2025’s Top 100 rankings reveal a market in major upheaval
The first year-over-year decline in prime contracts since 2016 signals a growing divide between civilian and defense spending. Even before Trump’s priorities kick in. Each annual release of the Washington Technology Top 100 is a snapshot in time, both a leading indicator of trends in the market and how contracting opportunities are evolving. But the 2025 […]
ANALYSIS: Where true bid protest reform should start
Challenges occur in a mere 2.2% of all federal contracts, a number that could go even lower with more training of acquisition professionals and higher-quality debriefings. The General Services Administration’s contribution to the ongoing Federal Acquisition Regulation reform effort may soon turn to the issue of bid protests. GSA Senior Procurement Executive Jeff Koses floated the idea […]
Patent Office seeks to grow AI innovation ecosystem, cut application backlog
Automation, new code, workflow improvements and secure cloud access are key focus areas in a Patent and Trademark Office’s sources sought notice. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants to ramp up both its adoption and scaling of artificial intelligence as a means to make the patent examination process faster with lower wait times for applicants. […]
CAE’s chief executive transition and more moves to note
Several key hires and promotions in functions such as operations, business development and technology also feature. CAE Matthew Bromberg will become chief executive at the Montreal-headquartered defense and aviation systems company on Aug. 13, when he will succeed the retiring Marc Parent. Bromberg has led global operations at Northrop Grumman for three years and spent two […]
WT 360: Defense One’s Lauren Williams on international companies and their US ambitions
Lauren Williams, a Defense One senior editor focused on technology and business, jumps in to explain why companies headquartered outside the U.S. want a bigger footing there amid all the tariff and economic turbulence. The U.S. defense landscape has a few mainstays whose corporate headquarters are in another country and the reverse is very much […]
Aprio closes 2 acquisitions
The accounting and advisory services firm buys Nextfed and O’Connor Consulting Services to further grow in GovCon and among nonprofits. Aprio, the accounting and advisory services firm that acquired Aronson in 2023, has purchased a pair of businesses in quick succession to further extend across the government market and other verticals. In the purchase of Aronson, […]
CACI gets second chance at $428M contract after successful protest
The company challenged how the Defense Logistics Agency evaluated a financial modernization task order under the JETS 2.0 vehicle. CACI International has won another shot at a $428 million Defense Logistics Agency competitions after complaining about how the agency evaluated proposals. The company was eliminated from the competition for a task order to help modernize financial management […]
Small Business Administration would have to relocate field offices from ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ under House-passed bill
The agency previously said it would move six of its regional offices from cities that have laws limiting their cooperation with federal immigration agents. The House on Thursday passed legislation that would require the Small Business Administration to relocate its regional, district and local offices in “sanctuary jurisdictions.” “President Trump is taking action to restore the […]
Court ruling in Groundswell case adds confusion over OTA protests
The judge hearing this case over a $1 billion Army business systems competition creates a “jurisdictional blackout” during the prototype phase. He also acknowledges the question over when and how these contracts can be protested remains unsettled. When can you protest an other transaction authority procurement? That was one of the central questions asked in Groundswell’s […]
Be one of the first to see the 2025 Washington Technology Top 100
Join us Monday for the rankings debut and insights from CGI Federal’s president Stephanie Mango on how to navigate GovCon’s evolving landscape. We are a handful of days away from releasing the 2025 Washington Technology Top 100. To mark the occasion, we are hosting an event in Tysons Corner, Virginia on Monday, June 9 to debut the […]