How one exec challenged himself with starting a business

When the economy took a turn for the worse, Zia Islam felt like he needed more of a challenge, so he took his commercial IT expertise and started a company that he then led to be one of the fast growing in the federal market.

Northrop Grumman taps new director of cybersecurity in United Kingdom

Northrop Grumman has named Nick Hopkinson director of cybersecurity in the United Kingdom.

GD wins subcontract from Lockheed for space fence work

General Dynamics C4 Systems SATCOM Technologies has won a subcontract from Lockheed Martin to help support the U.S. Air Force Space Fence program to track debris orbiting Earth.

Raytheon wins $130M to build new toll system in Massachusetts

Raytheon has won a $130 million contract to provide Massachusetts with an all electronic tolling system.

Northrop subsidiary wins $12M robotic bomb disposal contract

Remotec Inc. has won a potentially $12 million contract with the Navy to repair and upgrade 103 MK3 Series Remote Ordnance Neutralizations Systems, increasing the capabilities and availability of the explosive ordnance disposal robots.

MicroPact nabs $12.9M contract for Naval Justice Information System

MicroPact has won a $12.9 million contract to provide the Navy with a Naval Justice Information System meant to support the entire lifecycle of criminal and military justice cases in the Navy and Marine Corps.

Kratos wins $38.7M contract to support SPAWAR radio, network division

Kratos Defense and Security has won a $38.7 million contract to support the SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, Radio Frequency and Network Systems Support Division.

Lockheed Martin taps new VP, controller

Lockheed Martin has named Brian Colan vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, where he will lead the company’s accounting, financial planning and analysis, government finance and tax functions.

SRA to modernize Navy personnel, pay system under $96M contract

SRA International has won a $96 million contract to provide development, modernization, sustainment and upgrades of personnel systems belonging to the Navy.

Northrop Grumman to help NASA explore the sun under $3M contract

Northrop Grumman has won a nearly $3 million contract to supply its space inertial reference system to NASA’s Solar Probe Plus program.

Northrop Grumman partners with U.K. initiative to promote STEM, cybersecurity

Northrop Grumman has partnered with Cyber Security Challenge U.K. to bring its U.S. national youth cyber education program, CyberPatriot, to the U.K. as part of the company’s efforts to promote STEM education and build the U.K.’s cybersecurity talent.

Jacobs Technology wins $21.1M contract for engineering, technology acquisition support

Jacobs Technology has won a $21.1 million contract to provide engineering and technology acquisition support services to the Air Force.

Kratos wins $1M follow-on contract for GPS support

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has won a $1 million follow-on contract to provide ground system components for U.S. Air Force GPS OCX program.

Two companies capture worldwide logistics contracts

Two companies have won contracts worth $37 million and $33.7 million to provide worldwide logistics services to the Navy.

Northrop Grumman taps new business unit VP

Northrop Grumman has named Michael Meaney vice president of advanced land and self-protection systems.

Three win $78.6M contract for Navy industrial hygiene program

Three companies have won a $78.6 million contract and will compete for task orders to support the Navy and Marine Corps’ industrial hygiene program.

DynCorp nixes new CEO, searches for fresh candidate

Not three weeks after DynCorp International announced a new CEO in L-3 Communications veteran S. Gordon Walsh, the company has opted to find another candidate.

Northrop Grumman wins $89.7M extension to Air Force contract

Northrop Grumman has won an $89.7 million option to continue operating and supporting the Air Force’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node system.

Eight win $250M NOAA contract for hydrographic surveying services

Eight companies have won a $250 million contract to provide hydrographic surveying services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Coast Survey.

General Dynamics, CrowdStrike partner to increase customer access to threat intelligence

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has partnered with CrowdStrike to provide customers with access to shared threat intelligence that will further improve the prevention, detection, attribution and remediation of cyberattacks in real time.