Contracts

Army unveils first sketch of commercial tech contract for test, evaluation

Army officials are currently looking at separate product and services pools for this multiple-award vehicle.

Companies

US counterintelligence agency looks to AI to accelerate background checks

A Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency official says advanced AI can cut parts of the vetting process from months to hours.

Contracts

DISA starts to craft $850M Army-focused cyber recompete

The Defense Information Systems Agency wants to hear from companies with experience in large-scale cyber initiatives and Zero Trust architectures.

Contracts

Empower AI books $255M DISA enterprise IT recompete

The Defense Information Systems Agency is emphasizing targeted automation for the next cycle of this progra.

Companies

Industry and academia call on administration to free Anthropic’s AI model

Over 30 industry and academic professionals signed a letter to the Trump administration asking it to lift export controls, citing international competition and patches to network vulnerabilities.

Companies

GALT Aerospace acquires electronic product maker

This is GALT's first acquisition with the support of Godspeed Capital and adds a manufacturing facility that is intended to be the centerpiece for tech innovation and transition efforts.

Contracts

DHS finalizes first Cumulus cloud contract with AWS

The Homeland Security Department is working on contracts with the other three major hyperscalers and a separate, multiple-award competition for support services.

Contracts

SBA proposes opening 8(a) program to white-owned businesses

The Small Business Administration wants to eliminate race-based eligibility presumptions and create a new social disadvantage test for applicants.

Podcasts

WT 360: Key points (and questions too) from Trump’s fixed-price contracting and AI orders

Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, overviews how industry is looking at what President Trump’s executive orders on fixed-price contracts and artificial intelligence mean for them, among other burning GovCon topics.

Top 100

The 2026 Top 100 shows a market that bent, but did not break

Prime contract value dipped just 1.2% despite DOGE cuts and government layoffs, but the defense-civilian divided is widening.

Contracts

How DHA plans to end Leidos’ run as the military's health record integrator

The Defense Health Agency intends to contract directly with Oracle Health and four other vendors behind the MHS Genesis ecosystem. DHA is also taking on the integration work itself.

Companies

Operations, tech and growth leadership moves across the market

A former FBI chief information officer and retired National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director feature in this listing.

Contracts

Navy awards 59 seats on $249M logistics IT contract

The Navy is looking to modernize enterprise IT systems that are used for maintenance and logistics operations, including supply chain management.

Companies

Woven Solutions purchases systems engineering outfit

Falfurrias Management Partners has supported Woven Solutions through four acquisitions since entering the investment a year ago.

Contracts

KBR wins $1.1B weather data collection recompete

The National Weather Service uses this contract to fuse data from both its own platforms and those operated by non-federal entities in order to fill coverage gaps.

Special Report Top 100

Introducing the 2026 Washington Technology Top 100

Our annual rankings recognize the largest prime contractors in the federal market.

Opinion

The hardest transition in GovCon: From founder to visionary

Strong leadership, partnership, and management turn opportunities into growth even in rocky times in the GovCon industry, writes Evan Henris, CEO of Parabilis.

Exclusive Contracts

White House discussions are weighing giving CISA Mythos access

Officials have considered having the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency leverage the advanced AI model that was designed to detect previously undiscovered cyber vulnerabilities to scan federal agencies’ networks.