Contracts
SAIC wins $55M Space Development Agency integration contract
SAIC will take on systems engineering and related support work for SDA's emerging satellite network.
Companies
Lockheed to acquire Amentum product unit for $360M
Amentum's Rapid Solutions team manufactures communications and other tactical systems for national security programs.
Companies
Northrop takes $477M loss on B-21 to speed up production, cover materials costs
Anticipated losses on the stealth bomber’s first five production lots have now surpassed $2 billion.
Contracts
Leidos wins second chance at keeping $89B cancer research lab contract
The National Institutes of Health is asking for new proposals following the protest of the 25-year award to a University of California-led alliance.
Companies
Industry eyes ‘wicked hard’ Golden Dome space interceptor challenge
Defense companies are eager to stake claims in Trump’s Golden Dome vision.
Companies
Lockheed's CEO reacts to Trump's acquisition overhaul orders
In talking with Wall Street, Jim Taiclet highlights how many of the regulations and statutes that have evolved over decades look poised to be "really scrutinized and reduced."
Contracts
Small business owner wants Congress to protect OSDBU offices
One founder and CEO launches a video campaign amidst fear that if cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services spread across government, small businesses like his will lose access to critical resources and opportunities.
Contracts
DOD opens proposal window for $510M data, analytics contract
The Defense Department structured this multiple-award effort to further enable the use of data in managing force structure and mission activities.
Contracts
ANALYSIS: A less burdened customer collective also means a more powerful one
Don't confuse the Trump administration's push for agencies to have a leaner acquisition framework as making everything easier for contractors. Keeping them as customers might just get harder.
Opinion
A silent end for NITAAC?
Both websites for the National Institutes of Health's CIO-SP and CIO-CS contract vehicles are dark, leading to questions over whether the long-time contract vehicles are being shuttered.
Opinion
Maintain to sustain: why CMMC is a continued practice
Dr. Thomas Graham, vice president and chief information security officer at Redspin, lays out key principles for contractors to follow in the preparation and execution of their compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
Podcasts
WT 360: Our EIC Frank Konkel on GSA, Google and the government as a single whole customer
Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec’s publications including us, jumps in to go over Google’s massive discounted offering to agencies and how that pact with the General Services Administration will not be the last like it.
Companies
Growth, operations and tech leadership moves across the market
A trio of board of directors additions also feature in this newest catalog of key hires, promotions and appointments.
Opinion
3 essentials for AI-powered procurement in a new era of efficiency
Akash Mandavilli, CEO of GovEagle, lays out the foundational pillars that government contractors need to reach a breakthrough in using artificial intelligence for procurement processes.
Contracts
Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI authorized for all defense operations
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence offerings are now available at the highest impact level classification for the Defense Department.
Opinion
New era for contractors begin with coming changes to GSA’s pricing policies
September brings an end to pandemic-era pricing restrictions and with more flexibility for schedule holders, writes immixGroup contract specialist Amelia Bock.
Companies
Lockheed promotes Scott to finance chief
Now-former CFO Jay Malave is leaving the defense giant after three years there.
Companies
Shield AI acquires pilot analysis software suite
This is the defense tech unicorn's latest move to create more trust between human pilots and autonomy tools.
Opinion
The president’s procurement order offers a real opportunity. Let’s not squander it
Stan Soloway, longtime acquisition observer, explains how making changes in government procurement happen requires learning from lessons of the past.
Podcasts