Companies
Red 6 fetches $70M in Series B investment round
The five-year-old company is looking to disrupt the military pilot training domain with its augmented reality system.
Companies
In-Q-Tel details chief executive transition
The next leader of the intelligence community's venture investment arm first joined to widen the firm's technology knowledge and network of innovation hubs.
Contracts
State Department works toward electronic health record for diplomatic corps
The department leans on a paper-based system to manage health care support for 75,000 people around the world.
Opinion
Why communications needs to be part of your cyber breach response
Data breaches, unfortunately, are more a matter of when not if, so contractors and agencies need to prepare and that includes knowing what to share when you've been hacked.
Contracts
Army told to redo $475M IT services buy
The Government Accountability Office agrees with a protestor that parts of the solicitation didn't make sense.
Companies
Operations, human resources and cyber mark the week in leadership appointments
Our latest summary of recent executive promotions and hires centers on HII, V2X and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Opinion
Phil Kiviat, long-time advocate for better government, dies at age 85
He will be remembered for his work to foster closer relationships between government and industry through building trust.
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