Contracts

General Dynamics loses $2.7B cloud contract protest

General Dynamics IT's fight for another shot at a $2.7 billion Homeland Security cloud computing contract falls short.

Companies

Lumen touts $1.2B Agriculture telecom win

Lumen Technologies' latest booking from the EIS contract vehicle for network modernization is a $1.2 billion task order from the Agriculture Department.

Contracts

NTT Data loses $117M incumbent contract

NTT Data's argument that it should have won the recompete for a $117 million border control and customs enforcement support contract has been rejected.

Companies

Deloitte brings in former Space Force, Air Force tech official

Kim Crider, who held senior technology leadership roles at the Space Force and Air Force, joins Deloitte's government practice to work with agencies on adopting artificial intelligence and data analytics capabilities.

Contracts

CACI ruled ineligible for $774M Army encryption contract

A federal judge has ruled that CACI International should not have been allowed to bid on a $774 million Army encryption contract, so the question becomes why the branch evaluated the company's proposal at all.

Companies

Peraton hires new procurement chief

Peraton's new chief procurement officer will lead efforts to drive efficiency and reduce complexity in the company's overall supply chain.

Companies

In Gryphon, ManTech finds company pushing changes in engineering

In acquiring Gryphon Technologies, ManTech finds a company it sees as at the forefront of a very different model of engineering than the traditional document-based approach.

Companies

Amy Gilliland on the future of systems integrators

Systems integrators should secure their future in the market by applying domain expertise to help customers apply new technologies, according to General Dynamics' IT business leader.

Companies

SAIC names new Army lead

Science Applications International Corp. brings in Jon Rucker as the new leader of its Army business.

Companies

Supply chain issues take center stage for government contractors

The supply chain is about much more than products as that complex web of factors also includes software, security, people, partners and processes. Those factors are crucial to business success.

Contracts

CGI to build data environment for Interior's energy royalties

CGI Federal will help the Interior Department apply a pair of cloud-based tools to distribute royalties for oil and gas wells on tribal lands.

Companies

Iron Bow hires operations lead

Iron Bow Technologies' new senior vice president of sales operations joins the company from his prior role as a leader at Cisco’s defense business.

Contracts

IRS plans new version of its $700M digital platform contract

The Integrated Enterprise Portal 2.0 procurement will cover some of the most widely used, public-facing IRS applications.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: The tech & talent megatrends poised to shape 2022

Predicting how the future will play out is impossible, but knowing what drivers and ideas will shape it is an important art. This episode of Project 38 featuring our Ross Wilkers and Deloitte's government practice leader Mike Canning runs through what the firm's clients and employees view as the megatrends to watch in technology and talent.

Companies

CACI secures $514M Army contract for fiber-based high-speed communications

CACI International confirms its win of a $514 million task order to help the Army modernize outside plant infrastructure and facilities so they can have more fiber optic cables for communications.

Contracts

PAE loses last shot at FBI background system

The third time wasn't a charm for PAE as it loses a bid protest over a contract to run an FBI system used for background investigations.

Contracts

M&A concerns nix $280M contract award

The Government Accountability Office told the Air Force it needs to analyze the impact of Amentum's acquisition of DynCorp International before awarding a $280 million task order.

Companies

CEO hire, other top-level appointments mark busy exec movement week

We saw several executive moves across the market this week. Here is a round up of several.

Companies

Leidos joins investors in geoanalytics firm Hawkeye 360

Geoanalytics firm Hawkeye 360 counts many defense companies as investors and has now lined up Leidos, the federal technology market's largest player.

Companies

Cubic appoints new chief exec, former Perspecta CEO to chair board

Less than a year on from being acquired itself, Cubic Corp. brings in both a new CEO and chairman of the defense and transportation company's board of directors.