How one company saved its federal business

Acquisitions are good: they add capabilities, new customers and contracts, hard workers and a boatload of new revenue. But for one company, an acquisition almost cost them their entire federal business.

Engility wins $34.9M contract for tactical warfare training

Engility has won a $34.9 million contract to provide tactical warfare training to U.S. Navy pacific theater forces.

Constellation West taps new BD director

Constellation West has named Mark Redford director of business development.

Aquilent taps new EVP of corporate BD

Aquilent has named Brian Westhoff executive vice president of corporate business development

Lafayette Group, SAIC nab contracts to advance interoperable comms

The Lafayette Group and SAIC have both won Navy contracts to help advance interoperable communications for governments of all kinds.

WR Systems to support Navy radar system under $12.4M contract

WR Systems has won a $12.4 million contract to support the Navy’s Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar system.

Salient nabs 12 O&M task orders to support USPTO

Salient Federal Solutions has won twelve task orders totaling $10 million to support the U.S. Patent and Trade Office.

Small biz wins $29M Navy contract to support private-public partnerships

The Concourse Group has won a $29 million contract to provide the Navy with professional services in support of its public-private venture program.

URS wins $6.6M Navy program management contract

URS Federal Services has won a $6.6 million sole source contract to provide program management services to the Navy.

MacAulay-Brown wins $14M contract to support sensor development

MacAulay-Brown has won a $14 million contract to support sensor development at the Wright State Research Institute.

Pragmatics wins Air Force task orders for next-gen 911

Pragmatics has won a number of task orders totaling $1 million to support Enhanced 911 systems for the Air Force.

Northrop Grumman wins recompete of $73.6M cyber contract

Northrop Grumman has won a $73.6 million recompete task order to support DISA’s Acropolis and Sensor Operations program.

ManTech wins $10.9M task order for IT services

ManTech has won a $10.9 million task order to provide IT services to the Defense Department Defense Medical Information Exchange Program Management Office.

GSA launches review of contracts for commercial items

The General Services Administration plans to review areas where it thinks contracts for commercial items are inconsistent with federal law.

Northrop Grumman names new undersea systems VP

Northrop Grumman has named Alan Lytle vice president of the company’s undersea systems business.

GSA launches pilot for contractors to disclose greenhouse gas emissions

The General Services Administration has launched a pilot program to encourage vendors and contractors to publicly disclose their corporate-wide greenhouse gas emissions as a result of a recent executive order aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Small biz to provide Navy with weather radar systems

Basic Commerce & Industries Inc. has won a $10.9 million contract to support the Navy’s weather radar through-the-sensor systems.

Harris wins $450M contract to support DISA crisis management system

Harris Corp. has won a $450 million single award contract to provide systems engineering and program management services for DISA’s crisis management system.

Aerospace Corp. names two new VPs

The Aerospace Corp. has made two leadership changes within two of its business areas.

GD wins $1.3M task order for cloud initiaitve at Sandia National Lab

General Dynamics Information Technology has won a $1.3 million task order to provide strategic support for the design and development of a cloud initiative at Sandia National Laboratories.