Mach Industries hauls in $300M to move on second-generation systems
The unmanned systems maker has five vehicles under development and wants to do more for military organizations like the Army and Air Force. Mach Industries, a maker of unmanned and other defense systems, has fetched $300 million in Series C capital from investors to aid efforts in expanding manufacturing capacity and partnerships with military forces. The […]
KBR wins $8B Antarctica research recompete
KBR’s government services unit beats out three other bids as it prepares to go it alone as an independent public company. KBR has won a 20-year, $8 billion contract to step in as the National Science Foundation’s main industry partner for scientific research support services in Antarctica. NSF awarded this recompete of its Antarctic Science and […]
VA seeks contractor to tackle 10 years of ad-hoc automation
The Veterans Affairs Department is looking to acquire a commercial platform and professional services to standardize and govern infrastructure automation across its hybrid IT environment. Infrastructure teams across the Veterans Affairs Department have developed thousands of ad-hoc automation scripts over the past decade, while also having adopted inconsistent infrastructure and configuration management practices. The cumulative result […]
GSA to publish ‘Elimination, Optimization and Automation’ playbook for government agencies
The playbook’s framework has already helped the agency save hundreds of thousands of hours, and other agencies can now make use of it to launch their own automation initiatives. The General Services Administration is set to publish Wednesday a new playbook to provide federal agencies and executives tools, strategies and a modern blueprint to automate repetitive […]
Army seeks contractor support for war planning, medical logistics
The Army Material Command is in the market research phase of a contract that could run for five years. The Army Materiel Command is in the research phase of a contract for strategic planning and medical logistics support. A new request for information posted Tuesday describes the Army’s need for support planning functions across several areas – […]
OPM moves one step closer to HR system overhaul for 2 million federal workers
With protests cleared, the Office of Personnel Management can now award a 10-year contract for a new government-wide human capital platform. With one protest withdrawn and a second one denied, the Office of Personnel Management is now free to move forward with its plan to award a 10-year contract to modernize the government’s human resource systems. OPM […]
CMS chooses finalists for Medicare claims processing competition
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will eventually choose one integrator after seeing how their prototypes function in a set of challenges. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has selected two companies to vie for a potential seven-year contract to help stand up a new software system for processing and adjudicating Medicare claims. HealthEdge […]
Valiant Solutions adds AI functions, threat emulation work via acquisition
Valiant is also using this move to expand its portfolio in operational technology security, among other areas. Valiant Solutions has moved on a second acquisition in six months as the cybersecurity specialist continues to build out its technology offerings and presence across the national security community. BreakPoint Labs opened for business in 2015 to help Defense […]
Trump signs AI executive order after postponement last month
The order encourages developers of advanced AI to grant the U.S. and certain critical infrastructure operators 30 days of pre-release model access. Earlier drafts had set 90 days of early access. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a cybersecurity-focused artificial intelligence executive order directing national security and civilian agencies to expand oversight of advanced AI systems, […]
Top 100 leaders on navigating today’s federal market
Executives from CACI International and Leidos are joining Washington Technology at the June 11 Government Procurement Conference to talk procurement, partnering and the state of the market. The release of the 2026 Washington Technology Top 100 is approaching rapidly and we are hosting a panel to help unveil the new iteration of the rankings at the June 11 […]