Perspecta's 'new normal' taking shape amid COVID-19 as outlook remains bullish

Perspecta's own transition to the "new normal" is very much the same across the entire market and neither is their outlook for what many believe is a flattening budget landscape, while another major catalyst awaits when a judge rules on Perspecta's NGEN protest.

Raytheon to acquire small sat maker for $350M

Raytheon Technologies is still integrating its two legacy businesses but has found a small satellite maker it apparently could not pass up on the opportunity to acquire.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Does the GovCon industry need a different model for innovation?

Discussions about how the government should be more inviting to industry always bring up the acquisition models agencies use to buy goods and services. But some industry watchers also say the sector may need a different model as well to make innovation happen.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Army picks DataRobot for AI project

The Army has turned to a small artificial intelligence firm to explore the use of AI to resolve issues with financial data.

  • By Nick Wakeman

VA's T4NG on-ramp hit with fresh protest

For the second time, MicroHealth has objected to being eliminated from the competition for the Veterans Affairs Department's T4NG technology services contract vehicle on-ramp.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DHS unveils $10B small biz vehicle's draft solicitation

The Homeland Security Department has released the draft solicitation for FirstSource III, its $10 billion small business IT commodity contract vehicle. DHS also wants more industry feedback.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

REPORTER ROUNDTABLE: The presidential transition and other pressing GovCon issues

In this episode of Project 38, Editor Nick Wakeman leads a discussion with colleagues from Washington Technology and FCW about what the presidential transition means to the government contracting market and other issues having an impact as well.

Even with positive vaccine news, will COVID's economic impacts weigh on budgets?

Pfizer had universally-welcome news to share Monday morning on its coronavirus vaccine but that does not take away the pandemic's human and economic cost, including what it may mean for government budgets.

  • By Ross Wilkers

CNSI adds former CMS official to steer growth

CNSI appoints IBM and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services veteran Verlon Johnson as senior executive for the growth strategy.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Don't wait to start on transition planning

President Trump has not formally conceded. But government contractors shouldn't wait to start talking to customers about what life under a Biden Administration could mean for the market.

  • By Nick Wakeman

More solicitations coming for DOD 5G test sites

The Defense Department plans to award the first three of seven new 5G test bed contracts in the spring.

  • By Mark Rockwell

NSA award draws protest from the incumbent

The National Security Agency has made an award on its $471.8 million "Barkingbadger" contract for classified services and that has drawn the ire of a disappointed bidder.

  • By Nick Wakeman

ManTech welcomes industry-wide returns of employees to work

Government contractors still for now have CARES Act reimbursements to keep sidelined employees on the payroll, but the number of people caught in that situation is fewer than at the pandemic's start. That push back to a more regular work cadence is one ManTech sees boding well for itself and industry overall.

  • By Ross Wilkers

COVID recovery might drive the same tech priorities as the response, ICF execs say

The U.S.' recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic could bring similar priorities as that of the response to the pandemic as both require more advanced technology, according to ICF executives.

  • By Ross Wilkers

SAIC names Northrop exec as new CFO

Science Applications International Corp. hires Northrop Grumman executive Prabu Natarajan as its new chief financial officer to succeed the retiring Charlie Mathis.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Don't count on an interim CMMC certification

The Defense Department's "voice of CMMC" Katie Arrington sent one very clear message during a webcast Thursday -- there will be no provisional certifications. It's either go or no go for the new cyber standard that contractors must follow.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Air Force taps 24 more to join battle management project

The Air Force continues to build its pool of contractors who will compete to develop technologies to field a new battle management system.

  • By Nick Wakeman

PAE sees 2021's funding picture looking like 2020

Of equal (maybe greater) importance than the election outcome for GovCon companies is what the budget landscape looks like and PAE believes 2021 will be mostly the same environment as 2020 from a funding perspective.

  • By Ross Wilkers

18 state AGs call to end Trump's crackdown on diversity training

In a letter, 18 state attorneys general and the AG from the District of Columbia say that a recent executive order on diversity training is having "opposite effect" of its stated goal of preventing discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex.

  • By Natalie Alms

INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: Small business trends and opportunities

Only for WT Insiders -- free access to the archive of our Power Breakfast events such as our most recent one on the Promise and Peril of Small Business Contractors. We talked opportunities, data trends and got hands on advice on what it takes to succeed as a small business in today's market.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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