Companies

Tyto Athene buys compliance automation software provider

This purchase is Tyto Athene's second during the past 12 months to focus on cyber.

Companies

In-Q-Tel invests in rare earth mineral extraction startup

China’s domination of global supply chains for these key tech ingredients helps explain why the intelligence community's venture investment arm is backing Alta Resource Technologies.

Companies

Leidos CEO sheds light on GSA dialogue and the company's strategic priorities

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Tom Bell gave Leidos' perspective on conversations with the General Services Administration about the future of federal contracting. He also dove deeper into the company's NorthStar 2030 vision and provided (some) detail on its first acquisition in three years.

Companies

SSATI closes a pair of intel-focused acquisitions

The buyer is looking to further build its core offerings in custom software development and system integration.

Contracts

Army awards $499M geospatial tech development contract

The Army doubles the pool of awardees for this new iteration of its Geospatial Research, Integration, Development and Support program.

Companies

Anduril acquires communications hardware provider

This is acquisition number nine for Anduril since it opened for business in 2017.

Contracts

Space Force picks a dozen for $237M tech development, demonstration contract

The service branch wants to establish a base of commercial spacecraft suppliers that can supply systems on a more rapid turn.

Contracts

IRS chooses 6 for $181M system testing support pact

Awardees will work with the agency to help carry out a “Final Integration Test,” which is intended to be all-encompassing and the last check before tax filing season begins.

Contracts

Booz Allen wins $743M cloud app modernization job

For this portion of its Cloud One Next program, the Air Force seeks help in analyzing what applications should move to a cloud environment and how to do so.

Opinion

ANALYSIS: GSA's new procurement strategy begins with consumer tech

The General Services Administration's push to become the government's single buyer for most IT products and services starts with a focus on some of the most common tools we use in our daily lives.

Companies

Apex, True Anomaly detail next steps after their Series C capital rounds

Both of these three-year-old space startups are looking to scale up their production postures as blueprints for programs like the Golden Dome missile defense system start to emerge.

Companies

VTG acquires radio frequency tech provider

VTG now employs 1,500 people and grows its intelligence community footprint with this acquisition.

Companies

Operations, finance and growth leadership moves across the market

One of the GovCon market's main publicly-traded companies hires a new chief human resources officer and three board appointments also feature.

Companies

How CACI aligns with the Pentagon's change in software direction

In talking with Wall Street, CACI International CEO John Mengucci breaks down how the company sees opportunities in the Defense Department's push for agile software acquisition.

Podcasts

WT 360: All about termination reversals and GSA’s consolidation push

Jeff Shapiro, government contracting advisory and regulatory assurance partner at CohnReznick, explains what happens after agencies try to undo contract terminations as well as questions raised by the General Services Administration’s push to expand its procurement power.

Companies

PSC hires former Trump official Carroll as its new leader

Jim Carroll will join the 400-member company trade association on May 19 and succeed David Berteau, who has led it for the past nine years.

Companies

C Speed appoints McLaughlin as CEO

The former deputy Cyber Command leader succeeds Dave Lysack, who founded the radar tech company in 2006 and will move into a different role

Companies

IBM lays out what it knows (so far) from the push for contract cuts

Wall Street's questions to the CEO and chief financial officer of Big Blue centered on what the company sees in the shorter-term. Should the trend line continue for more cuts, their conversation with investors is poised to shift in another direction.

Companies

PCG-SMX joint venture wins $532M Navy IT contract

Work will support an ongoing business transformation initiative at a Navy research, development, test and evaluation infrastructure division.