Contracts

Marines want uncrewed systems to sout, carry supplies and maybe attack across all domains

A new sources sought notice outlines the Marine Corps' search for vehicles and vessels to use in land, air, sea and underwater operations.

Contracts

Veterans Affairs decides to redo software license contract

The department will review its acquisition strategy for an enterprise asset management system following Four Inc.'s protest.

Contracts

NASA opens bidding for $1.8B engineering support contract

Technical expertise will trump price in this competition to provide an on-demand technical workforce across dozens of disciplines.

Contracts

GSA makes initial cut of choices for Polaris' woman-owned track

No one has been eliminated from the government-wide IT vehicle, which has a new group of 55 "apparently successful" bidders.

Companies

Constellis hires former C3 AI, CAE exec as CEO

Dan Gelston will lead the next phase of Constellis' push to incorporate technology into its portfolio of security, training and risk management services.

Contracts

CIA announces new acquisition framework to speed tech adoption

DARPA alum Efstathia Fragogiannis joined the agency as its new procurement chief in November and will be spearheading the effort, according to a CIA official.

Podcasts

WT 360: All about the landscape of government-wide contracts in 2026

Leo Alvarez and Dylan Schreiner, respectively principal and GovCon senior manager at Baker Tilly, break down how these vehicles are at the heart of contract consolidation activities and the opportunity set for companies.

Contracts

Veteran-owned business protests Army’s $5.5B sole-source Salesforce contract

TurboVets is challenging the Army's rationale for the award and claims can deliver a comparable platform and services.

Companies

Woven Solutions acquires AI tech outfit

Falfurrias Management Partners has helped Woven acquire two other businesses since first backing the company.

Companies

Manufacturing, autonomy and space venture rounds to highlight

Machina Labs, Overland AI, Skyryse and Tomorrow-dot-io detail the next phase of their strategies with new investment in place.

Contracts

CISA orders agencies to patch and replace end-of-life devices, citing active exploitation

The directive gives agencies three months to identify unsupported edge devices, a year to begin removing them and 18 months to eliminate them entirely.

Companies

DirectViz Solutions promotes Epperly to CEO

John Epperly's career prior to DVS includes leadership roles at companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton and DMI.

Opinion

The workforce capability GovCon leaders are underestimating

Under the Pentagon's new portfolio structure, delivery teams who can't gather competitive intelligence are now a business risk, and most executives don't realize how exposed they are, writes BD and capture expert Nic Coppings.

Contracts

DARPA seeks to scale photonic computing with new program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks circuit-level innovations to reduce reliance on electronics that erase photonics' speed advantages.

Contracts

Air Force charts new path to recompete nuclear missile support work

Instead of one big contract, the service branch will hold separate competitions for different lines of work to aid in the transition to a new ground-based system.

Companies

Qualis joins forces with two other space, missile defense firms

Bluestone Investment Partners first backed Qualis in 2024 and is using that company as a foundation to form a larger entity that now employs 400 people.

Companies

Private equity firm forms new defense manufacturer with two acquisitions

Ventus Industrial Partners creates Aeron Defense to build production capabilities across key military programs through a workforce ownership model.

Opinion

Why some organizations accelerate while others stall

Under the Pentagon's new Portfolio Acquisition Executive model, success depends on relationship intelligence and workforce capability—not just technical prowess, writes BD and capture expert Nic Coppings.

Contracts

Recordings prove DIA wrong in $814M intelligence contract protest

The Defense Intelligence Agency could not support its evaluation findings that dinged SOS International and Amentum.

Companies

Knexus gets DC Capital's backing

The 20-year-old company is looking to further scale its capacity for producing enterprise artificial intelligence offerings and shorten the time from development to fielding.