Contracts

Parsons subsidiary awarded $245M Navy ground station contract

Space Ground System Solutions will provide software development and other IT-related services at this Naval Research Laboratory location.

Contracts

HHS to pit AI vendors against each other in parallel pilots

The Health and Human Services Department wants real operational data across multiple platforms before finalizing its enterprise acquisition approach.

Opinion

Federal acquisition rewrite leaves cybersecurity confusion unresolved

As the government overhauls its procurement rulebook, contractors are still grappling with a persistent problem that shapes how they price, plan, and perform work. This includes information that must be protected and those responsible for identifying it, writes Lindy Kyzer of ClearanceJobs.com.

Companies

Lawmaker warns of administration’s ‘fetishization’ of Silicon Valley startups

Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., discussed his plans to scrutinize Trump-era contracting practices, revive federal IT oversight and push for AI policy.

Companies

An initial look at the combined Rocket Lab-Iridium government business

This $8 billion cash-and-stock transaction brings together a launch business and 66-satellite constellation.

Top 100

42 companies from the 2016 Top 100 are gone. What happened to them?

A decade of mergers, divestitures and shifting priorities has reshaped the federal market. The next 10 years may be just as turbulent.

Contracts

DHS moves on awards for $640M technical services pact

The Homeland Security Department set up this blanket purchase agreement to aid its migrations of business applications toward reusable services, such as cloud computing.

Companies

WT 360: All about Constellis’ approach for extending security perimeters

Constellis CEO Dan Gelston explains how the risk management services provider is looking to infuse analytics and artificial intelligence-driven technologies into an arena long defined by “Guards, gates, guns and dogs.”

Contracts

Small business prime awards fell in fiscal 2025

The Small Business Administration releases its newest annual grading of how agencies worked to meet their small business contracting goals.

Companies

Growth, legal and operations leadership moves across the market

A pair of key hires in government relations teams and four board of directors additions also feature.

Opinion

FedRAMP Is filtering out innovation, not just risk

The compliance gauntlet isn't just slowing emerging tech vendors — it's eliminating them before agencies ever see what they're missing, writes Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems.

Companies

OMB issues instructions for agency migration to quantum-proof encryption

Agencies are expected to undertake two actions in service of enhanced security: execute a phased migration of cryptographic systems to prepare for quantum computing risk; and submit a PQC migration plan to OMB.

Opinion

A $1.5 trillion defense budget: The IT programs contractors should be watching

From a $63 billion autonomous systems push to $58.5 billion in AI investment, the fiscal 2027 request signals where the Pentagon is placing its biggest bets, writes ImmixGroup analyst Joshua Isler.

Contracts

GSA floats two-tiered Buy American marketplace on its Advantage platform

A new sources sought notice seeks industry feedback on icons, filtered search results and a new special item number only for original equipment manufacturers.

Contracts

GSA’s centralization push is a return to its roots, not just a Trump priority

The General Services Administration's acting acquisition chief says the consolidation drive mirrors the founding mission laid out by the Hoover Commission 77 years ago.

Contracts

Widepoint wins $3B DHS mobility recompete

Widepoint will continue on as the Homeland Security Department's primary interface with the major wireless carriers, a role it has held since 2013.

Companies

KBR hires CEO, finance chief to lead government spinoff

KBR is positioning "SpinCo," the placeholder name for this future company, to enter the market on $5 billion in annual revenue with 20,000 employees.

Contracts

GSA taking measured approach to SEWP takeover

Continuity is the General Services Administration's top priority as it embeds staff in NASA’s SEWP office to lay groundwork to transfer the $60 billion IT vehicle.

Companies

CGI set to promote new federal leader

Alisa Bearfield will become president of CGI Federal on Oct. 1 as Stephanie Mango is moving to a global role with the parent company.