Accenture, Leidos execs on how to survive a divided government
Accenture, Leidos execs on how to survive a divided government
Opinion
A stronger defense industry base needs both small and mid-tier players to ensure American resilience
Growing contractors give small business partners workshare, capital and a path to scale, and SBA’s size standards overhaul should keep that model intact, writes Julie Vida of Odyssey.
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System One hires Heneghan to lead government unit
The bulk of System One's federal work resides in its Gap Solutions and KeyLogic subsidiaries, respectively acquired in 2017 and 2023.
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Slingshot Aerospace appoints one of its early investors as CEO
Slingshot Aerospace is also welcoming back a co-founder to chair the board as it enters a new phase of its strategy in space operations intelligence and autonomy.
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GovExec TV: Five Questions with Charles Elliott
Discover how government agencies can overcome AI adoption barriers, strengthen security and use AI to transform operations and citizen services.
Opinion
The Pentagon won't stop rogue AI with another memo
Defense leaders must hold contractors accountable and make sure secure innovation is faster than the workaround, writes Alex Cohen, CEO of Statecraft.
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Aerospace firm pays $13M to cover cyber gaps in Army, MDA and NASA work
The payment also includes $2.35 million for the whistleblower who kicked off the Justice Department investigation.
Contracts
Deloitte wins $488M FAA modernization challenge contract
The Federal Aviation Administration is pushing toward an operating framework more heavily tilted toward cloud-native architectures, automated workflows and artificial intelligence.
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New entrants, adaptation shape GovCon in Northern Virginia
The industry's future trajectory, and that of the overall Northern Virginia region, still depends on talent for tech-intensive fields in government and non-government markets.
Contracts
State Department's push to cancel hundreds of contracts left behind a trail of mistakes, watchdog finds
Several government oversight reports have found that agencies made costly operational errors as they implemented the administration’s cost-cutting directives.
Podcasts
WT 360: All about the government’s new data ownership boundaries in this AI age
Mark Whittington, vice president of government sales at Seekr’s federal business, goes over the implications of new federal rules on contractors' handling of government data within large language models.
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Navigating the Pause: The Increased Impact of CMMC Self-Assessments
CMMC requirements remain. Discover how defense contractors can reduce compliance risks, strengthen security and build an audit-ready cybersecurity program.
Opinion
Start small, measure well: a better path to federal AI adoption
The strongest AI proposals start with the agency’s workflow and current metrics, not the platform, writes Egon Rinderer, a senior vice president for federal and enterprise growth at NinjaOne.
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Walkinshaw wants congressional oversight to include FITARA reboot
The Democratic lawmaker representing parts of Northern Virginia says the incoming majority should bring back IT oversight scorecards as part of a post-DOGE rebuild of government.
Companies
SBA official: industry's voice needed on size standard proposals
In remarks at the 2026 GovCon Awards, Ryan Lambert of the Small Business Administration reminded attendees they have two weeks left to submit comments.
Contracts
Oasis Systems back at GAO to challenge $665M Army counter-drone contract
The protester now says too many of the requirements have changed and the Army needs to rework the solicitation.
Companies
Shield AI to acquire radar maker Echodyne in $5.3 billion deal
Shield AI is pushing to expand its reach into counter-drone systems and diversify its revenue beyond autonomy software.
Contracts
New protests for $50B Army MAPS vehicle
Two protesters are challenging the professional services solicitation's limits on small business proposals and a third is objecting to CMMC requirements.
Companies
Leidos hones cyber product bet on the 'whole AI-powered patching process'
In talking with Wall Street, chief executive Tom Bell sheds some light on Leidos' new Parcata offering that relies on large language models to find security problems with software.
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Tech, finance and sales leadership moves across the market
The business unit being spun off from KBR features in our newest listing of key hires and promotions.
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OpenAI hones public sector focus with new leadership hires
In addition to hiring former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, the frontier AI firm brought on several new executives in October, including alums from Oracle and Amazon Web Services.
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