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Contracts
Boeing wins $2.8B Space Force contract for nuclear communications satellites
The Evolved Strategic Satellites will provide jam-resistant communications to support U.S. nuclear command and control systems.
Contracts
Feds launch five-year contract to enhance tracking of Gulf oil spill restoration efforts
Web-based system provides ongoing oversight of ecosystem restoration 15-years after the massive Deepwater Horizon spill.
Companies
B&A acquires Hexagon Federal’s defense, intelligence portfolio
The transaction gives B&A access to more contract vehicles and geospatial expertise.
Contracts
Palantir challenges DIA's sole-source contract plan
The company argues federal acquisition laws require the Defense Intelligence Agency conduct a competition, echoing the 2016 court win involving an Army contract.
Contracts
VA T4NG2 court case continues with two dozen protests remaining
The Veterans Affairs Department has added three protesters to the pool of winners, but 24 unhappy bidders face a July 14 deadline to decide whether to continue their legal fight.
Contracts
Navy seeks unmanned heavy-lift aircraft for Marine Corps supply mission
The service branch will go outside the traditional procurement lanes to acquire a platform that can carry 1,300 pounds and operate in a 115-mile range.
Contracts
Protests hit newest round of GSA's OASIS+ small business selections
Five companies are arguing that they should also be on the government-wide professional services vehicle's apparent winners list.
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.
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.
Contracts
KPMG, TekSnap protest elimination from $10B State Department contract
Both have gone to the Government Accountability Office with complaints about how State handled proposals for the enterprise IT vehicle.
Companies
Former USAID official, three contractors plead guilty in $550M bribery scheme
Their decades-long conspiracy involved rigged contracts, NBA tickets, mortgage payments, securities fraud and cash.
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.
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
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.
Top 100
How we get our Top 100 numbers
Our rankings are based on an analysis of reports in the Federal Procurement Data System.
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.
Opinion
ANALYSIS: Where true bid protest reform should start
Challenges occur in a mere 2.2% of all federal contracts, a number that could go even lower with more training of acquisition professionals and higher-quality debriefings.
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