Companies

Leidos takes aim at maritime autonomy

The company wants to make waves in the surface and undersea drone markets amongst startup competitors.

Contracts

GSA signs OneGov agreement with Box

Agencies can get discounts upwards of 75% on Box's Enterprise Plus and 65% on Enterprise Advanced under this latest pact between the General Services Administration and a commercial software provider.

Companies

V2X to acquire QinetiQ's US data, services business

This 70-employee unit provides data engineering, intelligence mission support and cyber solutions to national security agencies.

Companies

Amentum shows part of its hand for Golden Dome and nuclear power

In talking with Wall Street, Amentum executives detail some work the company is doing today on missile defense and data center energy with an eye toward larger opportunities.

Contracts

CACI wins $1.6B Transportation Command software contract

The company is tasked with helping TRANSCOM stand up a new platform and based it on commercially-available tools for supply chain management.

Opinion

How GSA's contract consolidation impacts your go-to-market strategy

IT vendors and solutions providers of all stripes need to pay attention and align their strategies as the government changes how its buys products and services, writes immixGroup's Tara Franzonello.

Contracts

GSA and Anthropic ink deal for Claude AI across all government branches

Anthropic has followed in OpenAI’s footsteps to offer federal agencies its Claude model versions for $1.

Companies

Trilogy Federal restructures its C-level exec team

The company has elevated one founder to the chief executive post, while a chief delivery officer and chief technology officer are now part of the senior team.

Companies

Maximus hopes its Air Force cyber win is just a starting point

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Bruce Caswell explained how the company's opportunity pipeline for defense work led it to the $77 million award.

Companies

How CACI views DOD's push for more commercial and consolidated software buys

In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Mengucci also describes how the company's portfolio in networks is driven by work on software.

Companies

Peraton hires SAIC, CACI vet as chief growth officer

Ravi Dankanikote will lead Peraton's enterprise growth strategy that includes its business development efforts and building of customer relationships.

Opinion

Under fire, GAO explains its mission to Congress

The Government Accountability Office publishes a blog to explain its role amid threatened budget cuts and rhetoric that questions its value.

Podcasts

WT 360: One founder’s guide to making hard pivots and picking the right investor

Sophia Harris, founder and chief executive of ODRG, charts the path her company has taken since its inception in 2013 and how a full change in approach positioned it for an investment from Advantage Capital.

Companies

Tech, growth and operations leadership moves across the market

One global commercial software provider brings in a new U.S. public sector leader, while USPTO's now-former chief information officer heads to the private sector.

Companies

Software holding company acquires Monster's public sector business

Monster Government Solutions gets a new owner following a bankruptcy process undertaken by its former parent company.

Companies

Firefly captures $868M in IPO proceeds

This is the second space-focused initial public offering in as many months with both exceeding original expectations on the proceed and valuation fronts.

Companies

Small defense industrial base firms pose tempting targets for nation-state hackers, NSA official says

Some 80% of the defense industrial base are actually small firms, according to the NSA’s head of DIB security, who has helped over 200 providers identify thousands of vulnerabilities in their systems.

Companies

Intuitive Machines to acquire navigation software provider for $30M

The space exploration company is bringing in-house one of its partners, which has supported two flights to the moon.

Contracts

Accenture's federal arm awarded $937M student aid contract extension

Accenture Federal Services was the only bidder for the seven-year Education Department contract to process financial aid applications and modernize related systems.

Contracts

Army reopens $201M IT competition after protests

The Army Materiel Command will clarify requirements and evaluate revised proposals.