Companies

Salesforce signs $5.5B contract with the Army

The vehicle will be open to the entire Defense Department and broadens access to the company’s artificial intelligence, data and cloud technologies over the next 10 years.

Companies

Leidos' plan for revenue synergies in Entrust acquisition

Artificial intelligence tools, new markets and cross-selling are driving Leidos' business case for the $2.4 billion acquisition.

Companies

Leidos makes $2.4B bet on utility infrastructure with Entrust acquisition

This will be Leidos' largest purchase since 2016 and doubles its energy business. As Leidos' homeland security unit president told us, artificial intelligence helping to drive a trillion-dollar grid modernization push as computing power needs grow.

Companies

SBA suspends 1,000 8(a) contractors for missing data submission deadline

These companies now have until Feb. 19 to submit financial records, but their reinstatement remains uncertain.

Contracts

GSA wants answers from resellers about markups and equipment maker relationships

A new sources sought notice includes a set of questions about pricing and services, plus explanations on the fees charged by value-added resellers.

Companies

Deltek lays off 275 workers in global workforce reduction

The software and market intelligence company cites "investment in long-term growth" as its reason for the cuts.

Contracts

Pentagon launches wide 8(a) review, targeting billions in awards

Secretary Pete Hegseth said only contracts that can pass a "lethality" test will survive.

Companies

Katie Arrington departs DOD to rejoin private sector

CMMC's standard bearer is joining quantum computing company IonQ as its chief information officer.

Opinion

OPINION: Federal equity investments raise troubling questions about picking winners and losers

From L3Harris Technologies to Intel, the Trump administration is taking stakes in defense companies with little transparency and no clear conflict-of-interest safeguards.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT books $120M Air Force zero trust contract

The task order, awarded through the Next Generation Gateway program, will deliver cybersecurity solutions to 1 million users across 187 bases worldwide.

Contracts

Guidehouse taps out of its Coast Guard protest

The company has withdrawn its challenges related to a $99 million financial management support contract won by Kearney.

Contracts

Slingshot to bring AI to Space Force training programs

The company will use its TALOS artificial intelligence solution to mirror real world threats.

Companies

Luminary Cloud expands physics AI toolkit with defense-focused models

The company designed its new SHIFT models to address collaborative combat aircraft, autonomous submarines, and fluid dynamics challenges.

Companies

New partnership targets federal equity investment wave

Clark Street Associates and Finalis team up as the Trump administration looks to acquire more equity stakes in companies.

Contracts

GAO denies final protest against NOAA’s ProTech 2.0 contract

Strong past performance was not enough to overcome weaker scores for management and technical experience.

Contracts

Supreme Court lets stand ruling that blocks subcontractors from protesting

Percipent's effort to replicate Palantir’s protest strategy falls short, cementing the traditional definition of what is an "interested party."

Contracts

GovCIO loses GAO IT services recompete to SAIC

The agency's protest adjudication arm found Science Applications International Corp.'s lower-priced bid was technically acceptable.

Opinion

Slapping ‘commercial’ on a contract does not make it so

A new Air Force sources sought notice on supporting nuclear missiles highlights gaps between rhetoric and reality.

Contracts

Guidehouse loses protest of $151M USCIS contract

IBM is cleared to begin work on supporting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services networks, data centers and cloud systems.