Defense

From service to BD Success: Avoid these three mistakes when hiring veterans

As you onboard veterans for business development roles, you need to invest in the right training, according to BD expert Nic Coppings.

  • By Nic Coppings

TOP 100: CACI's CEO charts the path from services to tech-centric solutions

John Mengucci described the company's strategic shift, approach to acquisitions and technology priorities in this Q&A at Washington Technology's event on the 2024 Top 100.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How GAO told the Air Force to redo $12B systems integration contract

The dispute over a Sentinel program integration support contract intensifies as BAE Systems and Guidehouse battle for the award, further adding to the Air Force's nuclear missile modernization woes.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army plans multiple AI industry partnerships

Leadership from the military branch is interested in incorporating third party-generated algorithms for its operations, and is asking industry players for help.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

DIU clears path for military access to cloud-based supercomputing

Rescale’s on-demand high-performance computing is now available across the entire Defense Department.

  • By Nick Wakeman

The new space race: Why the military wants to partner with the private sector

A new Space Force initiative signals a bold step in public-private collaboration, writes Jeff Huggins, president of Cailabs US.

  • By Jeff Huggins

Navy chooses 18 for $249M transformation support contract

The Navy is looking to drive improvements in its financial management processes, people and capabilities.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Navy adds 49 more to $982M unmanned surface vehicle program

This on-ramp round of awards focuses on the vehicles' underlying technologies such as payloads, mission support systems and the needed autonomy to control them.

  • By Ross Wilkers

DOD's personnel info agency awards $1.5B IT modernization pact

The Defense Manpower Data Center is centering this effort around software development and IT security with a heavy leaning on cloud.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GAO sides with BAE in latest dispute over $12B weapons support contract

The 18-year ISC 2.0 contract is now back to the Air Force for a second time after another successful protest.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Trax wins $692M Army testing support contract

The company will support work at the Aberdeen Test Center and Yuma Test Center under the contract with the Army Test and Evaluation Command.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Space Force awards $1B ground system software contract

The service branch hires 20 small businesses to help move along the development of a new system that leans on commercial cloud.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Appeals court rules potential subcontractors can file protests too

A whole new category of protests could open up for situations where prime contractors decide to custom-build their solutions.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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DOD CIO resigns to take university post

John Sherman will become dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

As space gets more crowded, Pentagon looks to AI to spot weapons

A new DARPA contract aims to identify satellites behaving strangely.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Pentagon’s AI office awards Palantir a contract to create a data-sharing ecosystem

The Pentagon’s marketplace for quickly onboarding new tech solutions helped Palantir receive its contract in 30 days.

  • By Edward Graham

TRANSCOM starts the bidding for $1.6B logistics management platform contract

Transportation Command will choose a single company to help stand up the system and base it on commercially-available supply chain software.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Air Force chooses 14 for $220M geospatial support contract

Air Force leaders sought a pool of contractors to help facilitate enhanced and shared situational awareness.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Former vice chief of naval operations arrested on bribery, conspiracy charges

Robert Burke, a retired four-star, is alleged to have steered work toward a services company while he was commanding Naval Forces Europe-Africa.

  • By Bradley Peniston

Guidehouse resurrects protest after a DOD award again goes to Deloitte

Guidehouse claims the Defense Department did not conduct an adequate investigation into claims that a DOD official had a potential conflict-of-interest.

  • By Nick Wakeman

General Dynamics IT secures $185M Air Force cyber contract

After weathering a protest challenge, GDIT will focus on cyber threats inside the Air Force's industrial control systems.

  • By Nick Wakeman