Michael Chertoff joined the board of directors at BAE. Raytheon named Dave Jensen VP of communications for IIS. A hacker was sentenced to 20 years in prison…twice. Email users continue to open spam. This laser could keep hackers at bay. Congress put the brakes on cyber command. GSA launched its “better buy” pilot. Happy National […] More

India is stepping up its cybersecurity efforts. Cyber is the ‘Fifth Dimension’ of warfare, says NATO. A Senate bill would crack down on cyber crime havens. Raytheon won a deal to support the GBS program. GD nailed an M1 Abrams Tank support deal. The FDA is increasing transparency. A new smartphone app helps health IT […] More

Boeing Completed its design for a laser weapon for the U.S. Navy Raytheon established a new product line for missile defense Edna Primrose was selected to head the Job Corps at the U.S. Department of Labor Information sharing between the public and private sectors got a boost this week Roland Cloutier of ADP joined the […] More

This week saw a major visa award worth almost $3 billion split between CSC and Stanley Associates. Lockheed signed a trio of deals, one to build IED Jammers, one to work on Apache night vision and target acquisition systems and an engineering design deal. CSC got their hands on a DOD IT deal, BAE won […] More

This past week saw a number of government contracting executives on the move, highlighted by the nomination of former executive Robert Harding to head the TSA.  Greg Baroni of Attain and Shiv Krishnan of INDUS shared their thoughts on the appointment. Also making news was Jim Garrettson’s report that Admiral William Fallon was named CEO […] More

Good news for Northrop Grumman this week: the firm landed a $100 million BPA to go along with a $775 million CANES award from the Navy. SAIC turned heads with a $625 million software deal from the Navy and added a BPA through subsidiary R.W. Beck for good measure. Paul Cofoni chimed in on CACI’s […] More

Tom Anderson is the group president of the Wyle’s Information Systems Group. He has held senior positions at several key government information system providers including CSC, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Federal Data Corporation. Before coming on board at Wyle, Anderson was president of the Civil and Health Services Group in CSC’s North American Public Sector. […] More

In a time when everyone from the pope to the Pentagon uses Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, government contractors have joined the masses and started using social media to find new means of reaching out to their customers and boost revenue. It’s not just a kid’s realm anymore: Social media have saturated the corporate sphere, and […] More

A survey shows the US needs more cyber education. Accenture has helped San Antonio get on the cyber bandwagon. BAE’s sales were up over 21% in 2009. Vangent’s Mac Curtis announced a healthcare partnership with Medsphere. Raytheon landed an $866 million dollar GPS deal from the Air Force. The FCC wants Congress to pay $18 […] More

2009 is over and 2010 is already underway.  Department of the Navy CIO Robert Carey wrote a post on his blog last Friday about the challenges facing the Navy in the coming year.  These challenges are especially daunting due to the losses of John Lussier, Bob Grady and Dr. Richard Etter last year.  Below are […] More

Despite the issues of in-sourcing and Secretary of Defense Gate’s cuts to military hardware programs, government contractors are seeking to diversify their offerings by moving into the cyber security realm. The US government is presently ill-equipped to handle the range of cyber attacks against US systems and networks and the private sector is stepping in […] More

Leaders from major defense contracting firms met with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to discuss the importance of fulfilling contracts on time and on budget, while being assured the relationship between the federal government and defense contractors will continue to benefit both parties down the road. Attendees included executives from contracting powerhouses Northrup Grumman, Lockheed […] More