A new McAleese & Associates report says the partial government shutdown has temporarily halted after President Donald Trump signed on Friday a continuing resolution to fund agencies through Feb. 15. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, wrote in the report that public attention is now focused on the expirati...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 28, 2018 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received recognition for its programs to support the female workforce as well as its transparency in corporate gender reporting, ExecutiveBiz reported Jan. 17. The company said Jan. 16 Bloomberg’s 2019 Gender-Equality Index gave “best in class” rankings fo...
The federal government obligated $64.7B in fiscal 2018 information technology contracts, reflecting a 9.5 percent rise from the previous fiscal year, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. The Department of Defense™s spending on IT contracts rose by over 12 percent to $33.8B in FY 2018, while civilian agencies™ IT contract obligations in FY...
Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), told Breaking Defense in an interview published Wednesday that the merger with Engility allowed SAIC to double its intelligence business. He said the transaction enabled SAIC to broaden its reach to a wider range of agencies within the intelligence community, including the CI...
A Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) subsidiary has secured positions on four multiple-award contracts worth up to $7B combined to help the Department of Veterans Affairs create medical disability examinations. QTC Medical Services said Wednesday it will continue to perform work for the Veterans Benefits Administration under the indefinite-delivery/...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Core Tech, HDCC and Kajima a potential $149.5M contract to design and build multiple training facilities at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The service announced the contract award in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday and said Japan will finance the project with “mamizu” funds. Work includes constr...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 19 companies spots on a potential seven-year, $12.6B contract vehicle for aircraft maintenance and logistics support services. The Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew and Related Services program covers logistical support for Navy and Air Force rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, subsyst...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report on the U.S. Air Force™s priorities for 2020 discussed by USAF Undersecretary Matthew Donovan at an Air Force Association event. Donovan said Friday at the AFA event that readiness remains the Air Force™s top priority and that the service plans to increase its operational sq...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $149.6M contract modification to operate and sustain the payload for a U.S. Air Force system used to translate and transmit information across disparate networks . This modification represents the first option year under a previously awarded contract and brings the contract’s total cumulative value t...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has agreed to acquire Fulcrum IT Services for an undisclosed sum in a move to grow predictive threat analytics and situational awareness offerings for the government sector. The deal is expected to be completed in February and would add cybersecurity, software development, big data, special op...
