FAR Overhaul final rules stall as OMB weighs changes
FAR Overhaul final rules stall as OMB weighs changes
Companies
Booz Allen fills CFO vacancy, adds president title to Anderson
Sierra Space's Troy Lahr moves into the chief financial officer position, while Chief Operating Officer Kristine Martin Anderson expands her role at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Contracts
First protest filed against the Army’s troubled MAPS contract
Some in industry are calling the $50 billion professional services vehicle "still a hot mess" as the Army works to answer thousands of questions.
Companies
HawkEye 360 launches IPO roadshow, sets goals for listing
The 11-year-old commercial satellite operator is now officially at work in marketing its stock to potential institutional investors.
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Growth and operations leadership moves across the market
A pair of key hires at venture-backed defense tech outfits feature and one of them most recently spent nearly three decades at a blue chip hardware giant.
Podcasts
WT 360: GovCon’s new world order requires hard pivots
Davi Hayes, senior director for federal strategy at The Chertoff Group, summarizes the past 12 months of fundamental change across the market and what companies must have in mind as they adjust to today’s landscape.
Companies
CACI opens up more on its Arka acquisition and the path forward
In talking with Wall Street, CACI CEO John Mengucci gives an example of where Arka's agentic artificial intelligence tech is in use today and its potential moving forward.
Contracts
Commerce goes direct to hyperscalers with $4.1B cloud pact
The department cites artificial intelligence, weather modeling and scale as reasons to narrow the competition.
Companies
White House accuses China of ‘deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns’ to steal US AI models
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy told federal agencies that the Trump administration will be enhancing its engagement with the private sector to counter foreign-led distillation campaigns designed to undermine U.S. AI advances.
Contracts
HHS to rework $1B legal services contract after protests
Acacia Center for Justice and ICF challenged invoicing terms, background check requirements and a rule ending representation when unaccompanied migrant children turn 18.
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Autonomous weapons will be ‘key and essential part’ of warfare, Joint Chiefs chair says
Chairman Dan Caine also said the U.S. needs to become a “better” buyer of advanced tools and tech for defense activities.
Contracts
VA seeks industry ideas for contact center tech upgrade
The agency is asking for artificial intelligence applications including conversational voice bots and chatbots with multilingual capabilities.
Companies
DOD completes $1B investment in L3Harris missile solutions unit
L3Harris Technologies is keeping an 80% stake in the solid rocket motor production business, which is becoming a public company.
Contracts
Outcome-based strategies must come before outcome-based contracts
A new report by IBM Center for the Business of Government and the Commerce and Contracts Management Institute says trust, governance and data need to be in place before the contracts can work.
Contracts
House FY27 VA funding bill allocates $3.4B for EHR rollout
The measure, which was voted out of the House Appropriations Committee, withholds 25% of the funds for the EHR modernization project until July 1, 2027, contingent upon VA providing lawmakers with additional information and meeting performance requirements.
Companies
Fortem receives new Lockheed backing, Reliable Robotics completes Series B raise
Autonomous flight and supporting technologies to help avoid accidents is a common thread in both of these investment rounds.
Contracts
DHS takes first step in Cumulus cloud award process
The Homeland Security Department is entering into direct contracts with the four major hyperscalers and setting up a separate, multiple-award vehicle as part of this enterprise cloud effort.
Contracts
New test range opens for the startup-war era
The 400,000-acre site in Georgia focuses on bringing new companies, new tech, and operators together.
Companies
Contractors sue to block Trump’s federal DEI executive order
The lawsuit alleges minority-owned businesses are being forced to trade their First Amendment rights for federal contracts.
Contracts