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Budget would cut Pentagon research by one-third. Can industry compensate?

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Budget would cut Pentagon research by one-third. Can industry compensate?

An engineer with the Army's C5ISR Center works on ways to use 5G technology to push data to the tactical edge using soldiers’ existing devices at Joint Base McGuire-Dix, New Jersey, on Jan. 7, 2026.

Tech firms are more willing to spend their own money on R&D.

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Opinion

Why your program managers are winning deliverables but losing recompetes

Execution excellence can become the enemy of on-contract growth, writes business development expert Nic Coppings.

  • By Nic Coppings
Contracts

NASA seeks commercial contractor to build new Mars communications network

Only companies that worked on the Mars Sample Return program need apply, narrowing the field to a handful of space industry heavyweights.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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XLA hires former Octo exec as CEO

James Vant spent 15 years at Octo and helped shape it to eventually be acquired by IBM.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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DHA starts the bidding for $300M tech deployment support contract

The Defense Health Agency has structured this multiple-award effort to focus on health care delivery and operational medicine.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Contracts

As aircraft losses mount, Pentagon wants a software fix to see through the fog of war

The Defense Department is looking to update how older planes see each other and absorb data.

  • By Patrick Tucker
Contracts

See where Trump is looking to make staffing cuts next year and where he wants to grow

The White House wants to stabilize the size of the federal workforce overall in FY27, though some agencies would still experience large reductions.

  • By Eric Katz
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DCSA launches $495M background check support solicitation

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency moves ahead on the next iteration of a contract that supports continuous vetting efforts.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Opinion

Budget pressure is simplifying federal procurement, and separating winners from losers

LPTA, HTRO and controlled competition are rewriting the rules of federal contracting, writes Katie Helwig, president of Mild Red LLC.

  • By Katie Helwig
Opinion

The war against fraud should be a war for tech modernization

COMMENTARY | Combating fraud is a noble exercise, but combating longstanding systemic barriers to innovation and performance is often harder.

  • By Stan Soloway
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GAO details why KBR lost $1.8B NASA spaceflight contract

A rival joint venture’s cost advantage and KBR’s declining performance scores doomed the incumbent’s challenge.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Opinion

New cyber strategy shifts attention to cloud and supply chain security

The strategy's six pillars include shaping adversary behavior and securing critical infrastructure through enhanced supply chain requirements, writes Gina Scinta, deputy chief technology officer of Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies.

  • By Gina Scinta
Contracts

Too little, too late: GAO dismisses Z SofTech’s SEWP VI protest

The company missed deadlines and filed bare-bone objections in its bid to challenge elimination from the IT competition.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Contracts

DOD prioritizes prototyping in $1.4B research contract recompete

The Defense Department seeks industry expertise in artificial intelligence, hypersonics and electronic warfare for emerging technology efforts.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Contracts

Trump’s FY27 budget proposes boosts and cuts to tech operations

Agencies like CISA, NIST and the IRS would see notable reductions in their budgets for next year, while programs at Energy and the VA would get additional financial support.

  • By Alexandra Kelley, Edward Graham and David DiMolfetta
Companies

Astrion hires former Sierra Space CEO Vice as new leader

Brightstar Capital Partners formed Astrion in 2023 and the company has been on an aggressive expansion push since.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Opinion

How 20 airports are avoiding spring break security lines

Jim Carroll, CEO of the Professional Services Council, highlights the Transportation Security Agency's Screening Partnership Program as a model for future collaboration between government and industry.

  • By Jim Carroll
Companies

Growth, tech and operations leadership moves across the market

Our newest listing of key appointments across the market also includes a board of directors role for a longtime intelligence community leader.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Opinion

Stop trying to prevent every cyberattack. Start planning to survive one.

Iran-linked intrusions targeting defense software suppliers are a wake-up call for agencies and contractors, writes Gary Barlet, public sector CTO at Illumio.

  • By Gary Barlet
Companies

Antaris closes $28M Series A capital round

Lockheed Martin's venture arm is a new investor in this five-year-old startup, which develops software for satellite makers to look at all lifecycles of missions in a digital twin environment.

  • By Ross Wilkers