Five take positions on $213M Navy technical support contract

Five companies win positions on a $213.2 million contract for technical support services to the Navy in IT and other organizational functions.

Accenture federal arm elevates John Fraser

Accenture's federal arm promotes John Fraser to president of its ASM Research subsidiary.

DISA awards $17.5B Encore III small business track

DISA makes small business awards against its $17.5 billion Encore III contract for broad enterprise IT services.

TSA extends Leidos' airport screening equipment contract

The Transportation Security Agency extends a Leidos airport screening equipment logistics contract the company once lost but got back.

SAIC to acquire Engility

Science Applications International Corp. strikes a deal for Engility Corp. that continues a run of consolidation and megadeals in the government IT and professional services landscape.

Where Leidos' next M&A play could be

Leidos is eyeing more acquisitions as a way to fuel more growth but don't expect another blockbuster similar to the Lockheed Martin deal.

DOD makes last awards on $28B tech R&D contract

The Defense Department makes its last awards against a potential nine-year, $28 billion technology R&D contract.

General Dynamics keeps $2B State Department supply chain contract

General Dynamics takes a new $2.07 billion contract to continue its global security engineering and supply chain services for the State Department.

ByteCubed makes first deal with Enlightenment Capital's backing

ByteCubed acquires digital user experience company Chief. This is ByteCubed's first acquisition since getting backing from Enlightenment Capital.

GSA kicks off competition for new DUNS service

The General Services Administration starts the competition to run a system that verifies who does business with the federal government.

Raytheon adds retired Air Force Gen. Pawlikowski to board

Raytheon adds retired Air Force Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski to the defense company’s board of directors.

Perspecta, Navy ink $787.3M NGEN contract extension

Perspecta is getting a one-year, $787.3 million extension to run the Navy-Marine Corps NGEN IT network as the incumbent and challengers prepare to compete for the next iteration.

DigitalGlobe extends key satellite imagery contract, new agency in charge

Maxar's DigitalGlobe arm extends its role on the government's key commercial satellite imagery contract as that program's management moves from one intelligence agency to another.

GD-Raytheon JV takes $502M test site support contract

A General Dynamics-Raytheon joint venture wins a $502.2 million contract for engineering and technical services at a ballistic missile defense test site.

Army awards part 1 of $7B HR support contract

The Army awards the first part of an almost $7 billion human resources support contract vehicle with the second round due soon.

DOD extends JEDI deadline, shuts down Q&A

The Defense Department is giving interested parties more time to put together their bids for the big-ticket JEDI cloud infrastructure contract, but it says 'No' to more questions.

DynCorp hires CIA vet Kelton as intell business head

DynCorp International hires three-decade intelligence community veteran and former CIA executive Mark Kelton as a senior vice president.

Cubic promotes Knowles to defense president

Cubic promotes Michael Knowles to succeed Dave Buss as president of its defense segment.

L3 closes info security deals, quietly makes unmanned acquisition

L3 Technologies closes a pair of deals for information security companies and somewhat quietly bought an unmnanned aircraft business in its last quarter.

Sevatec hires Schefer as homeland security BD lead

Sevatec hires two-decade market veteran Chuck Schefer to lead business development in the homeland and national security markets.