NASA taps incumbent KBR for $400M research support contract

NASA has chosen incumbent KBR for a $400 million contract to support the agency's scientific and technology development initiatives.

Huntington Ingalls takes $954M Air Force ISR order

Huntington Ingalls Industries wins a $954 million task order for manned and unmanned airborne ISR services to the Air Force.

Leidos appoints new health group COO

Leidos brings aboard longtime health sector veteran Michael Jackman to help lead the company's work in that market.

AeroVironment names its next CFO

Unmanned aircraft company AeroVironment announces who will be its next chief financial officer.

Upcoming earnings reports offer insights into what's ahead in 2020

The next quarterly sprint of earnings reports from publicly-traded government contractors is about to begin and we expect insights into M&A, procurement and tech trends coming in 2020.

JEDI legal fights press on in two courts

Not one, but two ongoing legal battles over the Defense Department's JEDI cloud infrastructure contract have advanced with many global tech giants in the thick of it.

DOT makes awards on $700M enterprise IT contract

The Transportation Department makes a pair of awards on its $700 million enterprise IT services contract.

BAE makes big bet to ride GPS upgrade wave

BAE Systems is spending almost $2 billion to acquire a military GPS business ahead of a required mandate on those systems to use a new type of encryption.

CAE adds former Raytheon exec Probert

CAE adds to its leadership team Todd Probert, an industry veteran most recently at Raytheon's government services division.

Another private equity firm enters GovCon's middle tier

OceanSound Partners becomes the latest private equity firm to enter the government contracting market's middle tier and makes two investments to get started.

Booz Allen names new national security head

Booz Allen Hamilton elevates a three-decade veteran of the firm to lead its national security business.

Zeneth adds former ManTech exec

Zeneth Technology Partners adds a former ManTech International executive to the leadership team.

Octo hires CACI vet to lead federal health business

Octo brings onboard a two-decade market veteran to lead its federal health IT business.

Mercury board adds former long-time Lockheed exec

Mercury Systems' board of directors elects a new member in Orlando Carvalho, who spent nearly four decades at Lockheed Martin.

NOAA wraps up awards on $3B 'ProTech' services vehicle

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes the final set of awards on its broad $3 billion "ProTech" contract vehicle for professional and technical services.

WBB makes second deal with private equity backing

Whitney, Bradley & Brown has made its second acquisition as a private equity-backed contractor looking to climb up the middle market's food chain.

AWS wants work stopped on JEDI cloud roll-out

Amazon Web Services will ask a federal judge to order a stop on work by the Defense Department and Microsoft on the JEDI cloud infrastructure contract.

1901 Group adds Batsakis

1901 Group adds to its executive team George Batsakis, an industry veteran most recently at Accenture's federal arm.

ICF makes $255M acquisition to bolster its tech implementation skills

ICF has long touted its subject matter expertise as a plus in the federal technology arena and sees the $255 million acquisition of ITG as adding to its implementation chops.

Lockheed hires former DARPA chief as CTO

Lockheed Martin hires DARPA's most recent director to be the company's next chief technology officer and its current CTO moves into a new position.