Leidos wins second chance at keeping $89B cancer research lab contract
The National Institutes of Health is asking for new proposals following the protest of the 25-year award to a University of California-led alliance. Leidos has received a second chance at a potential $89 billion contract to work with the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. The company held the contract for 25 years and first won it as the […]
Industry eyes ‘wicked hard’ Golden Dome space interceptor challenge
Defense companies are eager to stake claims in Trump’s Golden Dome vision. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—As defense contractors await firm direction from the Pentagon on Golden Dome, executives say the technology already exists to start developing space-based interceptors capable of hitting missiles in their boost phase—but admit it’s no easy feat. “Golden Dome” surfaced in almost every […]
Lockheed’s CEO reacts to Trump’s acquisition overhaul orders
In talking with Wall Street, Jim Taiclet highlights how many of the regulations and statutes that have evolved over decades look poised to be “really scrutinized and reduced.” Work on structural changes to how federal agencies buy products and services from the private sector appears to be going full-steam ahead amid a series of executive orders […]
Small business owner wants Congress to protect OSDBU offices
One founder and CEO launches a video campaign amidst fear that if cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services spread across government, small businesses like his will lose access to critical resources and opportunities. The apparent demise of the Department of Health and Human Services’ small business office felt personal for Derek Barnby, founder and […]