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 […]
Space, tech and growth leadership moves across the market
A pair of executive appointments at blue chip defense hardware companies also feature, plus two board appointments at one of the market’s largest nonprofits. Arcfield Gregg Burgess has joined the systems engineering and integration company as president and general manager of Orion Space Systems, a subsidiary acquired in the fall of 2023. The 25-year market veteran […]
Civilian agency spending cratered during shutdown
October spending during the shutdown dropped by as much as 80% for some agencies compared to October 2024. The 20 largest civilian federal agencies collectively spent 63% less money in October 2025 — during the government shutdown — compared to October 2024, according to reported spending data pulled from the Federal Procurement Data System by Deltek […]
Enabled Intelligence books $708M data labeling contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency chooses this five-year-old company for “Sequoia,” a broad effort to incorporate commercial artificial intelligence and machine learning tools into GEOINT missions. Enabled Intelligence, an AI startup that focuses on computer vision algorithms and task automation, has booked a potential $708.3 million contract for data labeling services across the U.S. government. The National […]
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies. The Department of Government Efficiency, a cornerstone of the second Trump administration’s efforts to remake the federal government, no longer exists as a “centralized entity,” according to the head of the […]
VTG acquires another intel-focused firm
The purchase of Miklos Systems is VTG’s fifth of 2025 and adds software, cloud, data and other services for intelligence community agencies. VTG has acquired Miklos Systems Inc., a provider of software lifecycle development cloud services, and other capabilities to the intelligence community. The company was founded in 1993 and is employee-owned. VTG is making this […]
GAO denies EY protest over Army’s corrective action in $250M contract
The Government Accountability Office denies some parts of the protest and dismisses others, while affirming an agency’s discretion to make revisions. The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by Ernst & Young over the scope of corrective action in a $250 million Army financial management contract, clearing the way for the agency to complete its […]
AWS to invest $50B in AI and supercomputing infrastructure for government customers
Amazon Web Services is granting government expanded access to its tech products offerings while scaling the infrastructure required to support it. Amazon Web Services announced Monday that it will be aiming to expand its artificial intelligence and supercomputing infrastructure for government customers, unveiling a new investment of up to $50 billion towards scaling capabilities for federal […]