Contracts

MDA chooses small biz JV for $347M planning support contract

VetTech will be at the center of the Missile Defense Agency's contribution to the so-called PPBE cycle for resource allocation across the Defense Department.

Contracts

Pentagon’s AI office awards Palantir a contract to create a data-sharing ecosystem

The Pentagon’s marketplace for quickly onboarding new tech solutions helped Palantir receive its contract in 30 days.

Companies

Deloitte acquires disease surveillance business

This marks the consulting firm's second purchase in as many months that focuses on public health.

Contracts

Protest ping-pong engulfs $345M Veterans Affairs contract

GovCIO and General Dynamics IT continue to trade blows as the file conversion contract has turned into a perpetual loop of protests and corrective actions.

Companies

TRANSCOM starts the bidding for $1.6B logistics management platform contract

Transportation Command will choose a single company to help stand up the system and base it on commercially-available supply chain software.

Companies

Tyto Athene builds managed cyber service offerings via acquisition

Tyto is looking to provide a more fully-integrated approach to agencies for their network security postures.

Contracts

ManTech, GovCIO renew protests over $171M TSA award

The Transportation Security Agency chose Maximus to support various IT systems for a second time, but the protesters continue to claim TSA's decision has flaws.

Contracts

Air Force chooses 14 for $220M geospatial support contract

Air Force leaders sought a pool of contractors to help facilitate enhanced and shared situational awareness.

Contracts

Judge sets schedule for CIO-SP4 protests

The National Institutes of Health's IT arm has about four weeks to file its administrative record for the $50 billion CIO-SP4 IT contract, followed by other deadlines through the summer and fall.

Contracts

NIST taps Analygence to help fix vulnerability database backlog

The standards agency has been unable to keep up with the inflow of system vulnerabilities being reported to its database.

Podcasts

WT 360: All about Telos' post-IPO journey

Telos Corp.'s chief executive John Wood joins to review the security technology company's four years since its initial public offering and preview the pathway it has laid out for a return to growth.

Opinion

FBI remains silent on who won ITSSS-2

A full week has passed since the FBI said it made 95 awards for the $7 billion IT pact, but there is no official word on who those winners are.

Contracts

Former vice chief of naval operations arrested on bribery, conspiracy charges

Robert Burke, a retired four-star, is alleged to have steered work toward a services company while he was commanding Naval Forces Europe-Africa.

Companies

Talent, finance and tech leadership moves across the market

Plus a trio of changes are happening at one of the small satellite market's startups.

Contracts

Guidehouse resurrects protest after a DOD award again goes to Deloitte

Guidehouse claims the Defense Department did not conduct an adequate investigation into claims that a DOD official had a potential conflict-of-interest.

Contracts

DTRA chooses 9 for $4B counter-WMD tech contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency breaks out the awards in pools respectively focused on technology, operations and targeting.

Companies

Castellum promotes next CEO from within

Glen Ives first joined Castellum in 2019 as chief growth officer after a one-year stint as CEO at Sabre Systems.

Companies

BCS acquires Allegient in energy, defense market push

NowVertical Group lines up a buyer for the Allegient Defense business approximately two years after acquiring it.

Contracts

NOAA looks to sharpen solar storm forecasts with new satellite

The agency’s GOES-U satellite, scheduled to launch next month, will include an advanced instrument, called a compact coronagraph, to provide scientists with faster, more reliable data about solar storms.

Contracts

DHS sets its research sights on 8 emerging technologies

The Department of Homeland Security’s Innovation, Research and Development Strategic Plan focuses its investments over the next seven years on AI, cybersecurity, biotech and more.