Companies

A pair of transitions at the top and more leadership moves across the market

Our newest listing of key hires and promotions also features one at a defense giant's corporate development team and a high-profile Pentagon official's new position in industry.

Companies

Appian, Army sign $500M enterprise license pact

The service branch will have access to both the core Appian platform and a cloud offering under this agreement, which is similar to the one with Palantir.

Contracts

Another 340 firms approved to bid on Golden Dome work worth up to $151B

All but a handful of the 2,400-plus companies who sought approval have received it.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT books $120M Air Force zero trust contract

The task order, awarded through the Next Generation Gateway program, will deliver cybersecurity solutions to 1 million users across 187 bases worldwide.

Contracts

Guidehouse taps out of its Coast Guard protest

The company has withdrawn its challenges related to a $99 million financial management support contract won by Kearney.

Companies

Defense software, cyber and aircraft highlight the week in venture rounds

Merlin Ventures, Northrop Grumman and the venture investment arm of RTX feature in this roundup of startup activity that is relevant to the government landscape.

Contracts

I ‘did not expect to be told to build a battleship,’ Navy’s surface warfare director says

The Trump administration’s priorities are forcing the service to rethink its shipbuilding plans.

Companies

Parsons buys Altamira for $330M cash

Parsons is adding 600 employees through this transaction, which also further grows the company's presence across intelligence programs and the Indo-Pacific region.

Contracts

Slingshot to bring AI to Space Force training programs

The company will use its TALOS artificial intelligence solution to mirror real world threats.

Companies

Dynamo Technologies enters space, defense domains via acquisition

Substantially all of Dynamo's work prior to this transaction centered around the Agriculture Department.

Companies

Hexagon's federal arm promotes new leader from within

The parent corporation is preparing to split in two during the first half of this year.

Companies

Luminary Cloud expands physics AI toolkit with defense-focused models

The company designed its new SHIFT models to address collaborative combat aircraft, autonomous submarines, and fluid dynamics challenges.

Contracts

GSA re-opens OASIS+ to new bids, shifts to continuous approach

All six solicitations for the massive services vehicle's unrestricted and small business set-aside tracks will remain in an open status indefinitely.

Companies

New partnership targets federal equity investment wave

Clark Street Associates and Finalis team up as the Trump administration looks to acquire more equity stakes in companies.

Contracts

GAO denies final protest against NOAA’s ProTech 2.0 contract

Strong past performance was not enough to overcome weaker scores for management and technical experience.

Contracts

Supreme Court lets stand ruling that blocks subcontractors from protesting

Percipent's effort to replicate Palantir’s protest strategy falls short, cementing the traditional definition of what is an "interested party."

Companies

L3Harris to spin off its rocket motor business with the Pentagon as an anchor investor

In a first-of-its-kind partnership, the Defense Department is taking a $1 billion stake in the business ahead of an initial public offering later this year.

Companies

Everfox hires Wajsgras as chief executive

Dave Wajsgras more recently led Intelsat through its transition to becoming a managed services provider and subsequent sale to fellow satellite network operator SES.

Companies

A trio of private equity-driven transactions to note

Aurex and B&A detail their latest purchases with their owners' backing, while Pond & Company has found a buyer.

Contracts

Trump administration gets less tech funding than requested in new bicameral bills

The fund that supports the U.S. DOGE Service would receive less than half of what was requested, and the bills do not include explicit reauthorization for the Technology Modernization Fund.