CACI awarded $810M to support Air Force mobile command and control systems

CACI International has received an $810 million sole-source contract to support the Air Force's mobile command and control systems.

Intelligence Community planning huge cloud contract

The intelligence community is planning a massive cloud initiative that could be worth tens of billions of dollars and involve multiple contracts with commercial cloud providers.

Is the Coast Guard pushing a sole-source contract too far?

SES Government Solutions is protesting the Coast Guard's decision to not compete a contract for commercial satellite services and instead sole-source the work to a competitor.

Balutis, Graves, Unisys CEO headline 2019 Fed100 gala

FCW's Federal 100 awards program marked its 30th year of recognizing individuals whose work serving the public sector went above and beyond expectations.

SAIC's juggling act: a CEO transition and Engility integration

SAIC is going through both a CEO transition and the Engility integration at the same time, both of which will shape the contractor for years to come.

Booz Allen protests $500M Air Force contract ahead of award

Booz Allen Hamilton has filed a protest objecting to how a $500 million Air Force contract is progressing so far.

Palantir's Army win is important, but not quite the watershed moment

Palantir has won the first delivery order under the Army's "DCGS-A" intelligence system contract. But that doesn't mean the Silicon Valley firm has eliminated Raytheon from the competition.

Strasser joins Brillient Corp. as president

Paul Strasser, formerly CEO of Project Performance Corp. and president of ACT-IAC, has joined Brillient Corp. as president

Dealmaking continues for MAG Aerospace

MAG Aerospace closes its third deal since being acquired by New Mountain Capital 10 months ago. This time MAG is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region.

Competition poised to heat up on $50B EIS contract

Now there are three primes with ATOs under the $50 billion EIS contract and expectations are rising that more task orders and competition are all on the way.

Disappointed bidders go to court over $7.5B SETI awards

Novetta and Technatomy prevailed when GAO ruled in favor of their protests, but they still didn't get a spot on DISA's $7.5 billion "SETI" contract. Now the companies have gone to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Merlin invests in Wickr cybersecurity platform

In a move beyond traditional reselling agreements, Merlin International has invested in Wickr, a company with a secure, anti-hacking communications platform, to develop more of those solutions for the government space.

Who made the biggest deals of 2018?

Outside of one very large exception, private equity firms dominated merger and acquisition activity in a 2018 that saw nearly 100 closed transactions.

DIA developing $2.1B applications development contract

The Defense Intelligence Agency is developing a multiple award contract that could be worth more than $2 billion for a broad set of application development services.

Deloitte wins AF deal for force optimization work

Deloitte Consulting has won a $39.9 million contract to help the Air Force with force optimization.

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Vectrus CFO resigns

Vectrus chief financial officer Matthew Klein has resigned from the company to pursue other interests.

7 win $240M Marine Corps training support contract

Seven companies have captured spots on a 10-year, $240 million Marine Corps training systems support contract.

NGA taps small biz for support tasks under MOJAVE contract

Quadrint Inc., a Falls Church, Virginia., small business provider of analytics, cloud and data solutions, has won a trio of task orders for support services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Worth Reading: NY Times reviews JEDI contract

The JEDI contract has hit the pages of the New York Times, which provides a review of the controversial $10 billion Defense Department cloud contract.

Perspecta continues fight for $211M DHS contract

Perspecta has filed a second protest involving a $211M Homeland Security Department contract for cybersecurity support won by BAE Systems.