Contracts
Secure by Design is just the start, CISA official says
A program manager for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said ongoing threat vigilance is needed post-implementation of the agency’s Secure by Design framework.
Companies
Muon Space closes Series B round at $146M
The four-year-old small satellite maker has more financial resources for the development of its Earth intelligence gathering platform and to acquire another company.
Contracts
OpenAI awarded $200M DOD prototype contract
The Defense Department is eyeing administrative operations, health care and cyber as areas with potential use cases for the company's technology.
Companies
Lockheed hires former Pentagon AI lead as tech chief
Craig Martell led the development and rollout of a strategy for the Defense Department to adopt more artificial intelligence tools.
Contracts
How drone warfare fares in the 2026 budget
The president’s proposal leans heavily on one-time reconciliation dollars.
Companies
ODRG secures venture backing for national security, geospatial tech strategy
Advantage Capital is investing in the 12-year-old contractor through Empower The Change, a fund started in 2022 to exclusively provide capital to minority-owned businesses.
Contracts
Agriculture reopens cloud integration pacts for bids
Stratus is the Agriculture Department's one-stop cloud acquisition vehicle that other government agencies can also place orders against.
Contracts
General Dynamics wins $580M security tech system recompete
This new task order covers operations, maintenance and general tech refresh work on force protection systems and ground sensors.
Podcasts
WT 360: Our first takeaways from the 2025 Top 100 with more to follow
Nick is all done putting together the 32nd annual edition of our flagship rankings. For this first in a two-part episode, Nick and Ross start talking all about what this research project tells us about both the companies and market.
Contracts
KPMG, TekSnap protest elimination from $10B State Department contract
Both have gone to the Government Accountability Office with complaints about how State handled proposals for the enterprise IT vehicle.
Companies
Former USAID official, three contractors plead guilty in $550M bribery scheme
Their decades-long conspiracy involved rigged contracts, NBA tickets, mortgage payments, securities fraud and cash.
Companies
Tech, finance and operations leadership moves across the market
Also featured in this roundup: a new president for a major Energy Department-focused joint venture that helps operate the U.S.' only tritium plant.
Top 100
TOP 100: CGI Federal’s Stephanie Mango on navigating Trump’s ‘dynamic environment’
The leader of Company No. 34 on our 2025 Top 100 discusses a wide range of topics, including the General Services Administration's letters to "consulting" firms like CGI Federal and the potential for more outcome-based contracts.
Companies
Industry calls for more research funding, public-private partnerships in the National AI Strategy
AI heavy hitters cited robust research funding, participation in standards development, and public, private and academia collaboration in comments sent to policymakers.
Contracts
CBP starts to prep industry for IT, agile software recompete
Known in the shorthand as BEAGLE, this program focuses on the modernization of back-office applications through quicker processes.
Companies
PCI Federal acquires infrastructure services provider
Street Legal Industries counts the Energy Department as its largest customer and the one it is closest to by geography.
Top 100
TOP 100: How Serco Inc. uses its pivot to position for Trump priorities
Company No. 30 on our 2025 Top 100 has made acquisitions and technology investments to align it with the administration’s push for greater efficiency, lethality and modernization.
Contracts
Democrats raise alarm over AI-driven contract cuts at VA
Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said DOGE’s use of an AI tool resulted in the “wholesale slashing” of VA contracts.
Top 100
Pockets of progress: Diversity gains slow among the 2025 Top 100
The representation of women has grown among the largest companies, but the number of Black executives has declined.
Companies