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.

Contracts

TSA launches $13B security screening tech solicitation

The Transportation Security Agency set up this multiple-award contract to support its efforts to transition away from being both operator and regulator at airports.