DARPA unmanned ship work moves forward

DARPA is making progress on a program it calls No Manning Required Ship, making a second award to Serco Inc. to continue developing a design for the ship.

CACI's tech transformation driven by customer focus

As CACI International looked to grow by adding more tech capabilities, it used its focus on the customer to drive its investment strategy.

Peraton carves out ViON's as-a-service business

Peraton is carving out ViON's as-a-service business for the first acquisition since the mega-mergers that brought in Northrop Grumman's IT business and all of Perspecta.

Protests push DOJ to rethink IT support contract

A $117 million Justice Department contract is entering its third round after two sets of protests have pushed DOJ to rethink the solicitation.

Carlyle-backed platform makes public sector acquisition

A Maryland company best known for its specialty health care services to the federal government has been acquired a Carlyle Group platform that is investing in claims management solutions.

SAIC taps former exec as new CISO

Science Applications International Corp. has welcomed an alumnus back to the company by hiring Kevin Brown as SAIC’s chief information security officer.

7 picked to support the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command with engineering services

Seven companies have won spots on a $169.1 million Navy contract to support the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command with engineering and technical services.

Army kicks off work on networking intel systems

The Army Project Manager Intelligence Systems and Analytics is looking for feedback on how it should connect a plethora of intelligence systems to a common network.

4 tapped for VA biomedical engineering support

Veterans Affairs has turned to four companies to supplement its biomedical engineering staff under a $200 million contract.

Size, scale only part of the story of the NGEN transition

The two executives in charge of transitioning the $7.7 billion NGEN from the incumbent to Leidos share their insights on the experience and the process and how the real hard work is just now beginning.

How culture drives innovation

Innovation is a big buzzword in today's market and in this Washington Technology Executive Roundtable, we discuss what innovation and disruption mean. How people and company culture play a critical role in that was the group's key message.

VTG nets Navy hypersonics win

VTG is building on one of its growth pillars with an $11 million win to support the Navy's development of a hypersonic weapon.

NASA kicks off development of next lunar lander

Five companies have been tapped by NASA to develop concepts and other requirements for what the space agency calls “sustainable human landing systems.”

Sagewind Capital makes fifth government services investment

Sagewind Capital has added a fifth company to its government services portfolio in Federal Advisory Partners, a health care consulting firm.

Long-time PR, marketing exec calls it a career

Larry Rosenfeld, a PR and advertising exec who has spent nearly 50 years in the government market, is retiring and stepping down as CEO of Sage Communications.

GAO finds some areas for improvement when industry hires former DOD employees

The Government Accountability Office sees the so-called "revolving door" between the Defense Department and the industry that supports it as not that bad after all, but still having key areas that need improvement.

Microsoft's federal shop folds into Azure cloud business

Microsoft has restructured its public sector business by folding the federal piece into its Azure cloud engineering organization so the company can more quickly deliver innovation to agencies.

Bluestone backs cBEYONData

Bluestone Investment Partners has acquired a majority stake in cBEYONData, whose management will continue to run the company and keep an ownership interest.

Lessons from 9/11 and reasons for optimism

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks continue to have a profound impact on the U.S. and some would argue it's mostly been negative, but there are still important lessons to draw on as well as reasons to be optimistic.

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