Companies

Riverside Research acquires secure hardware provider

Riverside is seeking to accelerate its development of new mobile devices and bring virtualization techniques further out to the edge.

Companies

General Atomics acquires signal processing tech provider

North Point Defense started in 2012 to develop automation-centric technologies for defense and intelligence operators.

Companies

Sabel Systems hires Purvis as chief executive

The former QinetiQ US CEO will lead Sabel through this new phase of its strategy as a Sagewind Capital-backed company.

Companies

Health, operations and talent leadership moves across the market

Three former GovCon CEOs also take up seats at boards of directors, including a founder who sold her company to one of the market's blue bloods.

Companies

ICF lays out the risks, opportunities from Trump's push for cuts

The company has quantified the risks from actions like stop-work orders and contract terminations, but is also looking at the tech business as where some opportunity exists.

Contracts

Library of Congress tries again at $450M agile development vehicle awards

The agency sticks with the original number of eight awardees, but the mix is different following a re-evaluation of bids.

Contracts

DHS awards 4 seats on $153M geospatial acquisition support pact

Homeland Security Department agencies and components use this blanket purchase agreement to acquire services such as data analysis and project management.

Contracts

ACI wins $276M Army mobile tech support contract

Work under the contract supports Nett Warrior, a mobile device designed to enable situational awareness and interoperability out in the field.

Contracts

Navy chooses 41 for $249M acquisition lifecycle contract

Awardees will be responsible for carrying out analytical, technical and managerial efforts that aid in sensitive activities.

Breaking News Companies

Trump administration asks agencies to cull consultants

A memo dated Wednesday asks agencies to review their contracts with 10 of the “highest paid” companies.

Companies

Nightwing appoints Coleman as chief executive

Bob Coleman takes the helm at Nightwing less than a year after its private equity owner acquired the business from RTX.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT wins $1B CMS cloud recompete

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services uses this task order as a mechanism for acquiring commercial cloud offerings.

Companies

VTG acquires intelligence community IT services company

This is VTG’s third purchase with the backing of its majority owner, the private equity firm Alvarez & Marshal Capital.

Contracts

CBP sketches out blueprint for tech support desk recompete

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency uses this procurement to ensure its offices and agencies can connect to IT systems.

Companies

Air Force chooses 27 for $1.5B architect, engineering contract

Work under this contract will support broader efforts related to environmental restoration and quality.

Contracts

OPM procurement processing fully halted following agency layoffs, internal email says

Sweeping terminations in OPM’s Office of Procurement Operations have fully halted agency contracting business and are likely to increase OPM’s operational risks, an internal email reads.

Contracts

KBR wins $176M Air Force space surveillance support contract

Work will take place at a site in Hawaii that has operated since the 1950s and was originally stood up to monitor Cold War-era missile tests.

Companies

Tech, growth and delivery leadership roles across the market

One company featured in this newest roundup of executive hires and promotions is getting ready for its initial public offering.

Podcasts

WT 360: EY’s blueprints for emerging tech adoption and anti-fragility

Doree Keating, leader of Ernst & Young’s Americas government and public sector practice, explains the global consulting giant’s approach to blending that work with technology skills amid longer-term shifts in the public sector workforce.

Contracts

NASA unveils rough cut of $365M research support recompete

Iteration number three of this contract known as NRESS continues the focus on how NASA reviews proposals in response to research announcements and other notices.