Why building resilient and collaborative organizations is critical to shaping the future of federal IT
Travis Galloway of SolarWinds writes that IT leaders must move beyond technical updates and adopt strategies that support resilience and collaboration. Federal agencies face a rapidly complex landscape shaped by evolving regulations, constrained budgets, and shrinking workforces. Nevertheless, they remain duty-bound to carry out their missions daily. If these agencies are to succeed in this environment, […]
Markon acquires cyber tool developer
Markon grows its workforce to around 600 people with this transaction, the newest in a handful of them with Sterling Investment Partners’ backing. Markon has acquired a developer of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence tools as part of ongoing efforts to further build out a portfolio of digital engineering work for federal agencies. PLEX was founded in […]
DISA releases first draft of comms equipment recompete
The Defense Information Systems Agency uses the contract to acquire “dynamically scalable communications capability.” The Defense Information Systems Agency has given industry a first look at how it will conduct the recompete of its primary contract for communication infrastructure equipment and related services. DISA uses the Capacity Services Communications contract to purchase products such as routers […]
Building maritime drones in months—not years—could be key to creating the Navy’s hybrid fleet
“That’s the kind of pace we need,” said House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Rob Wittman. The Navy is finally in a place where it can start picking winners in its pursuit of maritime—specifically underwater—drones, but the ability to produce them en masse should be a prime consideration when awarding contracts, according to one lawmaker. “I […]
PSC’s Vision Forecast sees tight budgets, high uncertainty through the next decade
The trade association’s annual forecast lands at a time of unprecedented change and disruption in the market, with civilian agencies facing the most budget pressures. For the past six decades, the Professional Services Council’s Vision Forecast has been a bellwether for trends in the market and its predictions for 2026 come in an environment unlike anything it […]
WT 360: Defense One’s Lauren Williams on the new world order of acquisition
Lauren Williams, senior editor at Defense One who covers the industrial base, jumps in to go over the Pentagon’s new ways of working with contractors and how commercial buying is more than just about products. In his Nov. 7 address to industry, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out what the U.S. military wants from its […]