Companies
Parsons awaits 'imminent' award of air traffic control overhaul contract
Parsons and Peraton are in a head-to-head showdown for the Brand New Air Traffic Control System, a contract worth billions. In talking with Wall Street, CEO Carey Smith highlights how the effort is funded by the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Contracts
Why contractors should look past DHS’ reconciliation buys
The operational tails of border technology, cutter ships and workforce expansion offers more enduring opportunities.
Contracts
Contractors quantify shutdown damage as stoppages spread across missions
The Professional Services Council’s new shutdown tracker details program stoppages from Head Start to missile defense, naming contracts and counting affected workers.
Companies
Lawmakers propose requiring agencies, major firms to report AI’s job impact
A new bill from Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., would direct covered entities to provide quarterly reports to the Labor Department detailing layoffs and workforce displacements caused by uses of AI.
Companies
Intuitive Machines looks beyond the Moon with $800M acquisition
Intuitive Machines is buying Lanteris Space Systems, the former Maxar Space Systems, to bring in more satellite manufacturing heft that can complement the data and services offerings.
Contracts
Experts see promise, risk in Pentagon’s draft acquisition reforms
A draft memo is circulating ahead of SecDef Hegseth’s Friday speech.
Companies
NT Concepts, Oddball appoint new chief executives
Mark Cabrey has been with NT Concepts for six years, while Rob Silverman joins Oddball after two decades at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Companies
How Leidos aims to stay ready for the shutdown's end
CEO Tom Bell tells Wall Street the shutdown has caused "a little hiatus" in certain areas the company has prioritized, but "tremendous customer uptake and activity" should follow after the reopening.
Contracts
Shutdown compounds a year of pain for federal contractors, employees
Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Virginia) says the closure amplifies the billions in contract cancellations and workforce cuts.
Contracts
MetTel modernizes GSA networks under $230M EIS order
Work included zero-trust architecture to improve security and low-earth orbit satellites to increase connectivity in and from remote locations.
Companies
Hanwha Defense USA appoints Coulter as chief executive
Korea-headquartered Hanwha established this subsidiary in 2017 to pursue opportunities in shipbuilding.
Contracts
House Republican questions government stake in tech companies
Georgia Congressman Rich McCormick disputed the Trump administration’s approach to investing in the private sector while aligning with its broader low-regulatory regime.
Opinion
The hidden costs and risks of hiring former government insiders
Proper coordination among HR, legal and BD is needed to understand post-employment restrictions and possible conflicts before they derail your contracting opportunities, writes Scott Flesch and Joshua Drew of the law firm Miller & Chevalier.
Contracts
What companies get wrong about selling to DHS
Beth Cappello, a former Homeland Security Department deputy chief information officer, told our Power Breakfast audience who they should really be talking to and how to craft proposals that stand out.
Contracts
Veterans Affairs seeks input on its cloud buying future
The department wants to get a better handle on how it manages 757 applications and systems across two cloud environments.
Companies
ICF holds to its 2025 outlook as shutdown drags on
In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Wasson describes technology modernization efforts as continuing and programmatic work as more impacted at its largest federal client.
Contracts
Transportation Command seeks zero-trust contract management system
TRANSCOM seeks a mature, cloud-enabled solution to replace legacy tools and support the military's all-domain command strategy known as CJADC2.
Podcasts
WT 360: Shutdown fallout, SAIC and market churn lead this episode’s agenda
Carten Cordell and Edward Graham, respectively managing editors at WT’s partner publications Government Executive and NextgovFCW, join Nick and Ross to go over all things shutdown in this episode’s first part. Then for part two, Nick and Ross unpack SAIC’s CEO transition against the backdrop of today’s market landscape.
Opinion
The CMMC bottleneck: When compliance demand outpaces capacity
With only 366 certficiations completed and mandatory rollout beginning in less than two weeks, defense firms need smarter tools to meet cybersecurity requirements without breaking the bank, writes Steven Hess, CEO, Deep Fathom.
Companies