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.

Companies

KBR plans spinoff of government business

This new, independent publicly-traded company would hit the market by mid-to-late 2026.

Contracts

KBR wins $3.6B NASA health, human performance contract

The company keeps a role it has held since 2015 in helping NASA better understand health risks that come with spaceflight.

Companies

Tech, growth and operations leadership moves across the market

One global commercial software provider brings in a new U.S. public sector leader, while USPTO's now-former chief information officer heads to the private sector.

Companies

Sales, defense and tech leadership roles across the market

Plus one company in the upper quadrant of our 2025 Top 100 realigns its executive reporting tree upon a major departure and a second hires an executive to steer Golden Dome pursuits.

Contracts

State Department awards $5B global stability support contract

The GLOBALCAP contract covers a wide range of services across areas such as training and mentoring, logistics and equipment support.

Companies

CAE's chief executive transition and more moves to note

Several key hires and promotions in functions such as operations, business development and technology also feature.

Contracts

NASA extends KBR’s $250M Wallops range contract

The agency says it would be too disruptive to compete a new contract right now as the facility takes on more launches including commercial and hypersonic vehicles.

Contracts

DOD seeks initial feedback on recompete of $48B tech research vehicle

The Defense Department specifically wants industry input on the future contract's structure and how it could widen the scope for one area of work.

Companies

The public company acquirer remains a unicorn in the M&A action

While in the minority, this group of serial buyers requires a different sort of attention and conversation given that they are publicly-traded and have to explain it all.

Companies

Health, operations and talent leadership moves across the market

Three former GovCon CEOs also take up seats at boards of directors, including a founder who sold her company to one of the market's blue bloods.

Contracts

Navy chooses 41 for $249M acquisition lifecycle contract

Awardees will be responsible for carrying out analytical, technical and managerial efforts that aid in sensitive activities.

Contracts

KBR wins $176M Air Force space surveillance support contract

Work will take place at a site in Hawaii that has operated since the 1950s and was originally stood up to monitor Cold War-era missile tests.

Companies

Science, tech and operations leadership moves across the market

Our final roundup of key executive promotions and hires for 2024 involves a bit of foreshadowing for one company in the upper quadrant of our Top 100.

Contracts

Space Force awards 12 seats on 'Hemisphere' advisory contract

The service branch hires a pool of companies to help it manage all phases of program lifecycles that include technology development and anomaly resolution, among others.

Contracts

GAO finds flaws in Army’s LOGCAP V task order awards

The government watchdog recommends the Army re-evaluate proposals after protests by KBR and V2X.

Companies

KBR to acquire LinQuest for $737 million

This is KBR's latest in a multi-year series of moves to build out its space business.

Podcasts

WT 360: KBR's Top 100 footprints extend across the globe

Byron Bright, president of U.S. government solutions at KBR, describes how Company No. 17's work for that particular client set extends well beyond America to include its allies and where technology fits into the bigger picture.

Contracts

Multiple protests hit LOGCAP V task orders

A handful of orders are hit with protests and counter-protests as the four primes for the Army's global logistics vehicle compete for work.

Top 100

TOP 100: KBR lays out its innovation and business agenda

The president of company No. 17's U.S. government business highlights space and the AUKUS security partnership as priorities and avenues for continued growth.