Contracts

New court ruling rolls back minority business programs

A federal judge in Texas says that by excluding White-owned businesses from its programs, the Minority Business Development Agency is violating their constitutional rights.

Opinion

Palantir's teaming approach on display in $178M Army targeting tech win

Our eyes go immediately to Palantir's lineup of industry partners for the "TITAN" program that show both disruption and teaming, especially when seeing both longstanding and emerging players on the list.

Contracts

Groundswell wins $205M DIA human resource system contract

This is the first of two awards the Defense Intelligence Agency plans to make for its larger human capital modernization effort.

Companies

Avion Solutions seeks space, missile defense growth via acquisition

The employee-owned company already touts its core service lines as including aerospace engineering and logistics.

Contracts

NTT Data fights to keep FBI DNA database program

The company claims the FBI misevaluated proposals when it picked someone else to take over the management of a nationwide DNA database program.

Contracts

Air Force picks six for $988M human performance support contract

The program focuses on how humans work with weapons systems and is a consolidation of three predecessor contracts.

Companies

Deltek's CEO moves to new role at parent company

Mike Corkery has led the enterprise software provider for more than a decade and his successor is an external hire.

Contracts

Court rejects protests over $450M DHS BPA awards

The Customs and Border Protection can now start using the blanket purchase agreements to acquire enterprise IT and application development services from small businesses.

Contracts

State is taking an ‘important step’ for planned EHR, as key lawmaker moves to speed it up

State’s Bureau of Medical Services has been working for more than a decade to replace its current paper-based medical record system with an electronic solution to better meet the healthcare needs of its diplomatic corps.

Companies

Capitol Meridian Partners unveils its first fund

A pair of Carlyle Group veterans founded CMP in 2021 to find founder-led companies on a growth curve.

Contracts

CIO-SP4 lawsuits consolidated as case moves forward

Any other company wishing to challenge how the National Institutes of Health's acquisition arm is running the competition will be added to this proceeding.

Podcasts

WT 360: LMI's logistics heritage also informs its present and future

LMI's chief executive Doug Wagoner takes us behind the scenes of how the company shifted from being a nonprofit entity to a for-profit, plus how the company work with government agencies to solve their logistics problems.

Contracts

Army finalizes $910M test, engineering award

The protest window is now closed, for good, which clears the way for work to start at the Army's Redstone Test Center.

Contracts

Energy tries again to award $45B Hanford tank contract

The department wraps up its evaluation of revised proposals following a court challenge, but the outcome is the same for now unless another protest follows.

Contracts

Amentum books $591.6M Navy fleet support contract

The company will work with U.S. allies and provide ship and systems engineering services.

Opinion

Our next Power Breakfast to explore the Navy-industry partnership

This March 8 event will feature speakers from the Navy, Defense Department and industry that will share insights into what it means to work with the Navy.

Contracts

Non-compliance ruling sparks protest over $12B Army IT contract

DH Technologies says its issue was minor and didn't give the company a competitive advantage.