Contracts
IBM wins $930M federal employee travel system contract
The General Services Administration expects 124 civilian agencies to transition to the new system by June 2027.
Podcasts
WT 360: Nextgov/FCW’s Natalie Alms on skills-based hiring across public sector
Natalie Alms, who covers technology workforce matters for our partner publication NextgovFCW, jumps in to explain how government agencies and their contractors are changing some job requirements for new employees.
Contracts
CMS pulls the plug on $6.6B call center recompete
The incumbent Maximus filed a lawsuit after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put a labor harmony agreement into the solicitation, but CMS has essentially ended the argument.
Companies
Inversion closes $44M Series A round
Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm is one of a handful of investors in this company looking to further enable autonomous delivery and re-entry from space.
Companies
Maximus' big watch item for 2025 is Trump 2.0
In talking with investors, Maximus CEO Bruce Caswell points to those being appointed to key positions in the second Trump administration as one big factor for the company and industry heading into 2025.
Companies
DOD reveals first draft of $15B artificial intelligence contract
The Defense Department wants more companies in the fold for Advana, a multi-domain analytics and AI platform that DOD wants to further scale out.
Companies
BlueHalo acquires underwater robotic tech provider
The technologies that VideoRay specializes in are also what it will bring to AeroVironment, when the latter closes its acquisition of BlueHalo.
Podcasts
WT 360: All about V2X’s new chapter of optimization
Jeremy Wensinger, V2X’s chief executive since June, goes over how the company is looking past the heavy-lifting of integration after the 2022 merger that created it and focusing on taking the broader portfolio to market.
Companies
Space, finance and talent leadership leadership moves across the market
Two of the government market's most notable publicly-traded companies also announce the newest members of their boards of directors.
Contracts
Assertive Professionals wins $127M MDA professional services contract
The Missile Defense Agency made this award as part of its family of contracts known as TEAMS.
Companies
CoreStack enters federal market through acquisition
Karthhik Consulting's team of 125 employees provide cloud security and compliance offerings to federal agencies, a new set of customers for CoreStack whose primary clients have been in financial services and health care.
Companies
CACI details the tech and talent legs of its strategy
Investor day presentations like this newest one from CACI are an opportunity to go deeper into a company's strategy. Here are some main takeaways from two key portions of the event.
Companies
How LMI incubated its own generative AI tool before going to market
LIGER emerged out of the company's technology studio and while data scientists built it, the grander goal was for everyone to use it.
Companies
AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo in $4.1B transaction
BlueHalo's strategy and vision since its inception can be seen through its tagline "Transforming the Future of Global Defense" and now it becomes a major building block for a large defense technology company.
Companies
Enlightenment unveils fifth fund with $825M raised
Enlightenment Capital's reveal of its newest investment vehicle coincides with a rebrand of the workflow and regulatory software provider it acquired in the spring.
Companies
NCR's federal arm wins $335M commissary tech support recompete
The effort covers grocery and household good stores at military facilities that have point-of-sale systems and software.
Podcasts
WT 360: Where Amentum wants to go next following its big merger
Steve Arnette, chief operating officer at Amentum, explains how this new version of the company sees itself in the global government services landscape and what it means to have a “technology-enabled growth strategy.”
Companies
For Your Information hires Sami as president
This woman-owned small business completed a merger in 2021 and is now charting the next phase of its strategy.
Contracts
DOD adds trio to $48B tech research vehicle
The Defense Department now has 44 companies that support the preservation and sharing of information and knowledge related to military technology.
Companies