AIR FORCE
The Air Force is conducting market research to see if any small businesses are available to provide IT and engineering support for upgrades to several systems on the F-16 fighter jet.
EPA
EPA's inspector general has kicked off an audit of the agency's recently completed migration of its email and collaboration software to the cloud.
CONTRACT AWARDS
Fifteen companies will compete for task orders under the $22 billion DHS Eagle 2 contract to provide IT program support services such as strategic planning, enterprise architecture and data management. We breakdown the winners and their teammates.
M&A
The SI Organization has acquired Applied Communication Sciences, a year-old company with roots that go back to the legendary Bell Labs.
CONTRACTS
The Army is developing a small-business contract for Tricare to help the evolution of the Military Health Service Cyberinfrastructure, incorporate more electronic health records and integrate with Veterans Affairs.
CONTRACTS
VA brings the bidding period to a close for its $12 billion VA T4 contract. New awards are expected to be announced in July, as the agency is expected to add new service-disabled and veteran-owned small businesses to the mix.
NAVY
Fifteen companies won a $900 million contract from the Space and Naval Ware Systems Center to provide a variety of services supporting command and control, intelligence and other combat systems.
CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY
NASA has issued a sources sought notice for the next Simulation and Software Technology Contract, currently held by L-3. The space agency is interested in procurement approach, small business and organizational conflicts of interest.
JUSTICE
Robert Edwin Steele was convicted of tapping into the computer systems of his former employer and stealing proprietary documents that could help his new company win contracts.
COMPANIES
CACI International sees revenue fall, as sequestration and the Afghanistan draw down impacts top line numbers. The company has laid off an unspecified number of employees, and could reduce the head count further in the fourth quarter.
NASA
Lockheed Martin wins a $166.8 million contract extenstion to continue providing mission support services to NASA's manned spaceflight program. Extension boosts value of the contract to $1 billion.
CLOUD
CIA investment group invests in Apigee, a maker of a cloud platform for sharing data and services through apps.
CONTRACTS
The U.S. courts plan to buy nearly $100 million in Dell products over the next five years, and has released a solicitation that will go to a single Dell Federal Premier Partner.
COMPANIES
MCR Federal and Safran North America form alliance to collaborate in bringing more data analytics to program management solutions.
CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY
The Homeland Security Department is developing a contract for an identity management system that will issue 300,000 ID cards