Space, energy and cyber venture rounds to highlight
The venture arms of Lockheed Martin and RTX, plus the intelligence community’s In-Q-Tel organization get mentions in this listing. Agile Space Industries This maker of in-space chemical propulsion systems has collected $17 million in Series A equity capital, a figure $2 million higher than the initial target with 70% of the financing from existing investors. Lockheed […]
Contract reviews continue at OMB, official says
Deputy Director for Management Eric Ueland emphasized the need for CIOs to be empowered “at the beginning of conversations” for IT contracts. The Office of Management and Budget is engaged in and leading a review of IT contracts across the government, Eric Ueland, deputy director for management at OMB, told attendees at a Washington Technology and Nextgov/FCW […]
Alliant 3’s award process starts to roll
The General Services Administration is taking an “Anything IT Anywhere” approach for this new iteration of the massive government-wide technology vehicle. The General Services Administration has gotten off the starting blocks with a first round of awards for Alliant 3, the much-anticipated recompete of GSA’s massive governmentwide IT services and solutions contract vehicle. Alliant 3 continues […]
Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA
Greg Barbaccia will serve as the acting Technology Transformation Services director and senior advisor to the administrator at GSA, while its previous lead, Thomas Shedd, will remain with the agency in another role. Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia added another role to his growing portfolio Thursday, with an appointment to serve as acting director of […]
Leidos seeks to be the government’s ‘beta tester’ for artificial intelligence
“We want to look at it, understand it, exploit it and be able to serve our customers with it, no matter which model of AI they want to embrace,” CEO Tom Bell tells Wall Street. In the big world of commercial tech, publicly-traded companies are experiencing downward pressure on their stock amid investor concerns that artificial […]
Five companies protest exclusion from NASA’s $60B SEWP VI competition
Rulings are expected in late May and that timeline could force NASA to extend the current SEWP V beyond the current April 30 expiration date. NASA has not announced any winners of the $60 billion SEWP VI vehicles, but the agency apparently is letting some companies know they will not get a spot on the 10-year […]
ASRC Federal wins $473M FAA engineering recompete
The company has held this contract that supports the National Airspace System since 2017. ASRC Federal has won a potential five-year, $437.2 million contract to continue its engineering and professional services work at a key Federal Aviation Administration office that houses training for air traffic controllers. The FAA awarded the Second Level Engineering Services contract on […]
Amentum signs lease for Reston headquarters campus
Amentum’s decision comes only a few months after Booz Allen Hamilton also chose Reston, Virginia for its headquarters. Amentum will relocate its corporate headquarters to Reston, Virginia, from Chantilly with the goal of opening the campus during the first half of 2027. The company has signed a lease agreement with Comstock to occupy 45,000 square feet […]
The Pentagon says it’s getting its AI providers on ‘the same baseline’
Military is still abiding by ethics principles, according to DOD research head. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—After weeks of back-and-forth with AI company Anthropic, the Pentagon is actively talking with all four major U.S. AI players—Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI—to ensure the companies and the Defense Department are at “the same baseline” regarding Pentagon expectations, the undersecretary […]
FAA launches competition to modernize aging IT portfolio
The Federal Aviation Administration is using a challenge-based acquisition strategy that will require vendors to demonstrate, not just describe, their approach. The Federal Aviation Administration has a sprawling and aging digital infrastructure with roughly 200 applications and 3,000 databases that support a wide span of responsibilities, ranging from safety inspections to regulatory compliance. In an effort to […]