Blue Origin, Dynetics see their lunar lander protests grounded

Protests by Blue Origin and Dynetics over the $2.9 billion lunar lander contract that went to SpaceX have been denied as the Government Accountability Office rules NASA did nothing wrong.

  • By Nick Wakeman

In familiar refrain, it's Amazon versus Microsoft for this $10B NSA cloud contract

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are again in opposite corners of a protest fight over a $10 billion cloud hosting contract. But this time unlike in JEDI it's AWS as the winner, the National Security Agency the customer and Microsoft the protestor.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Biden tells civilian feds, contractors to get vaccinated or take regular COVID tests

The Biden-Harris administration has rolled out new COVID-19 guidelines for federal employees and contractors as part of an overall strategy to increase the U.S. vaccination rate.

  • By Natalie Alms

How Booz Allen's 'Future of Work' vision shapes hiring for today & tomorrow

Booz Allen Hamilton is rolling out the firm's post-pandemic future of work and goes into that knowing there is still much to learn -- even if much has been learned in the current environment.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Opinion

With data everywhere, the endpoint becomes the problem

Agency IT teams don't have the visibility and control of their devices to protect the growing number of endpoint vulnerabilities. Here's' how you can help.

  • By Nate Russ

Shield AI makes second acquisition for unmanned aerial portfolio

Its second acquisition in a week, Shield AI intends to buy Martin UAV and continue developing a portfolio centered on technologies that deliver unmanned systems capabilities.

  • By Nick Wakeman

What Northrop makes of Bezos' offer to subsidize NASA moon lander

Northrop Grumman is on the lunar lander pursuit team led by Blue Origin, whose founder Jeff Bezos has offered to essentially pick up the check for NASA in building that vehicle to go to the moon. But the way Northrop invests in space reveals a different philosophy.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GSA reopens some bids for OASIS on-ramp

The General Services Administration will reconsider some bids for small business spots on the OASIS contract after a court decision said 18 companies improperly received awards.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Tanium hires new public sector chief

Cybersecurity company Tanium has hired a nearly two-decade technology sector veteran to chart its strategy for the public sector market.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Agencies propose more than $2B in TMF projects

Federal CIO Clare Martorana told a House subcommittee that 108 project proposals have been submitted to the Technology Modernization Fund across 43 agencies, with 75% focusing on cybersecurity since the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act.

  • By Chris Riotta

GSA makes awards on ASTRO manned & unmanned product contract

The General Services Administration chooses dozens of firms for the much-anticipated and massive ASTRO contract vehicle covering manned, optionally manned and unmanned platforms and services.

  • By Ross Wilkers

The danger in Bezos' $2B offer to NASA

Jeff Bezos' offer to cover $2 billion in potential cost overruns to build a lunar lander for NASA could be easy to dismiss, but don't ignore some very real threats.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army chooses 14 for $2.4B cyber range support contract

The Army has picked 14 winners for a $2.4 billion contract to support a model of the internet used to test cyber tools and simulate attacks.

  • By Nick Wakeman

General Dynamics' chip supply issue is far from its alone

Everything in the world runs on computer chips and there are simply not enough to go around, as General Dynamics is finding out with respect to its IT product business.

  • By Ross Wilkers

The one hiccup in Raytheon's hefty defense business

Returns of air traffic to pre-COVID levels has been a boost for Raytheon Technologies as its defense business is also a point of optimism with one exception.

  • By Ross Wilkers

IBM further builds out federal team

Over the past several months, IBM's federal business has added several former senior government leaders for more cloud and artificial intelligence brainpower as it positions itself to purse more digital transformation opportunities.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Accenture (finally) touts big Army ERP win

After several rounds of protests, Accenture can finally say it has secured a $729 million contract to consolidate multiple Army enterprise resource planning systems.

  • By Nick Wakeman

LMI acquires Suntiva to further public health & defense push

LMI closes an acquisition to further entrench its presence in public health and also add more of a footprint with certain defense agencies.

  • By Ross Wilkers

QinetiQ's board adds former CSRA chief

QinetiQ Group’s board of directors elects new member in Larry Prior, the former CSRA CEO and currently at The Carlyle Group.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Hyten: Combat cloud needed to bolster collaboration with allies, partners

Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said building a combat cloud with correctly tagged data would allow service members, allies and partners alike to login from anywhere with their credentials and biometrics so the U.S. can take full advantage of the capabilities they have to offer.

  • By Lauren C. Williams
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