Contracts
Army's $50B MAPS contract hit with wave of protests over evaluation criteria
Seven protesters (so far) are citing scoring ambiguities, tight deadlines and "systemic procurement instability."
Top 100
TOP 100: DLT's new leader bets on distributors as 'orchestrators,' not middlemen
Wendy Welch tells us that pricing volatility, artificial intelligence and the OneGov initiative's push toward more direct agreements with tech names make resellers like Company No. 87 more essential — not less.
Companies
TOP 100: How Odyssey Systems views acquisition and its links to field operations
Company No. 73's blueprint for growing into new areas contains a mix of small leaps and longer-term bets that look ahead by five-to-10 years.
Companies
Westway receives Capitol Meridian's backing
Westway currently operates four classified facilities for government contractors with plans for a fifth and more.
Companies
Tyto Athene hires Boyd as CEO
The former IBM executive picks up the mantle of leading Tyto's strategy and vision from Dennis Kelly, who is remaining on the board of directors.
Contracts
Salesforce’s Missionforce takes the wheel on Air Force fleet management
A new platform gives the 441st VSCOS real-time visibility into 84,000 vehicles as part of a string of recent wins with the Army and Air Force.
Contracts
Library of Congress awards $100M professional services contract
The Library set up this multiple-award contract as a way for components and sub-agencies to acquire collection and cataloging support, among other services.
Companies
Empower AI acquires data, digital transformation outfit
This is Empower AI's first acquisition completed with the backing of majority owner KKR.
Contracts
Air Force seeks shared services backbone for ERP systems
A new sources sought notice also asks industry to help shape artificial intelligence requirements for the eventual solicitation.
Companies
Anthropic hires Teresa Carlson as public sector lead
A veteran of several major tech companies, Carlson will work as Anthropic’s first global head of public sector.
Contracts
DHS' $3B mobile device contract faces protest
Turning Point Global Solutions is disputing Widepoint's incumbent capture of the Cellular Wireless Management Services III award.
Companies
Lockheed, Ondas move on tech-focused acquisitions
Maritime systems, including sonar, and autonomous vehicles are the key areas of interest for both buyers.
Companies
Iridium closes deal to expand air traffic network
The acquisition of Aireon comes as Iridium prepares for its $8 billion takeover by Rocket Lab.
Contracts
OPM’s HR systems award clears protest window
None of Oracle’s competitors have filed objections to the $396 million Federal HR 2.0 contract.
Companies
DLH promotes finance chief JohnBull to CEO
The board of directors also elevates a new chief financial officer as CEO Zack Parker retires from the position.
Companies
Growth, finance and tech leadership moves across the market
Plus, one global financial giant appoints a new leader for its commercial banking team focused on this industry, among other key hires and promotions.
Companies
AWS launches Secret Cloud for industry’s classified workloads
The company made several announcements geared towards its government customers, including up to $1 billion in cloud credits for U.S. intelligence agencies.
Opinion
The third best practice GovCon keeps ignoring
Your Shipley process and CRM are only as good as the customer intelligence feeding them. Most firms have never measured that capability, writes growth expert Nic Coppings.
Opinion
New executive order pushes agencies toward quantum-ready AI security
EO 14409 sets a high bar for protecting AI models and training data — and agencies can't do it alone; they need help from their vendors, writes Gina Scinta, CTO of Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies.
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