Companies

Amentum promotes industry veteran to build enterprise-wide AI operating model

Amentum's new chief artificial intelligence architect describes how the company is pushing to scale grassroots innovation into mission-ready capabilities.

Companies

Amentum cites data centers, networks as core to its infrastructure strategy

In talking with Wall Street, Amentum's CEO and chief operating officer detailed what the company does today in digital infrastructure and how work with commercial clients such as telcos can apply in government.

Contracts

Amentum secures INDOPACOM supply contract after incumbent's protest denied

Amentum unseated SupplyCore for the contract to support roughly 100 military installations across Japan.

Opinion

Public offerings put GovCon in a new spotlight as SpaceX's listing looms

Think the recent run of initial public offerings over the past 16 months were big? Get ready for SpaceX to break all-time records, and its IPO is one all of GovCon should care about, even if your company does not launch anything at all.

Contracts

GAO details why KBR lost $1.8B NASA spaceflight contract

A rival joint venture’s cost advantage and KBR’s declining performance scores doomed the incumbent’s challenge.

Contracts

Protests force the Army into a second redo of $237M soldier gear contract

Amentum has won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract twice, only to face fresh challenges each time.

Contracts

KBR loses $1.8 billion NASA contract challenge to Ascend JV

KBR challenged the award twice, but the Government Accountability Office upholds NASA's choice of the the Amentum-Aerodyne joint venture.

Companies

Amentum signs lease for Reston headquarters campus

Amentum's decision comes only a few months after Booz Allen Hamilton also chose Reston, Virginia for its headquarters.

Contracts

GAO backs Army’s sole-source extension to KBR’s LOGCAP contract

A challenge by an Amentum-Parsons joint venture fell short after the Government Accountability Office found the Army’s justification for a $3.1 billion extension as reasonable.

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

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

Intel's government hires and more leadership moves across the market

This is our final roundup of key executive hires and promotions across the market for 2025.

Contracts

NASA agrees to take a second look at its $1.8B COSMOS contract following protest

Incumbent KBR successfully challenged the award to Ascend Aerospace & Technology, prompting the agency to review its evaluation and best-value determination.

Podcasts

WT 360: Amentum’s post-merger growth strategy targets space, energy and defense

CEO John Heller discusses the company's positioning in markets such as nuclear power for artificial intelligence data centers, space systems, and multi-domain defense solutions.

Companies

A trio of CEO transitions and more leadership moves to note as fiscal 2026 arrives

Our newest listing of key hires and promotions includes three new chief financial officers and two new chief operating officers. A former Air Force deputy chief information officer is now in industry as well.

Contracts

Amentum wins $955M contract to maintain Air Force's Reaper fleet

The new five-year award continues Amentum's support of the long-endurance drone across U.S. bases and overseas locations.

Contracts

Companies successfully challenge $237M Army award to Amentum

The Army backs away from its award for protective equipment following a pair of protests, so the branch can re-evaluate proposals and make a new award decision.

Contracts

Aerodyne-Amentum venture wins $1.8B NASA contract

The new contract is called COSMOS and includes support for systems used in NASA's primary mission control center.

Contracts

DTRA awards $3.5B recompete of counter-WMD support contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency uses this program to acquire research, training and other professional services to help partner countries fight the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Contracts

Contractors battle over $237M Army protective equipment award

Two companies challenge Amentum's win of a gear improvement program covering boots, uniforms, and sniper camouflage.