Can agencies mine real value from reverse auctions?

Reverse auctions can be a powerful tool, but acquisitions experts say that agencies need to improve how they use this too often misunderstood process to foster more competition.

Northrop wins $98M contract for Air Force information environment

Northrop Grumman has won a $98 million contract to support the Air Force’s Global Adaptive Planning Collaborative Information Environment (GAP CIE).

Former Boeing exec tapped as MAT president

McLane Advanced Technologies (MAT) announced today that former Boeing executive and retired Major Gen. Charles W. Fletcher Jr. will be assuming the role of company president.

Maersk wins Navy ISR vessel contract

Maersk Line Ltd. has won a $7 million contract option for the support of seven Navy surveillance ships.

Insitu nabs drone support contract

Insitu Inc. has picked up an $8.3 million contract to operate, support and maintain small tactical Marine Corps UAVs.

Four cloud solutions win DOD approval

Four cloud service solutions have been provisional authority to compete for Defense Department contracts, though only for unclassified levels of information, FCW.com reports.

immixGroup names first systems integrator alliance manager

immixGroup has tapped industry veteran Ray Miles to drive new business in the newly created position of systems integrator alliance manager.

Why cybersecurity needs a common vocabulary

The Cyber Security Research Alliance has enlisted Drexel University and George Mason University to help answer the question: how do we talk about cyber physical systems security?

ASRC snags $40M satellite contract

ASRC Federal Services has picked up a $40 million Naval Research Laboratory contract to provide satellite systems services at Blossom Point.

Drexel, GMU to join cyber physical system security research

The Cyber Security Research Alliance (CSRA), a private, non-profit research consortium, announced today that it will partner with Drexel University and George Mason University to shore up cyber physical system security in infrastructure and medicine.

Poor integration blamed for many defense acquisition woes

A new study from Booz Allen Hamiton shows near-universal frustration with the defense acquisition process. Experts say integration and communication between contractors, customers and users of technology is key to fixing the process and improving U.S. defense capabilities.

GD nabs more GPS III work with Lockheed

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has won a $26 million contract from Lockheed Martin to support the Air Force’s GPS systems.

CSC wins $86 million Customs and Border Protection contract

CSC has won an $86 million Homeland Security Department contract to provide financial systems support for Customs and Border Protection.

Why InfoZen is so pumped about a $12M DHS contract

InfoZen gets tapped by the Homeland Security Department to take "IT to a whole new level." Here's the inside story on what the company will be doing and how it could be a model for other projects.

InfoZen nabs $12 million immigration software contract

Bethesda, Md.-based InfoZen has won a new $12 million contract to support U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' transition to a paperless electronic immigration system.

Catapult picks up new VP of capture and proposals

Catapult Technology has pegged Hélène J. Courard to serve as vice president of capture and proposals.

Northrop Grumman hires Japanese Self Defense Force vet

Northrop Grumman has tapped retired Col. Toshihiko Seki to head the company’s Air Power Programs based in Tokyo.

Lockheed wins $9M South Korean support contract

Lockheed Martin has won a $9 million contract to support the South Korean Peace Krypton reconnaissance aircraft system.

DLT taps Oracle vet for sales director position

DLT Solutions has tapped Oracle veteran Kimberly Boarts to serve as senior director of enterprise applications.

Leidos joint venture wins $50M Navy environmental sustainability contract

Cardno TEC-Leidos LLC has won a $50 million contract to provide the Navy with environmental sustainability services at military training range complexes.