KBR wins $200M Transportation IT support recompete
Work will support the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, a key hub for advancing innovation and transforming the future of transportation systems. KBR has won a five-year, $200 million blanket purchase agreement to continue its IT and professional support work at a key Transportation Department hub focused on research and study programs. The Volpe National Transportation […]
WT 360: NextGov/FCW’s Natalie Alms on the early days of DOGE and its cost-cut decisions
Natalie Alms, senior correspondent at NextGov/FCW, jumps in to explain how court testimony helps shed light on the Department of Government Efficiency’s goals and decisions to make contract and grant cuts. Cuts to contract and grant spending, including outright cancellations, were a feature of the Department of Government Efficiency’s activities during the first year of […]
Federal contractor DEI initiatives singled out in latest Trump executive order
Trump’s anti-diversity directives already impacted contractors, but the new order imposes additional requirements. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs at companies that are federal contractors. While contractors are already subject to anti-DEI directives that the president enacted at the start of his second term, Trump wrote that […]
Judge blocks DOD’s ban on Anthropic, calls it First Amendment retaliation
The court finds the Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation was punishment for public criticism, not a legitimate security threat. A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction barring the federal government from enforcing its declaration that Anthropic is a supply chain security risk. Judge Rita Lin in the U.S. District Court of Northern California is also […]
Growth, tech and human resources leadership moves across the market
A pair of board of directors appointments at publicly-traded companies also featured. Acentra Health Mohamed Karama and Nirav Dalal have both taken up senior vice president positions at this technology solutions and services provider. As senior VP of growth acceleration and performance, Karama will lead Acentra’s work to strengthen its cross-function posture and contribute to accelerate […]
VA’s former EHR lead indicted for concealing contractor gifts
The Department of Justice alleges that John Windom accepted and sometimes demanded various gifts while helming the electronic health record modernization at Veterans Affairs. A senior executive working within the Department of Veterans Affairs was charged with failing to disclose a slew of different gifts given to him by contractors working with the agency on its […]
Trump names CEOs, nuclear fusion founders and Nobel laureate to tech advisory council
The announcement includes 13 of the possible 24 members that will make up the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Leadership from Big Tech is further cementing its presence in Washington as the White House unveiled the first 13 members that will compose the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Pursuant to an […]
Shield AI closes $1.5B Series G round and moves on acquisition
Shield AI aims to integrate Aechelon Technology’s simulation and training tools into its autonomous software ecosystem called Hivemind. Shield AI, a maker of artificial intelligence-centric software to operate autonomous vehicles and other systems, has completed a $1.5 billion Series G capital raise with some of the proceeds going toward a planned acquisition. Aechelon Technology is an […]
Defense tech startups raise $405 million in new funding rounds
Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture arm backs an AI radio platform developer and drone manufacturer in separate deals. ORAN Development Company This artificial intelligence outfit has fetched $45 million in Series A capital to aid its work on developing an open architecture platform for unifying communication, sensing and edge intelligence functions in radio networks. Also known as […]
Protests force the Army into a second redo of $237M soldier gear contract
Amentum has won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract twice, only to face fresh challenges each time. For a second time, the Army will re-evaluate proposals for a $237 million contract to improve the protective equipment worn by soldiers. Amentum has twice won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract. MAG Aerospace […]