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.

Companies

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

DCS acquires research and development firm

DCS is using this transaction to grow a portfolio of applied R&D and tech transition efforts at the Air Force, plus other agencies involved in aviation and space.

Contracts

Private sector, former military leaders urge Congress intervene in Pentagon-Anthropic dispute

Over 30 former military officers and individuals working in tech sent a letter to congressional leadership expressing concern over the Pentagon-Anthropic dispute and asking for lawmakers to take action to reign in executive power and set AI guardrails.

Companies

The Pentagon’s investment deals draw congressional scrutiny

DOD weapons buyer Michael Duffey testified about the decision to invest $1 billion in L3Harris.

Contracts

Federal acquisition is getting a shared services makeover

A new office focused on procurement tools and training could streamline and reshape how agencies buy goods and services.

Companies

B/Core acquires another intelligence community specialist

NewSpring Holdings first entered its investment in B/CORE in 2023 and has since supported a handful of acquisitions to build a larger IT and digital transformation provider.

Companies

Sierra Space and Vast detail their Series C investment rounds

National security space opportunities are a common thread between both companies as In-Q-Tel continues its involvement in one of them.

Contracts

SBA boots 628 more companies from 8(a) program

Total termination actions now represent 18% of the small business contracting program as the Trump administration's crackdown continues.

Companies

House amendment responding to Pentagon-Anthropic conflict fails committee vote

Lawmakers split over an amendment to the Defense Production Act from Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., that would have prohibited the government from blacklisting firms opposed to their tech being used in certain situations.

Companies

Noda AI, Smack Technologies detail their Series A capital rounds

Autonomous system management and frontier artificial intelligence are the key tech areas of focus here.