Will the Comcast-MicroTech deal open up more opportunities?

Comcast's pending acquisition of MicroTech's EIS business is a bet by the cable and media giant that its federal shop can capture some of the billions in telecommunications opportunities on the horizon.

VTG fuels new opportunities with latest acquisition

VTG's latest acquisition seeks to further build up its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, while also adding new customers in the undersea-unmanned systems arena.

Northrop wins part of its next-gen jammer protest

Northrop Grumman scores a partial victory out of its protest against L3Harris' win of a $500 million next generation jammer contract with the Navy.

DHS clears several FirstSource protests but others pending

Several protests of the $10 billion FirstSource III contract are out of the way but more are pending, which means delays are inevitable.

A procurement legend steps down at DHS

Sorraya Correa has stepped down at the chief procurement officer at the Homeland Security Department and retired from government after 40 years. FCW's Steve Kelman pays tribute to her philosophy and legacy.

SAIC's protest dismissed, but fight over $2.5B NASA IT award likely to continue

Science Applications International Corp.'s protest over a $2.5 billion NASA IT infrastructure award to Leidos has been dismissed, but that doesn't mean that SAIC's challenge is over.

Baird adds another industry, banking veteran to government and defense team

Baird adds another director to its government and defense team that has worked in industry and banking.

Northrop names Stanley Black & Decker exec to board

Northrop Grumman's board of directors has added a senior executive with Stanley Black & Decker as the newest member.

Was SpaceX's lunar lander win a fait accompli?

The Government Accountability Office's public version of its decision to deny the lunar lander protests by Blue Origin and Dynetics is now out. There is plenty to look through across 76 pages, although it seems that SpaceX's victory was inevitable.

Maximus' challenge of $79M Social Security ticket contract falls short

In seeing its protest denied, Maximus has officially lost an incumbent contract at the Social Security Administration to a competitor.

Sign of maturity: Applied Insight adds large business chops with its new CEO

Applied Insight has matured into the middle-tier and has brought in a new CEO with large business experience. The now-former CEO has moved to Applied Insight's private equity owner to bring a more tech focus there.

Denials open the door for $2B PTO vehicle

The Patent and Trademark Office can now open its $2 billion BOSS software services contract for business now that several protestors have lost their fight over not getting chosen.

Another ECS Federal acquisition builds its health care offerings

ASGN and its government technology business ECS have made their third acquisition in less than a year, adding more health care capabilities and customers.

CNSI forms deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services

CNSI is forming a deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services to develop more cloud-based solutions for Medicaid management information systems.

LMI fights to get onto Army Futures Command vehicle

LMI is pushing back against its elimination from the competition to get on a $240 million contract to support the Army Futures Command.

Protests, complaints continue over CIO-SP4 vehicle

Little has changed for the CIO-SP4 contract vehicle despite a deadline extension and more amendments. Contractors are still concerned about the solicitation and how it is being managed.

COVID, acquisitions fuel Maximus' revenue growth

Maximus has seen significant revenue growth in its latest quarter fueled by support of the government's COVID-19 response and what has come from recent acquisitions.

Leidos versus SAIC continues as they fight for $2.5B NASA contract

There appears to be a disagreement among NASA, the companies involved and even the Government Accountability Office over whether to dismiss Science Applications International Corp.'s protest of a $2.5 billion IT infrastructure contract it lost to Leidos.

IntelliBridge closes second acquisition of 2021

IntelliBridge has closed its second acquisition of 2021 as it builds more capabilities around DevSecOps, data science and analytics.

NIH extends deadline to bid on CIO-SP4 vehicle

Amid multiple complaints, the National Institutes of Health's acquisition shop has extended the deadline on proposals for the massive CIO-SP4 IT services contract vehicle to Aug. 20. But will giving industry more time alleviate concerns?