Accenture Federal faces second challenge to its Energy IT contract
DOGE nixes 10 task orders on the incumbent contract after a pair of competitors won a corrective action on the recompete. Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary is facing one challenge to retain the recompete of a $3.5 billion Energy Department IT contract and a second from the Department of Government Efficiency, which apparently has the incumbent program […]
Arlington Capital reveals its new defense tech company
The same investment firm that is selling BlueHalo to AeroVironment is now ready to showcase GRVTY, a specialist in geospatial and signals intelligence. Arlington Capital Partners has taken the covers off of its new defense technology company amid the private equity firm’s work to complete the sale of another to a publicly-traded buyer. GRVTY is like […]
Isakowitz to step down as Aerospace Corp. CEO
Steve Isakowitz has led the nonprofit space organization for 10 years and oversaw the relocation of its headquarters to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region. The Aerospace Corp., a nonprofit organization that runs as a federally funded research-and-development center focused on space, has started its search for a new chief executive to succeed the retiring Steve Isakowitz. […]
Undersea cables are under threat, and they are the veins of our digital world
As maritime sabotage rises, satellites hold the key to protecting them and ensuring global connectivity. On Christmas Day, an undersea power cable in the Baltic and several telecommunications cables were severed. Western officials suspected sabotage: indeed, they have long surmised that Russia has been trying to cut through cables, but have thus far struggled to substantiate […]
VA needs updated cost estimate and rollout schedule for EHR, watchdog says
The Government Accountability Office said VA is making “incremental improvements” to its new electronic health record system during an operational pause on additional deployments but added that “much more remains to be done.” As the Department of Veterans Affairs prepares to resume deployments of its new electronic health record system at 13 medical facilities next year, […]
Shield AI hires former Splunk chief as CEO
Gary Steele will lead the defense tech unicorn’s push to scale out after a $240 million investment round. Shield AI, a defense and autonomous technology startup fresh off its latest capital raise, has hired former Splunk CEO Gary Steele as its new chief executive in a move slated to take effect on May 13. Steele will […]
Why post-quantum security planning must start today
Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies deputy CTO Gina Scinta warns that quantum computers are a few short years away so there should be no delay in addressing encryption vulnerabilities. . Even though large scale quantum computing are years away from being a practical reality, federal government experts are rightfully worried about the cryptography implications today. The threat […]
Trump’s ‘pincer maneuver’ reshapes federal contracting landscape
Contractors are under more pressure than before to justify value and embrace innovation as the DOGE seeks radical efficiencies through cuts and process reforms. The Trump administration is following a two-pronged approach in their efforts to reduce budgets and shrink the size of the federal government. First, there are the top-down agency reductions like what happened at […]
On-ramp work begins for $10B military medical research contract
The Defense Health Agency wants small businesses of all categories to weigh in on its plan to bring in more companies three years after the original awards. The Defense Health Agency wants to grow the pool of small businesses on the military’s main contract vehicle for technology and professional services in support of medical research-and-development efforts. […]
Bluestaq takes in new minority owner
One Bow River’s new private equity fund is now a backer of Bluestaq and one of nearly a dozen that participates in an investment program focused on the military’s key tech priorities. Bluestaq, a data management software startup, has sold a minority stake in itself to alternative asset manager One Bow River following the latter’s closure […]