Companies

iNovex further builds intelligence base with new acquisition

This is the Enlightenment Capital-backed company's second such transaction in barely as many weeks.

Companies

Fortify fetches $12.5M in capital for advanced manufacturing

The venture investment arms of two large defense companies participated in this round as they look for new ways to make products.

Contracts

Air Force chooses 3 dozen for $32B training system recompete

This is iteration number four of the Training Systems Acquisition vehicle that covers a broad range of products.

Contracts

Army awards 12 seats on $450M modernization vehicle

Awardees will work on enabling and accelerating the branch's idea of overmatch for gaining overwhelming advantages over adversaries.

Opinion

Come celebrate the 2023 Top 100 at the Big Breakdown

Don't miss our Top 100 event on June 6, where we will unveil the 2023 rankings of the market's largest contractors and hear from the CEO of one of them.

Podcasts

WT 360: Ultra I&C's gameplan for its new private equity era

Jon Rucker, president of the Ultra Intelligence & Communications business, goes over what that team has been up to since the parent company's sale to private equity firm Advent International and the strategy's main three legs.

Companies

Verizon captures $145M Postal Service contract

The telecom giant will migrate systems to a cloud environment and support contact center operations.

Opinion

Security standard revisions should not delay CMMC prep work

Companies should be ready to comply before the eventual release of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification for all firms in the defense industrial base.

Opinion

2023 should be the year of cyber resilience

Agencies need to be focused on their cybersecurity posture and a critical step is making sure that security solutions are compatible and can be integrated.

Companies

SilverEdge acquires digital design specialist

SilverEdge Government Solutions' private equity backer just completed the raise of its second fund with more capital to put to work.

Opinion

Which path will, and should, small business contracting follow?

Another new initiative to increase small business participation in federal contracting brings up the disconnect between the amounts of money and companies in the system. It's time to ask whether growing both of those numbers is possible.

Contracts

Booz Allen dinged for management plan in lost $2.5B NSA contract

The National Security Agency liked CACI International's bid for the FocusedFox cyber and intelligence contract for more reasons than just price.

Companies

Booz Allen's cloudy crystal ball for the market and AI

CEOs of publicly-traded companies everywhere are getting questions from investors on the debt ceiling crisis. This time it was Booz Allen Hamilton's leader who had to acknowledge the situation.

Companies

NextGov, FCW to combine editorial operations

These two sibling publications of Washington Technology are merging into a single outlet as they fine tune their approach to covering the federal government.

Contracts

NGA chooses 5 for $947M professional services vehicle

The contract called "Clover" is for acquisition and financial management support.

Contracts

Army awards 29 spots on $900M info management contract

This fourth iteration of the so-called "IMCS" contract continues support for the Army's Network Enterprise Command that operates and defends computer networks.

Companies

State Department's plan to use $500M CHIPS funding to bolster the supply chain

The State Department is using its CHIPS funding to foster relations with allies, strengthen supply chains and build a robust semiconductor ecosystem.

Contracts

FDA announces contract for automation in drug performance analyses

The Food and Drug Administration is asking for proposals for automated devices that can provide high-definition imaging and critical analyses of drug performance as the agency works to integrate more AI.

Companies

Godspeed Capital closes second investment fund

The private equity firm plans to further expand its portfolio of companies, which already includes SilverEdge Government Solutions.

Contracts

Debt defaults are not shutdowns, but both raise money fears

Question number one that companies in the government market want answered is how payments for their work on contracts will, or will not, happen in a debt default situation. No one knows for sure.