Contracts
LMI secures $604M Border Patrol recompete win
This largest award in LMI's six-decade history expands the scope of work to the agency's entire headquarters organization.
Companies
Global conflicts drive GovCon demand amid evolving capacity constraints
Investors want to know what the CEOs of publicly traded companies make of turbulence in the world and the industry's response to it. CACI International and Northrop Grumman answered those questions.
Contracts
White House looks to ramp up contract spending with small disadvantaged businesses
Last year, the federal government awarded small disadvantaged businesses over 11% of contracting dollars. Now, it’s aiming for 13%.
Contracts
31 communities tapped as innovation hub finalists
The Biden administration expects the innovation hubs to spur scientific and technological innovation in communities across the country, including small and rural areas and those with historically underserved populations.
Contracts
House picks new speaker, but shutdown threat looms
Federal agency missions often take a back seat amid preparations for a funding lapse.
Companies
Growth and procurement leadership moves across the market
Also this week: a former Army chief of staff joins the board of directors at an emerging small unmanned aerial vehicle maker.
Companies
General Dynamics assumes 'new reality' of supply chains in its outlook
The company's IT hardware and product unit seems to assume that some fragility is now normal.
Opinion
What the mystery buyer of RTX's cyber business is getting
RTX is fetching $1.3 billion for its cybersecurity, intelligence and services business unit. We can tell you all about the transaction even without (yet) knowing the acquirer's identity.
Opinion
Demystifying the acronym soup of CMMC
To prepare for the Nov. 8 CMMC Ecosystem Summit, here is an acronym cheat sheet to follow along in the conversation about the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard.
Contracts
DISA opens $334M commissary tech support contract for bids
One company will take on the responsibility of managing hardware and software that supports the military's global network of grocery and household goods stores.
Companies
CAE finds buyer for healthcare business
This divestiture agreement takes place two years after CAE acquired a military training division from L3Harris Technologies.
Contracts
DISA looks to the open market for secure web browsing contract
A contracting notice indicates that the Defense Department is looking to compete the service that protects its systems from web-based attacks.
Contracts
SEWP VI heads toward final solicitation
NASA sees its three-decade-old contract vehicle for buying IT products and services as having more flexibility.
Opinion
The race is on to quantum proof encryption
While a standard isn't in place yet, now is the time to understand your risks and put a focus on agility.
Contracts
Awards for $60B Veterans Affairs IT vehicle look imminent
VA sounds confident enough to give a timeline for when it will make selections for the T4NG2 contract, even as one protest remains active in the courts.
Contracts
FEMA lays out timeline for audit support contract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants woman-owned small businesses to take heed of this upcoming opportunity to work with its chief financial officer.
Contracts
GSA starts the bidding for employee travel system competition
The General Services Administration will choose a single company to provide a "configurable (and) commercial" service that manages travel and expense services for other civilian agencies.
Podcasts
WT 360: All about how OTA contracts really work
Tim Greeff, founder and chief executive of NSTXL, explains the nonprofit’s role in Other Transaction Authority contracts and the inner workings of what takes place when federal agencies look to go outside the traditional acquisition lanes.
Companies
NIST plans new risk evaluation methods and standards tracking for AI
The associate director for emerging technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said the evaluations are designed to identify potential harms from AI systems before they are deployed.
Opinion