Contracts
Treasury chooses 10 for $20B cyber support pact
Appropriately dubbed PROTECTS, this blanket purchase agreement aims to set up an enterprise approach for cybersecurity across the Treasury Department.
Companies
Redwire pushes further across defense with $925M Edge Autonomy acquisition
In explaining the move to Wall Street, Redwire's chief executive Pete Cannito cites connectivity between space assets and drones closer to Earth's surface as a growth opportunity for the company.
Opinion
COMMENTARY: Army budget emphasizes security and virtual training
The $6.2 billion plan prioritizes cryptographic modernization, intelligence capabilities, and training, writes immixGroup’s Grier Eagan.
Contracts
Trump axes Biden’s AI executive order
President Donald Trump vowed to repeal the order during campaigning and in his presidential platform.
Contracts
Trump signs order setting up DOGE with a focus on government tech
Trump is wielding — and renaming — the US Digital Service in service of the DOGE.
Companies
QinetiQ's US arm appoints Vecchiolla as CEO
Tom Vecchiolla now will lead the subsidiary's work to execute the strategy of its parent company that centers around the AUKUS security partnership.
Contracts
Accenture Federal wins $3.5B Energy IT recompete
The so-called CBOSS blanket purchase agreement is the Energy Department's main mechanism for acquiring IT support services.
Opinion
COMMENTARY: Contractors embrace Trump's potential to modernize procurement
With the DOGE and Trump talking about a more modern and efficient government, contractors are offering suggestions on changes they want to see.
Contracts
GSA will ‘recommit’ to ‘founding purpose,’ says acting administrator
Stephen Ehikian, previously of Salesforce, has been tapped to serve as GSA’s acting administrator.
Contracts
DARPA looking for tools to test AI
The agency wants ways to assess the variety of threats to artificial intelligence-enabled systems deployed across DOD.
Contracts
Air Force challenges GAO after $300M satellite contract protest
The service branch wants a reconsideration after the Government Accountability Office sided with ATP Gov over certification requirements for portable satellite terminals.
Companies
Tech, operations and growth leadership moves across the market
One chief growth officer retirement and another CGO hire feature, both at Top 100 companies.
Companies
Space companies say cyber threat intelligence is often overclassified, unactionable
Space and aerospace industry feedback from a series of government-run workshops noted that such threat intelligence is difficult to translate into actionable cyber efforts.
Companies
Accenture Federal’s new CEO eyes AI-driven transformation during Trump 2.0
Ron Ash sees agencies as having opportunities ahead to modernize legacy systems and improve efficiency by harnessing the power of new tools like agentic artificial intelligence.
Companies
Stoke Space collects $260M in Series C capital
The company started in 2020 and has approval from Space Force to bid for future launches of small payloads.
Companies
BigBear appoints McAleenan as chief executive
Kevin McAleenan becomes the artificial intelligence integrator's third CEO since its public listing in 2021.
Contracts
Biden signs executive order inspired by lessons from recent cyberattacks
The order gives CISA more eyes to hunt cyber threats on government networks and directs agencies and contractors to be more transparent about the security of their software stockpiles.
Companies
US ‘has to win’ the AI innovation race, OpenAI exec says
Senior Vice President of Global Affairs Chris Lehane commended a recent executive order opening federal land to AI data center development and posited ways to encourage states to back AI development.
Companies
SEEQC closes $30M investment round
Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture capital arm and NordicNinja led the round for SEEQC, which started in 2019 with the idea of integrating classical and quantum computing techniques.
Companies