Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Maximus embarks on its new strategy

Maximus' chief executive Bruce Caswell and federal business leader Teresa Weipert take our Editor Nick Wakeman inside the company's plan to become a leader in citizen services and IT modernization.

Contracts

GSA looks to help get LGBTQI-owned small businesses in the contracting mix

The agency is going to work with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce as part of an effort to increase access to contracting for LGBTQI-owned small businesses.

Companies

Peraton makes acting civilian president's role permanent

The two-decade market veteran previously led the defense business before a realignment.

Companies

L3Harris invests in laser communications firm

The companies already work together to make airborne laser communications products.

Top 100

TOP 100: For Amentum, scale and capability go hand-in-hand

Company no. 12 on our 2022 Top 100 rankings has been busy with integration activities that were just about over when a familiar face joined as chief executive.

Contracts

The changing antitrust climate for contractors

Large transactions in the defense and government market do not typically get the attention of advocates for strong antitrust enforcement—but a few recent actions may signal a change.

Companies

Vendors prep for new cyber rules of the road

Federal policy is shifting to impose tighter cybersecurity requirements on government contractors and Congress appears poised to impose new standards throughout the private sector.

Companies

Round 8: Air Force signs more companies up to JADC2 networking effort

The big picture idea is to create an open architecture for rapidly integrating new information and communications technologies.

Companies

Vectrus-Vertex merger closes

What is now "V2X" eyes growth in programs such as logistics, training and aerospace.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Inside Accenture's progress on integrating Novetta

Tiffanny Gates and Ira Entis of Accenture Federal Services update WT Editor Nick Wakeman on the integration of Novetta and where they see that combination taking company no. 13 on our 2022 Top 100 rankings.

Contracts

GSA puts Polaris contract back in motion

A much-debated aspect of this government IT solutions procurement appears to have been changed.

Contracts

Veterans Affairs looks to upgrade benefit management systems

Current systems don’t support analytics techniques such as data mining, automation and artificial intelligence.

Contracts

Jacobs captures $3.9B NASA recompete

The company first won this Johnson Space Center support contract to support human spaceflight in 2013.

Companies

Tom Hewitt dies at age 83

The industry pioneer is credited with breaking down communication barriers between companies and government agencies in an era when speaking with each other was impossible.

Companies

Justice seeks to stop Booz Allen's Everwatch acquisition

The department's antitrust lawsuit says the transaction unfairly eliminates competition for providing signals intelligence modeling and simulation services to the National Security Agency.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: How L3Harris wears its 'Trusted Disruptor' hat

Company no. 10 on our 2022 Top 100 rankings views that its embrace of that identity as requiring both internal and external components, L3Harris Technologies executive Sean Stackley says in this episode to our Ross Wilkers.

Contracts

Marine Corps shares new information warfare doctrine

The Corps wants commanders to start thinking about the role of information in waging war.

Contracts

Air Force looks to HBCUs to lead its first university applied research center

The tactical autonomy-focused center will focus on key areas including human-machine teaming, trust and collaboration between platforms.

Contracts

Unique procurement approach triples weather forecasting power

General Dynamics IT built two new supercomputers for the National Weather Service and is taking on all the risk.

Companies

Red River hires new tech chief

The 25-year market veteran most recently worked in a similar role at VMware's public sector business.