Northrop's BluVector spinoff brings DNA approach to cyber defense

Once part of Northrop Grumman, BluVector's platform uses machine learning and a software genome to attack and adapt to cyber threats.

Accenture's federal arm names Goodman next CEO

Accenture's federal business promotes COO John Goodman to the chief executive role in a move that will see current CEO David Moskovitz transition to a new corporate position.

Lockheed books $215M Postal Service sorting tech contract

Lockheed Martin receives a potential $215 million contract to provide automated processing systems to the Postal Service.

MEI takes $90M Army R&D contract

Small business Millennium Engineering and Integration Co. wins a five-year, $90.8 million Army research-and-development contract.

How Booz Allen's growth is tied to hiring success

Booz Allen Hamilton's contract backlog and revenue are both on growth trajectories. It just needs the staffers to make it all count.

A year after Trump's election, plenty of uncertainty remains

The Professional Services Council's annual Vision forecast shows that the market is still adjusting to the Trump administration and the uncertainty that has come with it.

Tanium, WWT land $750M cyber contract from DOD Silicon Valley hub

Tanium and World Wide Technology finalize a potential five-year, $750 million cyber services contract with the Defense Department's Silicon Valley organization.

Analyst: Large vendors dominate HHS IT landscape

Large contractors dominate the procurement landscape at the Health and Human Services Department, according to a Govini analysis presented at the recent WT HHS Industry Day.

Accenture federal arm adds former Army CIO, Booz Allen exec Susan Lawrence

Accenture Federal Services hires Susan Lawrence, a former Army CIO who was a Booz Allen Hamilton executive for the past three years.

Leidos adds former acting VA CIO Thomas to strategic, government relations team

Leidos hires former acting Veterans Affairs CIO Rob Thomas to the contractor's strategic and government relations team.

Navy awards $1B wireless contract, one giant incumbent missing

Three of the "Big Four" wireless carriers will continue their services for defense and other federal agencies under a new potential five-year, $993 million Navy contract. But which telecom giant missed out?

NNSA kicks off $23B Los Alamos management contract competition

The National Nuclear Security Administration is now accepting bids for a potential $23 billion contract to find the next Los Alamos National Laboratory manager.

VT Group adds Townes as CFO

VT Group hires government services market veteran Alicia Townes as chief financial officer in the wake of John Hassoun's CEO appointment.

How the numbers add up behind the Northrop-Orbital combo

Northrop Grumman touts the growth prospects Orbital ATK brings the defense giant and new data from Govini explains how that growth can help Northrop pay for the deal.

Sean Berg to lead government group for Raytheon's Forcepoint business

Sean Berg has been named the government leader for Forcepoint, a Raytheon cybersecurity joint venture.

Conditions ripe for continued M&A activity

A range of factors are driving M&A activity in the GovCon market and you should expect the pace of deals to continue as companies eye new capabilities and opportunities to broaden their footprint in the market.

GSA makes awards on $5B VETS 2 IT services vehicle

The General Services Administration makes awards on its potential 10-year, $5 billion "VETS 2" IT services vehicle for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses.

Raytheon hits 'big milestone' with $1.2B Domino cyber win

Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy is rejoicing that the company has cleared its final bid protest hurdle and can now move forward with the $1.2 billion Domino cybersecurity contract.

How Northrop applies 'high degree of discipline' to services bids

Northrop Grumman has touted its "high degree of discipline" in how it bids for and sometimes walks away from large competitions. Here's how that fits into the contractor's government IT mix.

General Dynamics holding to 'essentially flat' 2017 IT sales forecast

In its third quarter report, General Dynamics is holding to expectations the IT segment's sales this year will stay "essentially flat" with last year. Here's how the company sees it happening.