Podcasts

WT 360: The 2025 Top 100 also is a roadmap for next year and beyond

Nick and Ross carry on their 2025 Top 100 conversation by highlighting some key tension points government and industry are sorting through five months into the Trump administration and what that foreshadows about the future.

Companies

Lockheed hires former Pentagon AI lead as tech chief

Craig Martell led the development and rollout of a strategy for the Defense Department to adopt more artificial intelligence tools.

Contracts

General Dynamics wins $580M security tech system recompete

This new task order covers operations, maintenance and general tech refresh work on force protection systems and ground sensors.

Podcasts

WT 360: Our first takeaways from the 2025 Top 100 with more to follow

Nick is all done putting together the 32nd annual edition of our flagship rankings. For this first in a two-part episode, Nick and Ross start talking all about what this research project tells us about both the companies and market.

Companies

Tech, finance and operations leadership moves across the market

Also featured in this roundup: a new president for a major Energy Department-focused joint venture that helps operate the U.S.' only tritium plant.

Top 100

TOP 100: CGI Federal’s Stephanie Mango on navigating Trump’s ‘dynamic environment’

The leader of Company No. 34 on our 2025 Top 100 discusses a wide range of topics, including the General Services Administration's letters to "consulting" firms like CGI Federal and the potential for more outcome-based contracts.

Contracts

CBP starts to prep industry for IT, agile software recompete

Known in the shorthand as BEAGLE, this program focuses on the modernization of back-office applications through quicker processes.

Top 100

TOP 100: How Serco Inc. uses its pivot to position for Trump priorities

Company No. 30 on our 2025 Top 100 has made acquisitions and technology investments to align it with the administration’s push for greater efficiency, lethality and modernization.

Top 100

Pockets of progress: Diversity gains slow among the 2025 Top 100

The representation of women has grown among the largest companies, but the number of Black executives has declined.

Companies

Anduril's Series G round and more venture moves to highlight

The venture arms of Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, Science Applications International Corp. and RTX feature in this snapshot of new investment rounds focused on automation, facility access, semiconductors and space.

Companies

Navigating change: a view from the front row

Carahsoft's founder and president Craig Abod shares insights on the ongoing shifts in the federal market and how they are reshaping the contractor landscape.

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.

Contracts

Army chooses 18 for $3B energy services recompete

The Army awards this fourth iteration of its Energy Savings Performance Contracts program.

Companies

IBM bets on novel error-correction for scalable quantum computing

The company’s forthcoming quantum processor, IBM Starling, was unveiled today, with officials saying it promises efficiency without burdensome overhead.

Companies

2025's Top 100 rankings reveal a market in major upheaval

The first year-over-year decline in prime contracts since 2016 signals a growing divide between civilian and defense spending. Even before Trump's priorities kick in.

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.

Companies

CACI gets second chance at $428M contract after successful protest

The company challenged how the Defense Logistics Agency evaluated a financial modernization task order under the JETS 2.0 vehicle.

Contracts

Court ruling in Groundswell case adds confusion over OTA protests

The judge hearing this case over a $1 billion Army business systems competition creates a "jurisdictional blackout" during the prototype phase. He also acknowledges the question over when and how these contracts can be protested remains unsettled.

Companies

Be one of the first to see the 2025 Washington Technology Top 100

Join us Monday for the rankings debut and insights from CGI Federal’s president Stephanie Mango on how to navigate GovCon’s evolving landscape.

Companies

Parsons' agenda for 2025 after zeroing out State Department contract

In talking with a Wall Street audience, chief executive Carey Smith explains why Parsons is not counting on anything from that program. Then the conversation turns to air traffic control modernization and missile defense work, including potentially Golden Dome.