Eight win seats on $14B Air Force maintenance contract

Eight companies best more than a dozen other bids for a $14 billion aircraft maintenance services contract with the Air Force.

GSA adds three to OASIS on-ramp as it clears more small business winners

GSA has named three more companies to spots on the OASIS vehicle as well as clearing 47 previously named small businesses to open the contract for business.

Intellidyne appoints new COO

IntelliDyne's current chief operating officer will retire in the fall and the company has announced his successor.

Defense prime tech investments hint at bigger picture

Two of the defense market's largest players make investments in commercial tech companies that are much smaller in size but whose products are seen as disruptive to the market and customer.

Altamira adds new leads for human capital, BD

Altamira Technologies Corp. adds to its leadership team both a new chief human capital officer and vice president of business development.

Financial concerns remain top of mind for small businesses during pandemic

A survey by the National Defense Industrial Association finds that small businesses continue to face and fear a variety of financial stressors as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to roil the nation.

Lockheed's new CEO debuts his agenda

Lockheed Martin's new CEO is barely a month into his tenure and he faces many political unknowns as the pandemic continues and the presidential election gets closer. While Wall Street asked him about these factors, he also highlighted a new area of long-term focus for the company.

Huntington Ingalls reorgs services segment

Huntington Ingalls Industries reorganizes its government services segment in an effort to achieve function efficiencies and align with customers.

NCI promotes finance chief

NCI Information Systems gives its chief financial officer Chuck Hicks additional responsibilities to steer the company's growth strategy.

How Planet Federal has made more imagery market inroads

Planet Federal, the public sector arm of commercial satellite player Planet Labs, is bringing that model to the federal market and has wins to prove its business case.

L3Harris pushes 'Sixth Prime' strategy with latest Navy unmanned vessel win

L3Harris Technologies beat out four other bidders to help design the Navy's medium-sized unmanned surface vehicle and that is just the kind of program the company wants to win as a the "Sixth Prime" in the defense market.

LMI names its next full-time chief exec

Four months into its search, LMI identifies and hires a three-decade federal market veteran to be its next full-time president and CEO.

PSC seeks extension of paid leave reimbursement

A second major trade association representing government contractors has lent its voice to the call for additional help in managing costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amentum adds retired Army major general

Amentum adds a nearly four-decade Army veteran and former Fluor executive as head of project services.

Beyond the Census: How T-Rex Solutions views that work as a platform

The pandemic has not and cannot stop the 2020 Census because it is required by the Constitution. Given that, T-Rex Solutions believes the size and scale of its work there can be an example for other agencies to follow in IT modernization.

AIA joins call for more COVID-19 recovery funds

The Aerospace Industries Association and dozens of GovCon executives have asked Capitol Hill leaders for funding in a new round of economic stimulus legislation to cover reimbursements and other COVID-19 costs.

QinetiQ restructures US business, names new lead exec

QinetiQ doubled the size of its U.S. footprint last year through an acquisition and has named a new executive to lead that business in conjunction with a reorganization.

MITRE stands up new R&D org

MITRE places all of its research-and-development functions into a single organization and promotes one of its senior executives to lead it.

Software firm closes seed funding round to further government tech search tool

Arlington, Virginia-based Second Front Systems closes a seed funding round from investors to support the continued development of its flagship platform used by government agencies to search for commercially-available technologies.

Defense CEOs ask White House, Pentagon to push for aid in next stimulus bill

A group of defense industry chief executives ask the White House and Pentagon to push for additional stimulus funds in the next round of coronavirus economic relief legislation.