Contracts
State's $10B Evolve contract faces renewed protest from Alpha Omega
Alpha Omega's challenge now targets the evaluation after it again did not win a spot on the massive enterprise IT vehicle.
Contracts
Air Force gives small businesses 3 days to respond to nuclear systems contract
The contract nuclear missile engineering support has a compressed timeline from the initial sources sought notice to award.
Contracts
Major takeaways for federal agencies from the latest bipartisan spending package
The new "minibus" rejects many Trump proposals, from reorganizations to program eliminations.
Companies
Array Labs collects $20M to ramp up imagery satellite production
The seven-year-old company leans on manufacturing techniques more often seen in consumer electronics and telecommunications.
Opinion
A Self-Funded Path to IT Modernization
Federal agencies are flipping the script on federal IT spend to achieve technological transformation, writes Miguel Sian of the Merlin Group.
Contracts
CIA improperly used oral instructions to evaluate modernization contract, GAO rules
The agency marked up Markon's costs by millions based on pre-bid guidance that was never incorporated into the final solicitation.
Opinion
NDAA: Massive expansion of commercial solutions openings and other key takeaways for defense contractors
COMMENTARY | The past year brought major changes for defense acquisition.
Companies
22nd Century Technologies acquires BT's federal arm
22nd Century has focused its acquisitions in recent years on digital transformation and public safety.
Companies
TechnoMile acquires SIMS Software, adding facility security and more AI to its platform
Capitol Meridian Partners is backing TechnoMile's move to expand its lifecycle management offerings from pre-award management to post-award compliance.
Companies
L3Harris to sell majority ownership of space propulsion unit to AE Industrial
AE Industrial Partners plans to restore and use the Rocketdyne name for the business following the transaction's closure.
Companies
DOD picks 10 for $25B microelectronics contract
The Defense Microelectronics Activity wants industry help across all phases of work on sophisticated computer chips that go into military systems.
Companies
2026 is set to be the year of agentic AI, industry predicts
Leaders from major technology companies said their clients are asking for more specific agentic AI solutions, and cloud computing and data transformation will pave the way.
Podcasts
WT 360: Nightwing’s path in the market as an independent business
Chris Jones, chief technology officer at Nightwing, joins to detail how the cyber and intelligence solutions provider is pursuing its own destiny and industry’s role in helping agencies navigate changes in how they operate.
Opinion
DOGE was government contracting's biggest story of 2025 — and it's not close
Contract cancellations, exaggerated savings claims and consulting contract reviews dominated our most-read stories of the year.
Opinion
Bid protest system working as intended, GAO data shows
Despite NDAA's "loser pays" provision, fiscal 2025 statistics reveal fewer protests, higher effectiveness rates, and agencies increasingly willing to take corrective action, writes a trio of attorney's from Covington & Burling LLP.
Companies
Fed 100 deadline extended to Jan. 14, 2026
There is still time to get nominations in for the people that went above and beyond in federal IT this past year.
Opinion
If, Then: 2026's key pathways, questions and scenarios for GovCon
The covers are off for edition number six of this annual exercise to start a new year by looking at major signposts and the directions they point us to.
Contracts
GSA backs off planned layoffs within its technology team after court order
The Technology Transformation Services has lost 67% of its staff since Jan. 25.
Contracts
The Pentagon wants a common network for its counter-drone systems
The Army-led task force wants candidates by early next year.
Companies