Optio Labs taps new CEO

Optio Labs has found a new CEO in former KoolSpan Inc. and Acuity Mobile chief executive Gregg Smith.

Ambit Group taps industry vets as new advisor, associate vice president

The Ambit Group has named Jane Forman to its board of advisors and Joan Cannaday as associate vice president.

GD exec retires, new leader named

General Dynamics is promoting the leader of its IT business to be the new executive vice president of the company's Information Systems and Technology group when its current EVP retires at the end of the month.

Three firms win spots on $42.4M VA contract for remidiation support services

Three companies have won spots on a potentially $42.2 million contract to provide Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-123 and remediation support services to the Veterans Affairs Department’s Internal Controls Service division.

Leidos subsidiary wins pair of energy contracts with Defense Logistics Agency

Leidos subsidiary Varec Inc. has won a pair of contracts totaling $75 million to support the Defense Logistics Agency – Energy.

Raytheon wins $75.6M contract to implement command and control system in Qatar

Raytheon has won a $75.6 million contract with the Air Force to design and implement an Air and Missile Defense Operation Center for Qatar.

SEDNA Digital Solutions to support simulation software under $10.2M contract

SEDNA Digital Solutions has won a $10.2 million contract to provide the Navy with services in support of high fidelity simulation and common processing system software development.

Leidos wins $113M contract to support NIH Electronic Research Administration

Leidos has won a $113 million contract with the National Institutes of Health to provide information technology services to the Electronic Research Administration (eRA).

NCI wins $12.3M contract to provide C4S, IT services

NCI Inc. has won a $12.3 million contract to provide command, control, communications and computer systems as well as IT services to the U.S. Southern Command.

Lockheed Martin taps new SVP, corporate strategy and BD

Lockheed Martin has named Bridget Lauderdale senior vice president for corporate strategy and business development.

CACI wins $62.5M contract to support counter narco-terrorism efforts

CACI International has won a $62.5 million contract to support counter narco-terrorism work for U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan.

CDW-G names new VP, Federal program management, capture and services

CDW-G has named Randy Harris vice president, Federal program management, capture and services.

GSA working to improve federal acquisition

The General Services Administration is trying to improve federal acquisition across civilian and defense agencies by adopting an agile and iterative approach.

CACI wins $182M task order for logistics, acquisition support

CACI International has won a $182 million task order to provide integrated logistics and acquisition support to the Naval Sea Systems Command PEO Integrated Warfare Systems.

Northrop Grumman names new CTO

Northrop Grumman has named Patrick Antkowiak corporate vice president and chief technology officer, where he will help develop and execute corporate technology strategy.

Where are the defense bucks in 2015?

We break down the fiscal 2015 budget requests of the Army, Navy, Air Force, DISA and the Defense Health Agency and track the major drivers behind the IT opportunities across the Defense Department.

A-T Solutions nabs $32.8M task order to support counter-IED training

A-T Solutions has won a $32.8 million task order to provide counter-IED training to the U.S. Marine Corps Engineer School.

Are we headed for more budget uncertainty?

Policy and market experts at Washington Technology's Contractors & Cocktails event this week warned that we might be heading back into an environment of uncertainty around budgets and funding.

Lockheed wins $15.6M contract to support Aegis activities

Lockheed Martin has won a $15.6 million contract with the Navy to support Aegis Platform Systems Engineering Agent activities (PSEA) and Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability Build (ACB) engineering.

Cyber challenges of tomorrow require cooperation now

The cyber challenges the United States faces today are not necessarily the challenges the country will face tomorrow, and a former FBI director and DHS secretary are urging cooperation between government and industry to address tomorrow's challenges today.