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.
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