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Pentagon announces senior appointments to CIO’s office

"Their collective expertise in cybersecurity, defense innovation, and enterprise-level strategy is exactly what we need to accelerate our mission,” Defense CIO Kirsten Davies said about her new leadership team.

  • By Edward Graham

Optum's federal arm wins $1.6B military care contract

The Remote Health Reserve Program supports efforts by active duty, reserve and National Guard components to maintain a deployable force.

  • By Ross Wilkers

State embarks on search for new content management software platform

The State Department is succinct with this line its request for information: “Custom-built or unproven solutions will not be considered.”

  • By Ross Wilkers

Amentum secures INDOPACOM supply contract after incumbent's protest denied

Amentum unseated SupplyCore for the contract to support roughly 100 military installations across Japan.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DISA starts to build recompete for DOD's Microsoft 365 support contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency is planning a follow-on to the task order General Dynamics has held since 2021, while extending the incumbent's work through May 2027.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Air Force Research Lab cancels $10B vehicle

Air Force leaders will reassess the strategy for acquiring research-and-development support from industry.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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Navy readies recompete for combat systems engineering support

The work spans AEGIS, ballistic missile defense and nuclear survivability. But only holders of the Seaport contract vehicle are eligible.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Space Force picks 14 for $1.8B object tracking contract

Established defense market giants and newer, mostly venture-backed startups are in the awardee pool.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GAO warns DOD’s CMMC fix could become the program’s biggest threat

Waivers are a legitimate risk management tool, but the Government Accountability Office believes over-reliance on them could undermine the cyber and supply chain security initiative's core premise.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NASA seeks commercial contractor to build new Mars communications network

Only companies that worked on the Mars Sample Return program need apply, narrowing the field to a handful of space industry heavyweights.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DHA starts the bidding for $300M tech deployment support contract

The Defense Health Agency has structured this multiple-award effort to focus on health care delivery and operational medicine.

  • By Ross Wilkers

As aircraft losses mount, Pentagon wants a software fix to see through the fog of war

The Defense Department is looking to update how older planes see each other and absorb data.

  • By Patrick Tucker

See where Trump is looking to make staffing cuts next year and where he wants to grow

The White House wants to stabilize the size of the federal workforce overall in FY27, though some agencies would still experience large reductions.

  • By Eric Katz
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DCSA launches $495M background check support solicitation

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency moves ahead on the next iteration of a contract that supports continuous vetting efforts.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GAO details why KBR lost $1.8B NASA spaceflight contract

A rival joint venture’s cost advantage and KBR’s declining performance scores doomed the incumbent’s challenge.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Too little, too late: GAO dismisses Z SofTech’s SEWP VI protest

The company missed deadlines and filed bare-bone objections in its bid to challenge elimination from the IT competition.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DOD prioritizes prototyping in $1.4B research contract recompete

The Defense Department seeks industry expertise in artificial intelligence, hypersonics and electronic warfare for emerging technology efforts.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Trump’s FY27 budget proposes boosts and cuts to tech operations

Agencies like CISA, NIST and the IRS would see notable reductions in their budgets for next year, while programs at Energy and the VA would get additional financial support.

  • By Alexandra Kelley, Edward Graham and David DiMolfetta

Army launches $50B IT, professional services solicitation

Industry will have roughly one month to finalize bids for the 10-year Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services vehicle.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Air Force seeks data migration solution for classified 3DExperience systems

This new market research effort focuses on air-gapped engineering environments.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Old-school spycraft could make a comeback as AI undermines trust

An article in the CIA’s Studies in Intelligence journal argues that artificial intelligence may erode confidence in certain electronic communications and further revive centuries-old human intelligence techniques.

  • By David DiMolfetta