Defense officials hopeful incoming administration keeps funding cutting-edge tech
Amid competing priorities, they pitched dual-use research as key to competing with China. SIMI VALLEY, California—No one knows whether defense spending will grow or shrink in the next administration, whose publicly stated goals include rebuilding arsenals, curbing government expenditure, cutting taxes, and shrinking federal headcount. But defense officials who oversee investment in dual-use technologies and companies […]
Westat wins $292M in Education data collection work
Both awards center around the National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka The Nation’s Report Card on student achievement. Westat has won a pair of contracts worth up to $292.4 million combined for data collection and assessment services in support of the Education Department’s efforts to track student achievement across the U.S. Education received one other bid […]
Core One acquires intelligence analysis provider
The now-500 employee company gains a new footing at the Defense Intelligence Agency, among other customers. Core One Solutions has acquired a provider of intelligence analysis and program management services in a push to extend across a broader range of defense and intelligence agencies. Calhoun International opened for business in 2005 and has since evolved into […]
Army lets some protesters back into ITES-4H competition
But other challenges are still moving forward in court regarding how the Army has evaluated bids for the $10 billion multiple-award IT hardware contract. The Army and Court of Federal Claims are moving to clear at least some of the protests involving the $10 billion ITES-4 Hardware contract. As the Army moved through the separate phases […]
‘Shock the system’: Startups and DOGE take over Reagan forum
But lawmakers advised caution and noted that Congress still controls the purse strings. SIMI VALLEY, California—“Efficiency” was the word of the weekend at the Reagan National Defense Forum here. Defense-startup executives were giddy at the prospect of gaining comparative advantage through Trump-administration attacks on Pentagon bureaucracy, while lawmakers cautioned that substantive changes would require their review. […]
Nova Space Solutions wins $823M NASA facility support contract
The aptly-named COSMIC contract covers work at NASA’s main facility for testing rocket engines, plus a second major hub for assembling large-scale systems. Nova Space Solutions has won a potential eight-year, $822.7 million contract to provide broad facility and other professional support services at a pair of locations in the Gulf Coast. The Combined Operations, Services, […]
DHS still deep into PACTS III evaluations
The potential $8.4 billion small business contract cleared the protest hurdle several months ago, but the Homeland Security Department is still working through all the proposals and has not set a date for awards. It has been five months the Homeland Security Department fended off several pre-award protests against the PACTS III procurement, but the awards are […]
GSA unveils initial group of 28 OASIS+ unrestricted winners
More awards are pending for this government-wide professional services vehicle, which the General Services Administration received 780 proposals for. The General Services Administration has unveiled its initial group of awardees for the unrestricted portion of OASIS+, the next iteration of GSA’s massive government-wide professional services vehicle. GSA on Friday posted that list of 28 winners from […]
Tech modernization, civil service protection big priorities for Virginia’s new House Democrat
Virginia’s first Indian-American congressman-elect will bring some tech policy chops to Capitol Hill. Fifteen years ago, incoming Virginia Rep-elect Suhas Subramanyam landed his first big job in Washington, D.C., working the hallowed Capitol Building halls as a legislative aid on behalf of then-Florida Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, addressing agriculture and healthcare issues. Come January, the Virginia Democrat […]
WT 360: How Leidos leans on repeatability in its tech transformation work
Steve Hull, president of Leidos’ digital modernization sector, goes over how the company looks for common themes across government that do not require completely reinventing the implementation and delivery wheels. Steve Hull, president of Leidos’ digital modernization sector, goes over how the company looks for common themes across government that do not require completely reinventing the […]