Rankings
Fast 50 nominations deadline extended
Washington Technology is now accepting entries through Sept. 15 for our 2026 ranking of the government market's fastest-growing small businesses.
Contracts
Beyond the platform: What the unmanned systems boom means for the GovCon market
We explore how Ukraine and Iran are rewriting the rules and reshaping opportunities at our Aug. 14 Power Breakfast.
Companies
Booz Allen's view of itself in a world of more direct tech contracts
In talking with Wall Street, Booz Allen Hamilton CEO Horacio Rozanski advocates for his company remaining a key part of making commercial products work for agencies.
Opinion
More satellites will not save us
The West is winning the numbers game in space but is missing the point. Real resilience depends on autonomy and ground-segment survivability, writes Graeme Ritchie, CEO of Shield Space.
Podcasts
WT 360: Our breakdown of the federal CIO’s departure, OneGov’s future and whatever CMMC will look like
NextGov/FCW’s executive editor Jessie Bur joins Nick and Ross to go around the world of Fed Tech, starting with the federal chief information officer’s pending exit and ending with the CMMC security standard’s murky future.
Contracts
Navy preps recompete for American Systems software engineering contract
The service branch wants to use a cost-plus structure and sees fixed-price as potentially being too expensive.
Companies
Tech, finance and growth leadership moves across the market
A trio of board appointments also feature in this listing, along with one company's designation of key executives for its Golden Dome pursuits.
Companies
ODRG bulks up national security portfolio with ASET Partners acquisition
ODRG adds enterprise IT, geospatial intelligence and cybersecurity capabilities with additional national security and homeland defense customers.
Contracts
Pentagon awards Oracle up to $7B in software consolidation deal
The agreement merges Oracle's product and licensing services into one contract, which the Defense Department estimates will result in at least $441 million in savings.
Contracts
VA awards Salesforce $1.6B contract for veteran care and services
The contract adds to existing Salesforce deployments for suicide prevention, health care communications and more.
Companies
Bluestone backs Delphinus Engineering as Navy sustainment player eyes growth
This investment brings new capital for acquisitions and capability expansion, as well as a new CEO from within.
Contracts
Selective Service System seeks software to aid the draft
If the military draft were to ever come back, this software would be used to quickly evaluate staffing and resource requirements.
Opinion
The Army changed how it buys but most contractors haven’t changed how they sell
Compressed acquisition timelines are rewarding contractors who invest in customer intelligence months before an opportunity appears. Not the ones who mobilize after it lands, writes growth expert Nic Coppings.
Companies
Knox Systems turns Microsoft investment into Azure FedRAMP partnership
The agreement lets Azure-based applications tap into Knox’s compliance platform to get authorized in as little as 90 days.
Companies
US AI labs are emerging target for foreign spies, experts warn Congress
Former officials told the House Intelligence Committee that U.S. agencies have not kept pace with China’s push to obtain advanced American AI technology.
Opinion
How Anthropic is sending a signal to the market by hiring Teresa Carlson
Her history of turning skeptical agencies into customers signals a shift for the AI pioneer from regulatory defense to an aggressive infrastructure play, writes GovExec Chief Executive Officer Tim Hartman.
Companies
Guidehouse hires Hernandez as finance chief, promotes Brown to transformation lead
Kelly Hernandez is returning to the GovCon industry, while Stuart Brown moves up to a new role tied with Guidehouse's $1.5 billion artificial intelligence investment.
Contracts
Argonne National Laboratory seeks help, resources for AI supercomputing center
The lab is casting its net far and wide for ideas on how to build, operate and finance the future National Genesis Mission Supercomputing Center of Innovation.
Contracts
Palantir invokes its favorite law again — this time against DIA's ASTRA solicitation
The company argues a task order for custom development violates the same commercial acquisition mandate that helped it break into the Army's DCGS battlefield intelligence program.
Contracts