Contracts

MDA awards 1,014 companies slots on $151B Golden Dome contract vehicle

The Missile Defense Agency is making staggered awards for the SHIELD contract as it works through 2,463 proposals with more winners and likely protests to come.

Contracts

State gets moving on more awards for $10B enterprise IT contract

The department makes selections for Evolve's network and telecommunication services category, plus the cloud and data center services portion.

Contracts

Accenture prevails in battle for $3.5B Energy contract

Accenture's federal subsidiary clears an investigation over an alleged conflict-of-interest and will continue providing enterprise IT and business support services.

Companies

Leidos sounds unfazed by GSA's push to centralize software buys

As Leidos CEO Tom Bell told a group of reporters, the company is "more interested in the system we can build around all of the widgets" to make technology work better for government.

Companies

Leidos takes aim at maritime autonomy

The company wants to make waves in the surface and undersea drone markets amongst startup competitors.

Companies

Leidos CEO: cost, efficiency conversations with customers are shifting

In talking with Wall Street, Tom Bell says the customer dialogue tide is turning from "simply slash-and-burn" and more toward what the longer term should look like.

Companies

Strategic discipline drives Leidos’ continued Top 100 dominance

For Company No. 1 on our 2025 Top 100, its NorthStar 2030 strategy guides major portfolio decisions ranging from its Antarctica exit to the Kudu Dynamics acquisition.

Companies

Leidos to let go of $8B Antarctica contract

Work for the National Science Foundation at the South Pole does not fit in with the growth pillars in Leidos' NorthStar 2030 vision, its chief growth officer tells us.

Contracts

ManTech’s FBI protest once again falls short

The Government Accountability Office dismisses the challenge to return-to-office requirements and denies complaints about the evaluation.

Companies

Leidos bets on offensive cyber with $300M Kudu acquisition

The purchase seeks to fulfill growing demand for converged cyber-electronic warfare solutions.

Contracts

CBP previews traveler vetting software recompete

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has obligated $556.9 million in order volume against the current pact, which is aligned to CBP's larger cloud migration effort.

Contracts

NSF launches $8B Antarctica research recompete

The National Science Foundation has maintained its presence on the southern continent since 1959 and Leidos has held the current contract to work there since 2011.

Contracts

DHS scraps $2.4B cyber contract amid reorganization

The Homeland Security Department terminates the award to Leidos after a year-long protest battle, but for reasons unrelated to the dispute.

Companies

Leidos CEO sheds light on GSA dialogue and the company's strategic priorities

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Tom Bell gave Leidos' perspective on conversations with the General Services Administration about the future of federal contracting. He also dove deeper into the company's NorthStar 2030 vision and provided (some) detail on its first acquisition in three years.

Contracts

Army awards $499M geospatial tech development contract

The Army doubles the pool of awardees for this new iteration of its Geospatial Research, Integration, Development and Support program.

Contracts

Leidos wins second chance at keeping $89B cancer research lab contract

The National Institutes of Health is asking for new proposals following the protest of the 25-year award to a University of California-led alliance.

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

Industry layoffs mount as cancelled contracts and DOGE efforts take hold

Just shy of 2,500 workers in Maryland and Virginia are poised to lose their jobs as 13 companies issue mass layoff notice.

Companies

A baker's dozen corporate leadership moves to note as spring arrives

This new listing of key hires and promotions across the government market also coincides with the ending of 2025's first quarter.

Companies

Retired Leidos exec shares how the company instilled agility into its corporate culture

Gerry Fasano looks back at a 41-year career and why his favorite job was leading the integration of the Lockheed Martin IS&GS services business into Leidos, which essentially created a new company.