SBA formally reopens size standards comment period after portal lag
SBA formally reopens size standards comment period after portal lag
Opinion
The defense industrial base’s disappearing middle
Raising small-business size standards is a good start. But if we want more competition at the top of the defense market, we need to stop eliminating tomorrow’s competitors on their way there, writes Matthew Kasberg, CEO of Odyssey Systems.
Companies
Tech, growth and operations leadership moves across the market
A handful of additions to boards of directors also feature in this listing of new key hires and promotions.
Contracts
GAO sustains protest against WidePoint's $3B DHS mobility win
Turning Point Global Solutions wins its challenge to the evaluation, but the Government Accountability Office rejects conflict-of-interest claims against the incumbent.
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Contracts
CGI Federal, DLA team up to test quantum and agentic AI for logistics
The Quantum Pathfinder effort with the University of Tennessee will target warehouse and supply chain challenges with a focus on improving resilience.
Companies
ARA hires L3Harris vet Gattle as chief executive
Antenna Research Associates has been owned by OceanSound Partners since 2024.
Contracts
Agriculture to go down LPTA path for software tool buy
The Agriculture Department gives small businesses less than a week to turn around quotes.
Contracts
GSA claims it found $1.2B in suspected COVID-related contracting fraud
The agency previously said it found $13 billion in suspected procurement-related fraud and is investigating other sources of potential fraud.
Contracts
Navy adds $876M to L3Harris Growler jammer award as production nears
The added scope covers production tooling, more test pods and cybersecurity work for the U.S. Navy and Australia's air force.
Contracts
Booz Allen expands research work with $85M AFRL design contract
The 10-year award focuses on integrated design of aircraft, propulsion and power systems.
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Contracts
Veterans Affairs previews timeline for enterprise AI services competition
A final solicitation for the potential three-year contract is just around the corner and will task the winner with rolling out artificial intelligence capabilities to 540,000 users.
Contracts
GAO gives Battelle narrow reopening to win $8B Antarctica contract
The Government Accountability Office rejected most of the challenges in Battelle's protest, but found the National Science Foundation improperly credited KBR with an affiliate's past performance record.
Contracts
DHS exploring new biosurveillance capabilities as biological threats evolve, officials say
DHS Science and Technology Directorate officials said emerging technologies are forcing the agency to rethink how it detects biological agents.
Contracts
SBA reopens size standard comment period, slashes estimates of its impacts
The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy now says only 4,000 to 6,000 companies would become small businesses, not the 115,000 originally estimated.
Companies
B&A acquires secure communication tech developer
Intelligent Waves designs its products for agencies to use for modernization and edge communications initiatives.
Contracts
NOAA unveils first blueprint for mobile device management contract
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants a cloud-hosted offering to manage its inventory of devices that run off the Apple, Microsoft and Google operating systems.
Contracts
NATO’s thumbs-up for AWS shows Europe still needs America
The company has become the first cloud provider to win approval to handle sensitive data for all alliance members.
Opinion
How agentic systems are reshaping government contracting
Treat autonomy as a dial, not a switch: start narrow, log everything and let AI agents earn trust overtime, writes Atul Arya, founder and CEO of Blackstraw AI.
Contracts
Space Force starts to craft satellite communications integration contract
The service branch gives industry an initial glimpse at its plan to hire a technical integrator for mission planning, resource management and other functions.
Contracts