Companies

Maxar Intelligence unveils its new leadership team

Maxar now operates in two separately managed business units with a new private equity owner in place.

Companies

How X-Bow plans to break the current rocket motor ‘duopoly’

The New Mexico-based startup aims to have its first production line up and running in a few months.

Companies

L3Harris gets deeper into the supply chain with Aerojet in its fold

L3Harris Technologies' acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne has given the company more visibility into stressed supply chains and vendor capacity issues facing the defense industrial base.

Contracts

White House looks to scale FedRAMP with automation

The cloud security program is being restructured to respond to the proliferation of cloud offerings.

Opinion

CIO-SP4 drove spike in bid protests

Unhappiness with the National Institutes of Health's main IT contract vehicle contributed to a 22% increase in protests during the government's 2023 fiscal year.

Companies

Booz Allen views artificial intelligence and cyber as inherently linked

Artificial intelligence is the enabler of larger systems and it's cyber that protects them, so Booz Allen Hamilton tells investors to think of them as going together when considering the firm's strategy.

Contracts

Space Command unveils new $480M satellite support contract

The new contract will shift the work from a large business to an 8(a) small business.

Contracts

LMI secures $604M Border Patrol recompete win

This largest award in LMI's six-decade history expands the scope of work to the agency's entire headquarters organization.

Companies

Global conflicts drive GovCon demand amid evolving capacity constraints

Investors want to know what the CEOs of publicly traded companies make of turbulence in the world and the industry's response to it. CACI International and Northrop Grumman answered those questions.

Contracts

White House looks to ramp up contract spending with small disadvantaged businesses

Last year, the federal government awarded small disadvantaged businesses over 11% of contracting dollars. Now, it’s aiming for 13%.

Contracts

31 communities tapped as innovation hub finalists

The Biden administration expects the innovation hubs to spur scientific and technological innovation in communities across the country, including small and rural areas and those with historically underserved populations.

Contracts

House picks new speaker, but shutdown threat looms

Federal agency missions often take a back seat amid preparations for a funding lapse.

Companies

Growth and procurement leadership moves across the market

Also this week: a former Army chief of staff joins the board of directors at an emerging small unmanned aerial vehicle maker.

Companies

General Dynamics assumes 'new reality' of supply chains in its outlook

The company's IT hardware and product unit seems to assume that some fragility is now normal.

Opinion

What the mystery buyer of RTX's cyber business is getting

RTX is fetching $1.3 billion for its cybersecurity, intelligence and services business unit. We can tell you all about the transaction even without (yet) knowing the acquirer's identity.

Opinion

Demystifying the acronym soup of CMMC

To prepare for the Nov. 8 CMMC Ecosystem Summit, here is an acronym cheat sheet to follow along in the conversation about the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard.

Contracts

DISA opens $334M commissary tech support contract for bids

One company will take on the responsibility of managing hardware and software that supports the military's global network of grocery and household goods stores.

Companies

CAE finds buyer for healthcare business

This divestiture agreement takes place two years after CAE acquired a military training division from L3Harris Technologies.

Contracts

DISA looks to the open market for secure web browsing contract

A contracting notice indicates that the Defense Department is looking to compete the service that protects its systems from web-based attacks.

Contracts

SEWP VI heads toward final solicitation

NASA sees its three-decade-old contract vehicle for buying IT products and services as having more flexibility.