Podcasts

WT 360: A roadmap for keeping innovation and entrepreneurship pipelines healthy

Arun Gupta, chief executive of NobleReach Foundation, joins to describe how the nonprofit organization is looking to facilitate more public-private sector partnerships in order to better equip the government in solving problems at scale.

Companies

Private equity, growth and tech leadership moves across the market

Plus a key supplier of nuclear fuel and components to the Navy makes a promotion within its government group.

Contracts

GSA further details its plan for Ascend cloud program

Software-as-a-service vendors and providers of cloud-related IT professional services are who the General Services Administration wants to hear from now.

Companies

ITC Federal lands Blue Delta backing

ITC will use this newfound resource for both acquisitions and key hires to shape its next phase.

Contracts

USAID chooses 9 for $5B global stability support recompete

Iteration number six of the so-called SWIFT program continues work directly tied to the U.S. Agency for International Development's presence in conflict-prone regions.

Companies

Cherokee Federal stands up new investment arm

Sovereign Capital's first investment is its acquisition of majority ownership in a small business seen as having potential for faster growth.

Companies

Interior picks 10 for $500M IT services vehicle

The department's Bureau of Indian Affairs sought to hire a pool of companies to help with customer engagement, data and other functions.

Companies

Peraton hires Schorer as CEO

Steve Schorer will succeed Stu Shea, who led the company for seven years including back-to-back acquisitions that tripled the size of the firm.

Contracts

FDA chooses 5 for $500M data analytics pact

These awards take place two years after the Food and Drug Administration unveiled a modernization plan focused on centering everything it does around data.

Companies

Public safety, consulting and tech leadership moves across the market

One of these appointments involves a former chief of staff for the Office of Federal Chief Information Officer, who moved to the private sector two years ago.

Companies

Omni Federal eyes more big swings with new private equity owner

Madison Dearborn Partners is also bringing its network to this partnership as Omni starts this new phase of the journey.

Companies

Electra, Firefly hire new CEOs

Electra is venture-backed four years since its founding, while Firefly has been private equity-owned for one year.

Companies

Conduent hires Sever to lead government segment

Anna Sever will lead Conduent's push to further incorporate emerging technologies into its overall solutions for healthcare, eligibility and enrollment programs.

Companies

Parry Labs captures $80M in its first investment round

Parry Labs started in 2016 and now has added backing to ramp up its technology investments, both in software and small-form hardware.

Contracts

DARPA designates 5 firms as 'Commercial Accelerators'

The Defense Department's lead research-and-development agency tasks this group of primes to work with qualified companies developing early stage technologies of promise.

Contracts

IRS chooses 6 for $300M consulting pact

This blanket purchase agreement points to the management and operational aspects of the IRS' larger modernization push.

Companies

Synergy hires ICF vet as chief executive

J.C. Chidiac most recently led ICF's line of business focused on digital modernization.

Companies

B&A moves to new private equity owner

DFW Capital Partners adds a second government technology and services company to its portfolio in the market.

Companies

Bluestone backs missile defense and space tech company

The private investment firm is undertaking this move via a license it received to back promising small businesses whose technologies align with the Defense Department's priorities.

Podcasts

WT 360: Defense One's Sam Skove on the drone industry's vital signs

Sam Skove, who covers the Army for our partner publication Defense One, jumps in to go over the branch's push for more small drones and where the industrial base that makes them is at right now.