L3Harris sees plenty of flaws in NASA's $500M weather satellite contract

L3Harris says NASA didn't follow the solicitation and didn't account for an alleged conflict-of-interst in awarding the contract to Ball Aerospace.

Contracts

Deloitte gets second shot at FBI data contract

After Deloitte complained about how evaluations were conducted, the FBI said it will take a second look at how it made awards for a high-speed data transfer contract.

Companies

Accenture's federal arm seeks to be all over the full tech lifecycle

Accenture Federal Services' acquisition of Novetta in 2021 brought in new technology and ideas for how to approach integration, a mindset that is arguably needed as cloud computing and artificial intelligence further take hold.

Companies

Northrop's space leadership promotion highlights the week in executive appointments

One of the government market's most high-profile investment firms also added to its brain trust.

Contracts

ASRC Federal subsidiary wins $489M launch site support recompete

NetCentric Technology's capture of this contract will stretch its presence at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to 15 years.

Companies

HiddenLayer closes $50M Series A capital raise

Booz Allen Hamilton's venture capital fund is among the investors in this one-year-old startup that focuses on defending artificial intelligence systems.

Contracts

Leidos celebrates $7.9B win that can still face challenges

Leidos has announced its capture of the Army's Common Hardware Systems-6 award, but the longtime incumbent General Dynamics still has an open window to protest.

Companies

General Dynamics IT hires Booz Allen vet as growth chief

The role was temporarily fulfilled by GDIT's chief technology officer prior to this appointment.

Companies

SAIC hires former Air Force CIO Knausenberger

Knausenberger will be one of two new executive vice presidents to join Science Applications International Corp. as the company prepares for a new CEO to start.

Contracts

CGI Federal battles to keep visa processing work

The incumbent is taking issue with the State Department's choice of a competitor for the services in Central America.

Companies

Peraton fights rejection from Special Operations Command contract

The company objects to its elimination from a competition to deliver media messages as part of SOCOM's information operations.