Companies

Elbit Systems' U.S. subsidiary details CEO transition

Close to one-fifth of the Israel-headquartered defense electronics maker's annual revenue is in U.S. government work.

Contracts

SAIC's protest over $719M NASA competition falls short

The company wanted another shot at keeping this incumbent contract for engineering services that went to the other bidder.

Opinion

NATO creates $1.1B investment fund to target tech startups

The intergovernmental military alliance that connects Europe and North America also wants a big net to find and work with innovative companies, following a model already in use by the U.S. government.

Contracts

Amentum fights to keep lost DTRA contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency chose someone else for the $84 million advisory services that Amentum picked up through its acquisition of PAE.

Companies

DMI brings in new technology chief

The digital services provider hires a former coworker of the CEO, who stepped into that role in the spring.

Contracts

Army wants augmented, virtual reality for its armored vehicle mechanics

The Army is developing this new technology contract for bolstering the training of its mechanics and other maintenance personnel.

Companies

Arcfield acquires digital twin provider

This transaction represents the Veritas Capital-backed contractor's newest investment in digital engineering and related offerings.

Companies

Government contractors grapple with enforcement challenges of TikTok ban

Industry groups are raising censorship and privacy concerns over a ban of popular social media app TikTok on devices used by government contractors. 

Contracts

DHA faces legal challenges to how it conducted $2.5B procurement

Protesters are alleging the Defense Health Agency used "phantom award restrictions" to limit the number of companies that could qualify for this global IT services contract.

Companies

American Systems appoints its next chief executive

Peter Smith will remain on the employee-owned company's board of directors after he hands over the CEO role to his successor.

Companies

ICF acquires grid modernization company

The company is also divesting one of its marketing businesses to further sharpen which commercial markets and customers it works with.

Companies

Leonardo DRS CEO: Supply chains have ‘stabilized,’ but certain parts remain hard to get

In the meantime, the company is pushing to have its electric drive technology integrated on more ship classes.

Podcasts

WT 360: IBM's blueprint for making a bigger impact across public sector

Susan Wedge from IBM Consulting and Mark Johnson of IBM detail how what Big Blue does and what it wants to do for U.S. government agencies feeds into the corporation's larger vision.

Contracts

DOD pushes cloud buyers to JWCC

The Defense Department's top tech official directed defense agencies to tap the multi-vendor Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract for new cloud acquisitions and is requiring all top-secret cloud buys across the Pentagon and military services to use the vehicle for top secret capabilities.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT drops challenge to lost $400M NASA contract

The longtime incumbent will make way for a newcomer to take on the work supporting NASA's Shared Services Center.

Contracts

HII's tech segment captures record $1.4B win

The leadership team at HII's Mission Technologies segment views this network operations award as helping it cast a wider net across its industry and customer relationship networks.

Contracts

ManTech grows Army footing through C5ISR transformation contract

ManTech's CEO touts the company having brought the "whole" of its offerings to capture a $622 million Army intelligence analytics contract.

Companies

Strider hires former Defense Innovation Unit leader

Mike Madsen takes up this new role in the private sector after being a part of the leadership team at the Pentagon's incubation arm.

Contracts

LinQuest touts pair of digital transformation awards

One task order will focus on developing digital environments and analytics for the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Contracts

Energy makes awards on multibillion-dollar vehicle

Agencies use the Energy Savings Performance Contract mechanism to get started on new conservation initiatives at their existing facilities.