Contracts

Modification trips up ManTech’s protest over Army award

The fight is over after the Army amended the task order and lowered its value below the threshold for protests.

Companies

Kepler promotes Conrad to lead US subsidiary

Kepler is pushing to grow the reach of its optical data relay network across federal agencies.

Companies

Launch, the Moon and satellites mark the week in space investments

Each of these companies are in varying stages of maturity as a business, but all have high-profile backers behind them.

Contracts

Major federal IT contracts to remove ‘unnecessary’ degree requirements

The push to focus on skills-based hiring for federal jobs dates back to the first Trump administration. The Biden White House has continued these efforts.

Companies

Private equity firm creates company to harness tech for societal good

Gavin Long’s Pleasant Land group has acquired Livanta and DOMA Technologies to form a new company whose mission is improving how doctors and nurses make better care decisions.

Companies

Integral Federal acquires agile development specialist

By purchasing Pragmatics, Integral is pushing closer to its goal of $200 million in annual revenue by 2025.

Contracts

General Dynamics wins $5.6B info sharing support contract

The Mission Partner Environment works to help partnership and coalition participants communicate and collaborate.

Companies

Tria Federal's path in the middle tier centers on 2 core markets

The Sagewind Capital-backed company is acquiring Softrams and undertaking a reorganization to set itself up for the future, as Tria Federal's chief executive explains.

Opinion

Groundswell's protest of Army business system award calls out debriefing issues

Groundswell's complaints around the lack of transparency in the competition brings back up an industry-wide frustration with limited feedback in debriefings from agencies.

Companies

CACI to appeal $42M verdict in Abu Ghraib torture case

A jury has awarded $42 million to three Iraqis who said the company bore some legal responsibility for abuses they suffered at the prison.

Companies

Godspeed collects $675M for its third fund

The backer of Crimson Phoenix, SilverEdge and Special Aerospace Services unveils this new vehicle for more investments.

Companies

Undersea drone startup fetches $16M to aid hiring, manufacturing push

Lockheed Martin Ventures, RTX Ventures, SAIC Ventures and In-Q-Tel are the GovCon names involved in this investment round.

Contracts

Groundswell claims the Army wanted Accenture to win the $1B EBS-C competition

Groundswell's lawsuit alleges the evaluation process was changed midstream to favor Accenture's U.S. federal arm for the contract to consolidate several Army business and logistics systems.

Companies

ICF hires former Labcorp exec to lead corporate development

Dr. Eric Hakimov will work with other senior ICF leaders on investments and strategies across its key growth markets.

Contracts

Marine Corps picks 10 for $164M installation command support contract

Nine new companies are joining a program that supports at least 31,000 personnel across the world.

Contracts

Will cyber suffer under Trump’s goal to slash federal budgets?

Donald Trump’s intent to cut agency budgets has sparked concerns over adequate cybersecurity funding for government networks. Some believe these fears may be overstated.

Companies

Zscaler hires homeland security veteran for senior director role

Bob Joachim brings nearly two decades of work in cybersecurity, budgeting and government operations to the cloud security company.

Companies

Industry execs weigh potential impacts of presidential transition

A group of senior leaders at government contractors outline the challenges and opportunities they see in a second Trump term.

Contracts

Space Force awards 12 seats on 'Hemisphere' advisory contract

The service branch hires a pool of companies to help it manage all phases of program lifecycles that include technology development and anomaly resolution, among others.

Companies

ManTech stands up defense advisory board

This is the company's second such panel of former government officials tasked to help guide strategies with a certain client set.