Inside Elastic's method of scouting for integrators & opportunities

Technology provider Elastic actively looks to the community of system integrators as partners and is glad to let them do much of the heavy-lifting for agencies.

Boeing clinches Navy unmanned submarine program

Boeing is confirmed as the company who will build the Navy's fleet of "Orca" unmanned submarines. This win advances Boeing's larger autonomous strategy and gives it a foothold in an only-growing unmanned underwater arena.

FBI needs more time to recompete $5B IT product contract

Owing partly to the recent government shutdown, the FBI needs more time to recompete its $5 billion contract for commodity IT products and services.

Navy taps CGI to build new contract writing, management system

The Navy selects CGI Federal to build a new electronic contract writing and management system.

Lockheed hires former NRO no. 2 Denker

Lockheed Martin hires former NRO Deputy Director Stephen Denker to the company's space business leadership team.

GSA nixes Alliant 2 SB awards in wake of court ruling

The General Services Administration cancels awards on its $15 billion Alliant 2 Small Business contract after a protestor wins a favorable court ruling.

Navy awards $276M workforce development support contract

The Navy awards a $276.1 million contract for training and other related materials to support and further develop its acquisition workforce.

Orolia acquires navigation testing firm

Orolia continues to round out its navigation technology portfolio with another acquisition, this time for testing and simulation firm Skydel.

What lies ahead for Parsons as IPO process ticks forward

Parsons Corp. confirms that it has confidentially filed draft paperwork for an initial public offering. So what's next for them before they hit "The Street?"

Three chosen for $446M DOD market research contract

Three firms are chosen for a $446 million blanket purchase agreement for IT research and informative services to defense agencies.

For Lockheed's venture fund, the investment is only the beginning

Lockheed Martin embraces the idea of "technology scouting" through its ventures fund that invests in emerging tech firms. But Lockheed Ventures lead Chris Moran reminded our WT Power Breakfast audience that the investment is merely the tip of the iceberg and designed to take measured risks in innovation.

By Light acquires Phacil

By Light acquires Phacil nearly two years after the latter became a full employee-owned company.

How GD sees the market with CSRA in the fold

Almost one year since the blockbuster CSRA deal, General Dynamics IT still has some integration work to do but is mostly looking outward at market opportunities that underlined the acquisition's thesis.

Tyto Athene adds Kapoor, Johnson to advisory board

Tyto Athene names federal market veteran Kay Kapoor and former GSA executive John Johnson to its advisory board.

ICF shifts its public sector lineup

ICF makes a trio appointments in its public sector leadership team that include one hire and two promotions from within.

Small biz wins $553M Army unmanned training contract

Pinnacle Solutions has won a seven-year, $553.2 million contract to help the Army conduct unmanned aircraft training.

Navy awards almost $1B SAP software supply contract

The Navy chooses four IT consulting firms for an almost $1 billion contract to provide and maintain SAP brand name software.

Cognosante hires Maximus, GDIT vet Gordon

Health IT contractor Cognosante hires former Maximus and General Dynamics IT executive James Gordon to the leadership team.

Curtiss-Wright buys data link software outfit

Curtiss-Wright acquires a provider of software to be used in tactical data links and other military communications functions.

Integrators are now scouts for new technology

Traditional systems integrators are adopting the practice of scouting technology now that most innovation is driven by the private sector, not government.