Contracts
KBR wins $200M Transportation IT support recompete
Work will support the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, a key hub for advancing innovation and transforming the future of transportation systems.
Podcasts
WT 360: NextGov/FCW’s Natalie Alms on the early days of DOGE and its cost-cut decisions
Natalie Alms, senior correspondent at NextGov/FCW, jumps in to explain how court testimony helps shed light on the Department of Government Efficiency’s goals and decisions to make contract and grant cuts.
Companies
Federal contractor DEI initiatives singled out in latest Trump executive order
Trump’s anti-diversity directives already impacted contractors, but the new order imposes additional requirements.
Companies
Judge blocks DOD's ban on Anthropic, calls it First Amendment retaliation
The court finds the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation was punishment for public criticism, not a legitimate security threat.
Companies
Growth, tech and human resources leadership moves across the market
A pair of board of directors appointments at publicly-traded companies also featured.
Contracts
VA’s former EHR lead indicted for concealing contractor gifts
The Department of Justice alleges that John Windom accepted and sometimes demanded various gifts while helming the electronic health record modernization at Veterans Affairs.
Companies
Trump names CEOs, nuclear fusion founders and Nobel laureate to tech advisory council
The announcement includes 13 of the possible 24 members that will make up the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Companies
Shield AI closes $1.5B Series G round and moves on acquisition
Shield AI aims to integrate Aechelon Technology's simulation and training tools into its autonomous software ecosystem called Hivemind.
Companies
Defense tech startups raise $405 million in new funding rounds
Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm backs an AI radio platform developer and drone manufacturer in separate deals.
Contracts
Protests force the Army into a second redo of $237M soldier gear contract
Amentum has won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract twice, only to face fresh challenges each time.
Contracts
DISA launches search for tactical data link contractors
The small business contract will run through 2030 to maintain tools that help military systems exchange standardized messages and data.
Companies
The real danger of military AI isn’t killer robots; it’s worse human judgement
As Pentagon rushes to deploy LLM-based tools, research suggests they can undermine human thought and communication.
Contracts
Army wants better, faster defenses against chemical and biological threats
An updated broad agency announcement covers everything from Ebola vaccines to radiation countermeasures, as well as how to use artificial intelligence
Contracts
KBR loses $1.8 billion NASA contract challenge to Ascend JV
KBR challenged the award twice, but the Government Accountability Office upholds NASA's choice of the the Amentum-Aerodyne joint venture.
Contracts
DISA, Carahsoft enter $970M VMware cloud software pact
The Defense Information Systems Agency and Carahsoft established the blanket purchase agreement to be a single point of entry for other Pentagon agencies.
Contracts
T2S books $600M DOD cyber contract
The Cybertron contract focuses on threat hunting, Zero Trust architectures, key management infrastructure development and artificial intelligence.
Opinion
The hidden infrastructure challenge of the Genesis Mission
COMMENTARY | AI ambition without infrastructure alignment is just aspiration.
Contracts
Navy launches recompete for $45M electronic warfare contract
Technical services work for this small business set-aside includes countermeasures and mission data systems integration.
Companies
ROC goes public to support its expansion push
The vision artificial intelligence- and biometrics-focused firm collects $24 million to hire engineers and expand the infrastructure that fuels its algorithms.
Contracts