Small biz winners named for $5B Air Force cyber contract

Seven small businesses have won spots on a $5 billion contract to provide the Air Force with cybersecurity and information systems support; large business winners yet to be named.

Three nab spots on $49M sensor prototype contract

Three companies have won spots on a $49 million contract to provide the Navy with sensor prototypes.

SAIC taps new VP, service line director, Data Science

Science Applications International Corp. has named Sanjay Sardar vice president and service line director for Data Science.

Northrop Grumman appoints new corporate director

Northrop Grumman has named Dan Cloyd corporate director for naval aviation and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs.

New NCI CEO puts focus on ripe M&A market

With the drama of its turnaround behind it, NCI and its new CEO Brian Clark are putting a laser focus on the M&A market where they see plenty of ripe targets.

Dell to deliver virtual desktop solution to FBI under $28M deal

Dell has won a $28 million contract with the Justice Department to provide the FBI with an virtual desktop infrastructure, which the company claims will be one of the largest in the federal government.

Macfadden to support USAID bureau under a $300M contract

Macfadden has won a $300 million contract to support a bureau within the U.S. Agency for International Development.

L-3 gets $10.7M order for flight trainer upgrades

L-3 Communications Corp. has won a $10.7 million order from the Navy for flight trainer system configuration upgrades.

Venable adds former White House cyber director to staff

Venable has tapped Ari Schwartz to be the company’s managing director of cybersecurity services.

Sevatec COO adds president to his title

Sevatec Inc. has named Balan Ayyar president and chief operating officer.

MIL Corp. appoints new CFO

The MIL Corp. has appointed William Loomis to be the company’s new chief financial officer.

ManTech nabs $250M contract for cyber range services

ManTech International has won a $250 million contract to provide cyber range services to the Defense Information Systems Agency and the U.S. Marine Corps.

SAIC taps new EVP, general counsel

Science Applications International Corp. has named Steven Mahon executive vice president and general counsel, effective Nov. 9.

Big data pays dividends but adoption still slow

Government officials say that big data helps them make better decisions, but a new Unisys survey points to other issues that are slowing adoption.

Northrop Grumman wins $91.7M engineering contract

Northrop Grumman has won a $91.7 million contract modification to provide the Navy with engineering, manufacturing and development.

Jacobs Technology wins $85.4M option for technical, engineering support

Jacobs Technology has been awarded an $85.4 million option to continue its support of Eglin Air Force Base.

Northrop nets $203.6M option for Global Hawk sustainment

Northrop Grumman has won a $203.6 million option to sustain the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle.

Who closed fiscal 2015 with the biggest contract awards?

As expected, the ninth month of 2015 saw a flurry of contracts as September closed out the government fiscal year. Who netted the biggest contracts of the month?

Blue Canopy wins $39M contract to improve SEC computing, analytics

Blue Canopy Group has won a $39 million contract to support the Securities and Exchange Commission’s computing and analytics efforts.

Apprio taps new head of health programs

Apprio has named Andy Leone executive vice president of the company’s health programs.