Microsoft takes Anthropic's side in DOD fight, warns it sets a new precedent
Microsoft takes Anthropic's side in DOD fight, warns it sets a new precedent
Companies
DHA chooses joint venture for $225M acquisition support contract
The Defense Health Agency also included technical elements into the scope of work for its Contracting and Acquisition Support Services contract.
Companies
Anduril, X-Bow and York detail their newest space acquisitions
All three of these buyers have completed capital raises over the past 12 months, including one from the public markets.
Opinion
What the Anthropic-DOD breakup teaches government contractors
The warning signs were surely there long before the public feud, and versions of this conflict play out in GovCon every year, writes BD expert Nic Coppings.
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BTMS grows contract portfolio with Integrity acquisition
BTMS is also using the transaction to expand its cybersecurity and data science offerings.
Companies
Booz Allen's venture arm goes across the pond for its newest investment
U.K.-headquartered Hadean focuses on digital wargaming and command-and-control tools for training and simulation initiatives.
Contracts
NASA seeks extension of SEWP V to Sept. 30
The agency says it needs more time to finish evaluations for the IT product recompete and resolve protests at the Government Accountability Office.
Contracts
INDOPACOM was all in on Anthropic. Now it’s working to adjust
The administration’s government-wide ban on the company’s AI tools has forced the command to work faster to be “model-neutral.”
Contracts
IRS starts fast on its search for new business intelligence platform
Interested parties have one more day to respond to this sources sought notice from the tax agency, which is looking to upgrade software it uses to follow the U.S. corporate sector.
Contracts
SEWP’s long-tenured leader is calling it a career
Before leaving government, Joanne Woytek is giving herself enough time to see the popular IT contract's next iteration through protests and into launch.
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With new 'VIA' strategy, General Dynamics IT evolves how it will pursue growth
The company is deepening its technology investments and increasing its focus on partnerships and delivery. As GDIT's president tells us, this is more of an evolutionary than a reactionary move.
Companies
Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders
The company asserts that the administration’s actions to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk and order its removal from all federal agencies are retaliatory and not based on risk to national security.
Companies
Meet the startups trying to build military-specific AI
The Anthropic-Pentagon feud revealed a giant gap between what giant frontier models do and what troops actually need.
Contracts
GSA proposes sweeping changes to Multiple Award Schedule program
Refresh 31 would make transactional data reporting mandatory and introduce new AI contract terms.
Contracts
Veterans Affairs unveils solicitation for $175M biomedical support contract
Veterans Affairs Department officials set up the multiple-award effort to bridge workforce gaps as it recruits more staff for biomedical engineering functions.
Companies
CAE's new defense president and more leadership moves across the market
Key hires and promotions in corporate development, sales and finance also feature in this listing.
Contracts
Trump’s new cyber strategy details more offensive response to cyber threats
“Unlike other Administrations, the Trump Administration will not tinker at the edges and apply partial measures and ambiguous strategies that neglect the growing number and severity of cyber threats,” the strategy said.
Podcasts
WT 360: Nextgov/FCW’s Alexandra Kelley on the government’s breakup with Anthropic
Alexandra Kelley, our Nextgov/FCW colleague who covers emerging tech, jumps in to explain how agencies are phasing out Anthropic’s artificial intelligence tools amid the company’s disagreement with the Pentagon on usage of them.
Companies
Inadev appoints former Attain exec Agarwal as CEO
Inadev's strategy highlights artificial intelligence, analytics, cloud engineering and other emerging technologies as core focus areas.
Companies