Microsoft captures $479M Army personal network OTA

Microsoft has won a $479.2 million Army contract to create a personal network for soldiers through an OTA competition.

NetCents portal goes down, transparency goes up

The Air Force's NetCents 2 Products portal is having some technical difficulties and new solicitations are going out via FBO.gov. That means non-contract holders can now see what the Air Force is buying.

Novation issue nixes bid for Army logistics work

STS wants to buy a logistics contract from Engility but the Army won't novate, so the branch rejected a joint bid from the companies.

EverWatch makes first acquisition, grows intell work

EverWatch has made its first deal since it was created by Enlightenment Capital through a merger of four portfolio companies into one.

New JEDI filing moves IBM's protest forward

With a new filing, IBM shows that it isn't giving up on its protest of the $10 billion JEDI cloud solicitation despite Oracle's lost.

IBM continues fight for TSA Secure Flight contract

IBM has filed a new protest after TSA re-affirmed a contract award to Accenture for the $50 million Secure Flight program.

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DOD says it can't handle more than one JEDI prime

GAO's denial of Oracle's protest against the Defense Department's JEDI cloud contract not only lets the single-award strategy proceed, but also includes a DOD admission that a multiple-award contract would be too complex and too hard for them to successfully manage.

Third time not a charm for NTT Data

NTT Data prevailed on two earlier bid protests but its third protest fell short in its attempt to keep a $260 million Education Department contract.

DOD reorgs to fuel cyber, AI and space opportunities

At the immixGroup's annual Government IT Sales Summit, analysts describe how several DOD reorganization efforts will fuel new opportunities in cyber, space and artificial intelligence.

Booz Allen faces protest over $1B VA award

Both General Dynamics and Cognosante have filed protests objecting to Booz Allen's win of an almost $1 billion Veterans Affairs IT support task order.

Oracle's JEDI protest denied

Oracle's protest fell short on all three arguments it made to GAO in protest of the single-award structure of the Defense Department's $10 billion JEDI cloud contract.

HQ2 or not, Amazon already a major public sector player

There will be a lot of hype around Amazon's decision to locate half of its second headquarters in Northern Virginia. But the fact is, Amazon is already here and a major player.

Deloitte, Parsons, Crew Training grab new DOD contracts

Among the contract awards announced by the Defense Department on Thursday were a contract for UAV training, and two contracts for cybersecurity work.

CACI leads pack of Industry Innovators

CACI International and its SkyTracker product were tapped as Best-in-Class among the Industry Innovators at our Government Innovator Awards dinner.

DOD seeks analytics support for nuclear, chemical defense

A new sources sought notice details the Defense Department's search for analytical services to support the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense program.

DRS unit takes $129.2M Foreign Military Sales contract

A Leonardo DRS unit receives a $129.2 million contract to provide a variety of services to several foreign military organizations.

Peraton battles for classified NRO contract

Few details are available, but Peraton is protesting the loss of a competition for a classified contract at the National Reconnaissance Office.

Inside the 2018 class of Industry Innovators

The public sector market is a hot bed of innovation and we've picked the 2018 class of Industry Innovators as the best examples of how government contractors are solving some of the most challenging problems in the market.

CACI takes $125M Navy business systems contract

CACI International wins a $125.4 million Navy contract to support Military Sealift Command business systems.