Companies

Tech, roadmap and talent leadership moves across the market

One of the aerospace-and-defense sector's blue chip players also undertakes a leadership transition for one of its business segments.

Contracts

New US cyber official wants ‘brutal honesty’ on industry collaboration efforts

CISA’s new cybersecurity official Jeff Greene wants to know where the agency can improve on collaboration efforts that have been previously criticized for their misdirection.

Opinion

Get focused before going out on your own

Marketing guru Mark Amtower explains why you need a strategy that clearly differentiates your skillsets when you try to launch your own consulting firm.

Companies

Saronic fetches $175M in Series B round

The two-year-old autonomous surface vessel maker has big plans for the production and research-and-development legs of its strategy.

Contracts

Serco secures $238M PBGC customer service follow-on

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation first chose Serco Inc. for the program in 2019 and is looking to build upon that work.

Contracts

Magee Technologies wins $175M Navy prototyping support contract

Navy officials sought to hire a small business that could work help the branch in activities such as manufacturing and demonstration for aircraft.

Opinion

How to share your M&A story and keep employees

Public relations practitioner Joyce Bosc explains the strategies that can help you keep your people during a transaction.

Exclusive Contracts

US taps IBM for 5-year contract to boost European, Eurasian allies’ cyber posture

Officials are concerned that a lack of institution building in such nations will allow digital adversaries to gain a larger foothold in allied countries’ networks.

Contracts

CIO-SP3 now stretches into 2025 amid recompete's holding pattern

Technical issues related to the large volume of records surrounding the CIO-SP4 contract are getting in the way of the court case moving ahead.

Opinion

The rewards and risks of investing in GenAI for proposal development

Companies must weigh multiple factors when deciding how and what to invest in when picking a path forward with generative artificial intelligence for proposal development, writes Bruce Feldman of Lohfeld Consulting Group.

Contracts

DHS generative AI pilot embraces hiccups of emerging tech

Michael Boyce, director of the AI Corps at the Department of Homeland Security, said a pilot program using generative artificial intelligence to train new asylum and refugee officers is leaning into hallucinations to better mirror real interviews.

Contracts

OPM wants agencies to tally their senior executive needs

The federal government’s human resources agency has requested biennial projections for the number of SES and scientific professionals that agencies will likely need through 2027.

Contracts

Deloitte wins $2.4B submarine industry development contract

The Navy, submarine makers and the latter's suppliers need more than 100,000 workers over the next decade to build more subs.

Companies

KBR to acquire LinQuest for $737 million

This is KBR's latest in a multi-year series of moves to build out its space business.

Opinion

The silent killer of GovCon growth: Are you in denial?

GovCon executives at mid-sized companies often blame external factors for lost bids. But the real culprit is often internal denial, writes business development practitioner Nic Coppings.

Contracts

DOD’s generative AI task force will help set guardrails for broader use

The head of the Pentagon’s Task Force Lima said recommendations from the project will help officials develop the infrastructure needed to adopt AI technologies.

Contracts

Army chooses small business for $370M payroll system update contract

The Army's Integrated Personnel and Pay System both helps soldiers get paid and leaders track other aspects of their service.

Contracts

Cognosante bid wins $583M Military OneSource support contract

Accenture's U.S. federal subsidiary has acquired Cognosante and is poised to take over the operation of a round-the-clock resource directly tied to military life.

Opinion

Federal AI chiefs: Guardians of truth in the Digital Age

Terry Halverson of IBM's federal arm explains how the government's team of chief artificial intelligence officers can leverage open-source to combat misinformation.

Contracts

Several DOD IT programs still don’t have a cyber strategy, watchdog finds

Cyber strategy requirements in the Defense Department’s IT business unit date back to at least 2014. A government watchdog thinks it's time for an update.