Companies

Growth, talent and finance leadership roles across the market

A handful of developments at boards of directors also feature, along with a new industry role for a former Food and Drug Administration tech leader.

Contracts

GSA seeks ideas on AI's role in procurement overhaul

The General Services Administration is starting out with a broad scope in its newest request for information to industry.

Companies

Cryptic Vector acquires cyber research specialist

This transaction comes almost exactly one year after Enlightenment Capital invested in Cryptic Vector.

Podcasts

WT 360: SAIC Ventures’ methods for investing in and working with tech startups

Michael Hauser, managing partner for Science Applications International Corp.’s venture capital arm, walks through how this part of the company works to bring emerging technologies forward after they invest in a young company.

Contracts

FAA opens proposal window for $4.1B IT supply recompete

Small businesses will claim six out of eight seats on this contract, which is also the Transportation Department's mandatory use vehicle for standardized purchases of IT hardware and software.

Contracts

GSA starts to move on Air Force IT recompete

The General Services Administration's first notice to industry on what it is calling "2GIT Reimagined" asks about who is an original equipment manufacturer and their sales approaches.

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

Woven Solutions gets private equity backing

The three-year-old company develops cloud-native applications to help agencies in their IT modernization and enterprise tech deployment efforts.

Contracts

KBR wins $3.6B NASA health, human performance contract

The company keeps a role it has held since 2015 in helping NASA better understand health risks that come with spaceflight.

Companies

V2X to acquire QinetiQ's US data, services business

This 70-employee unit provides data engineering, intelligence mission support and cyber solutions to national security agencies.

Companies

Amentum shows part of its hand for Golden Dome and nuclear power

In talking with Wall Street, Amentum executives detail some work the company is doing today on missile defense and data center energy with an eye toward larger opportunities.

Contracts

CACI wins $1.6B Transportation Command software contract

The company is tasked with helping TRANSCOM stand up a new platform and based it on commercially-available tools for supply chain management.

Companies

Maximus hopes its Air Force cyber win is just a starting point

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Bruce Caswell explained how the company's opportunity pipeline for defense work led it to the $77 million award.

Companies

How CACI views DOD's push for more commercial and consolidated software buys

In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Mengucci also describes how the company's portfolio in networks is driven by work on software.

Podcasts

WT 360: One founder’s guide to making hard pivots and picking the right investor

Sophia Harris, founder and chief executive of ODRG, charts the path her company has taken since its inception in 2013 and how a full change in approach positioned it for an investment from Advantage Capital.

Companies

Tech, growth and operations leadership moves across the market

One global commercial software provider brings in a new U.S. public sector leader, while USPTO's now-former chief information officer heads to the private sector.

Companies

Software holding company acquires Monster's public sector business

Monster Government Solutions gets a new owner following a bankruptcy process undertaken by its former parent company.

Companies

Firefly captures $868M in IPO proceeds

This is the second space-focused initial public offering in as many months with both exceeding original expectations on the proceed and valuation fronts.

Companies

Intuitive Machines to acquire navigation software provider for $30M

The space exploration company is bringing in-house one of its partners, which has supported two flights to the moon.

Contracts

GSA, Amazon sign onto new centralized cloud pact

The General Services Administration's newest agreement under its OneGov procurement strategy also includes education and training services for employees on how to use the cloud-based tools.