Contracts

GSA selects 53 more small businesses for OASIS+

The General Services Administration is preparing formal awards and notices-to-proceed for these companies on the professional services vehicle's 8(a) track.

Companies

Xcelerate buys General Dynamics background investigation business

Xcelerate is pushing to become a part of the Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative aimed at modernizing and streamlining the security clearance process.

Companies

Aerospace Corp. promotes its next CEO from within

Tanya Pemberton will start in the role on Oct. 18 and lead a 4,800-employee organization that operates a federally-funded research-and-development center focused on space.

Podcasts

WT 360: All about pathways for tech talent into the public sector

Arun Gupta, chief executive of NobleReach Foundation, says having more 'dual citizens' of industry and government will help people understand both sides of the ecosystem and attract more talent.

Companies

How CASE sees custom as evergreen in software development

Some level of refactoring and engineering will always be needed to make commercial software work for agencies. Here is how this AE Industrial-backed company is looking at opportunities there.

Companies

Tech, finance and operations leadership moves across the market

Plus a former federal chief information officer returns to the industry she worked in as a board of directors member.

Companies

Apex closes $200M Series D investment round

The three-year-old satellite and bus maker fetched the same amount in its Series C round, giving us another data point of venture interest in space.

Companies

F5 to acquire CalypsoAI for $180M in AI security move

Lockheed Martin's arm for backing tech startups has been part of the investor network behind CalypsoAI, which designs its technology to offer a layered defense from data theft and other types of attacks.

Companies

Army chooses 49 for $10B IT hardware recompete

The Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware vehicle includes 40 small businesses as awardees.

Companies

Veritas Capital fetches $14.4B for its ninth fund

The firm initially sought to raise $13 billion for Veritas Capital Fund IX.

Contracts

GSA makes 11 official OASIS+ choices, 4 blocks of apparent awardees

The professional services vehicle's unrestricted track now has 711 primes involved and the small business portions are also adding more companies.

Contracts

Pentagon sets start date for CMMC implementation

Step one involves getting this new cyber and supply chain security standard into solicitations as the Defense Department sees the full rollout as taking three years.

Companies

Expedition Technology lands backing from Enlightenment, Razor's Edge

The 12-year-old intelligence software specialist is pushing to widen the availability of its toolset for national security agencies.

Companies

American Systems acquires managed IT, cyber provider

American Systems adds 400 new employee-owners to its staff via the company's largest-ever acquisition.

Companies

SAIC's challenges are hardly unique, but still put pressure on its outlook

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Toni Townes-Whitley gets candid about the market's volatility and how the company has pulled back some of its expectations.

Podcasts

WT 360: ICF’s pillars for its technology modernization outlook and approach

David Birken, senior vice president for digital modernization and experience at ICF, joins to go over some keys for mapping technology implementations to workforce trends and what customer delivery looks like in today’s landscape.

Companies

Microsoft hires SAP vet as corporate federal VP

Carmen Krueger joins Microsoft to help oversee its federal strategy focused on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Companies

A handful of acquisitions to note as September starts

Data analysis, electromagnetic systems, automation and simulation represent the tech drivers of these purchases.

Companies

Shift5 closes $75M Series C round

The seven-year-old cyber startup focuses on operational technology and touts a network of investors including Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm, AE Industrial Partners and Insight Partners.

Contracts

DLA seeks more participants in $3.2B 'C5ISR' supply contract

The Defense Logistics Agency begins an open season to get some initial markers of interest from companies not on the contract.