Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

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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.

Contracts

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.

Companies

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.

Contracts

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.

Companies

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.

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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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

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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.

Companies

Apogee Engineering gets new private equity owner

Apogee was founded in 2004 and largely focuses on programs for defense and national security agencies.

Companies

Space Force inches closer to classified remote work

The platform built by General Dynamics IT could be a popular remote-work solution for Space Systems Command.

Contracts

Navy keeps Deloitte for $88M training support recompete

Deloitte first won the work in 2018 to standup the platform designed to simulate the capabilities of shipboard networks.

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ManTech secures $110M Air Force digital transformation contract

The company will use artificial intelligence and other technologies to consolidate and modernize the Air Force's human capital management systems.

Companies

Draft of 2025 NDAA wants foreign investment study

Proposed language in this piece of policy legislation would direct the Defense Department to study reporting requirements of foreign investments in commercial companies, private equity and venture capital funds.

Contracts

The Pentagon’s brewing a build-a-cloud program for defense agencies

The young platform, dubbed Olympus, is designed for self-service commercial cloud needs.

Contracts

Peraton secures new shot at $1B enterprise IT contract

The Defense Department backed away from an award to Deloitte after being told Peraton was likely to win its protest, which means proposals will be re-evaluated.