Opinion
Bridging the gap from legacy systems to secure AI innovation
As agencies rush to adopt AI development tools, traditional security frameworks are failing to keep pace with an exponentially expanding attack surface, writes GitLab’s Rob Smith.
Contracts
Pentagon sets start date for CMMC implementation
Step one involves getting this new cyber and supply chain security standard into solicitations as the Defense Department sees the full rollout as taking three years.
Contracts
NASA continues work on SEWP VI during consolidation uncertainty
The space agency is still processing proposals for the next-generation IT contract while the Trump administration weighs moving the program to the General Services Administration.
Companies
Expedition Technology lands backing from Enlightenment, Razor's Edge
The 12-year-old intelligence software specialist is pushing to widen the availability of its toolset for national security agencies.
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Contracts
GSA launches FAS Office of Centralized Acquisition Services
The office will be headed by longtime GSA executive Tom Meiron.
Contracts
Companies successfully challenge $237M Army award to Amentum
The Army backs away from its award for protective equipment following a pair of protests, so the branch can re-evaluate proposals and make a new award decision.
Contracts
Accenture prevails in battle for $3.5B Energy contract
Accenture's federal subsidiary clears an investigation over an alleged conflict-of-interest and will continue providing enterprise IT and business support services.
Companies
American Systems acquires managed IT, cyber provider
American Systems adds 400 new employee-owners to its staff via the company's largest-ever acquisition.
Companies
SAIC's challenges are hardly unique, but still put pressure on its outlook
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Toni Townes-Whitley gets candid about the market's volatility and how the company has pulled back some of its expectations.
Podcasts
WT 360: ICF’s pillars for its technology modernization outlook and approach
David Birken, senior vice president for digital modernization and experience at ICF, joins to go over some keys for mapping technology implementations to workforce trends and what customer delivery looks like in today’s landscape.
Opinion
What you need to know about the new SAM.gov registration requirements
The FAR Council has clarified the inconsistencies around when companies need to be registered in SAM.gov and as Richard Arnholt of Bass, Berry & Sims writes, the requirements are simpler but not softer.
Companies
Microsoft hires SAP vet as corporate federal VP
Carmen Krueger joins Microsoft to help oversee its federal strategy focused on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Companies
A handful of acquisitions to note as September starts
Data analysis, electromagnetic systems, automation and simulation represent the tech drivers of these purchases.
Opinion
Golden Dome: a generational opportunity to modernize national defense infrastructure
If built on a strong technological foundation with fiscal discipline at its core, the Golden Dome presents a rare opportunity to fortify national security while demonstrating responsible government spending, writes Cale Thorne of DMI.
Companies
Shift5 closes $75M Series C round
The seven-year-old cyber startup focuses on operational technology and touts a network of investors including Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm, AE Industrial Partners and Insight Partners.
Contracts
DLA seeks more participants in $3.2B 'C5ISR' supply contract
The Defense Logistics Agency begins an open season to get some initial markers of interest from companies not on the contract.
Companies
Quantinuum secures $600M to advance quantum computing tech
The company will work with its Honeywell parent, NVIDIA and other companies to develop a universal fault tolerant quantum computer to work on cryptography, optimization and drug discovery challenges.
Companies
Ehikian departs GSA for tech industry post
The General Services Administration's former No. 2 official is now CEO of C3 AI, an artificial intelligence firm pushing to make inroads in the federal market.
Contracts
Aerodyne-Amentum venture wins $1.8B NASA contract
The new contract is called COSMOS and includes support for systems used in NASA's primary mission control center.
Opinion