Opinion

What's behind WT's new look

Our website's new design is likely noticeable by now. We've gone through some significant changes but our mission remains the same -- provide you the best coverage of the business of federal government contracting.

Companies

Godspeed Capital acquires its first federal technology company

Godspeed Capital Management has identified its first acquisition in the federal technology and professional services market nearly seven months after announcing its arrival into the arena.

Companies

BlueHalo appoints new CTO from one of its acquisitions

BlueHalo's new chief technology officer is known to the company as he joins through one of its most recent acquisitions.

Companies

Former GDIT exec finds new home at DXC

DXC Technology has dipped its toe back into the federal market somewhat to find its new chief information officer.

Companies

Sigma Defense Systems board adds A-T Solutions’ founder

Sigma Defense Systems’ board of directors elects a new member that has founded two companies over the course of his career including A-T Solutions.

Companies

Branson’s Virgin Orbit backs DC area-headquartered imagery firm

Sir Richard Branson’s space launch outfit Virgin Orbit is getting ready to go public and in the meantime is moving on an investment in another company focused on satellite imagery.

Companies

DISA chooses small biz for $400M tech refresh contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency awards a $400 million technology refreshment and implementation contract to a small business.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Why listening, mentorship and trust drive GDIT's success

In part two of her conversation with Editor Nick Wakeman: Amy Gilliland shares why listening, mentorship and trust are critical elements to the success of the General Dynamics IT business she leads as president.

Former Peraton business gets new CEO, name

Three months after being spun out with the name CTFV Acquisition Corp., the former Peraton systems engineering business has a new name and a new CEO.

Marines developing tech-laden combat vehicle

The Marine Corps wants a new combat vehicle that will serve as a technology hub for command and control, unmanned systems and more.

Evaluation mistakes sunk NSA's first try at $10B cloud award

The decision to back Microsoft's protest of a $10 billion National Security Agency cloud computing award to Amazon reveals a series of mistakes in the NSA's evaluation of proposals.

Why Booz Allen sees spinouts as part of its strategy

Why would Booz Allen Hamilton let an internally-developed artificial intelligence product go out on its own rather than hold onto it? The government technology and consulting firm sees its spinout strategy as a natural progression.

Rocket Lab's latest acquisition focuses on solar panels

Rocket Lab is moving ahead on another acquisition to further diversify the space launch company’s portfolio of components that go onto its Electron platform.

Cloud adoption drives more commercial partnerships

Systems integrators are moving away from traditional business models as they form deeper relationships with commercial technology firms and particularly the cloud infrastructure providers.

ICF to acquire digital transformation, human-centered design specialist

ICF identifies a second acquisition in as many months to further expand the technology consulting firm’s IT modernization and digital transformation work with federal agencies.

Northrop hires former Raytheon exec to head operations

Northrop Grumman hires a former Raytheon Technologies executive and nearly two-decade defense industry veteran as corporate vice president of global operations.

BAE's US subsidiary, L3Harris detail board moves

BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary and L3Harris Technologies explain the latest movements in their boards of directors, including a new chair for one and an additional member at the other.

Opinion

Court challenges don't mean you should ignore vaccine mandates

While opponents have scored some early victories against the Biden Administration's vaccine mandates for contractors, the GovCon community can't ignore the controversial mandates.

Batsakis, Speigel return to start new adventure

Industry veteran George Bataskis and Phase One founder Jerad Speigel have joined forces with a private equity firm to buy Telesto Group, a company focused on enterprise resource planning and digital transformation.

Pentagon adds new top AI role

The Pentagon is creating a new position to lead its artificial intelligence efforts across the enterprise.