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Washington Technology is now accepting entries for our 2026 ranking of the government market’s fastest-growing small businesses. The nomination process is now open for the 2026 Washington Technology Fast 50 rankings. This is an opportunity for small businesses in the government market to highlight their accomplishments and the growth trajectory they are on. Click here to […]
Beyond the platform: What the unmanned systems boom means for the GovCon market
We explore how Ukraine and Iran are rewriting the rules and reshaping opportunities at our Aug. 14 Power Breakfast. The wars in Ukraine and Iran have made one thing clear to the Pentagon: uncrewed systems are no longer nice-to-have. They are rewriting the rules of engagement across air, ground, surface and subsurface domains. This means the U.S. […]
Booz Allen’s view of itself in a world of more direct tech contracts
In talking with Wall Street, Booz Allen Hamilton CEO Horacio Rozanski advocates for his company remaining a key part of making commercial products work for agencies. The Defense Department’s $7 billion enterprise software agreement with Oracle announced Thursday consolidates existing pacts with the tech giant and represents how agencies are rethinking how they work with commercial […]
More satellites will not save us
The West is winning the numbers game in space but is missing the point. Real resilience depends on autonomy and ground-segment survivability, writes Graeme Ritchie, CEO of Shield Space. A consensus has settled across Western defense establishments that if we proliferate, we will survive. Launch more satellites, build them cheaper, replace them faster, and make the […]
WT 360: Our breakdown of the federal CIO’s departure, OneGov’s future and whatever CMMC will look like
NextGov/FCW’s executive editor Jessie Bur joins Nick and Ross to go around the world of Fed Tech, starting with the federal chief information officer’s pending exit and ending with the CMMC security standard’s murky future. Greg Barbaccia’s impending departure from the federal chief information officer role after 18 months in it is one of a […]
Navy preps recompete for American Systems software engineering contract
The service branch wants to use a cost-plus structure and sees fixed-price as potentially being too expensive. The Navy has begun laying down groundwork for a recompete of the Mission Systems Software Engineering Department contract, which is currently held by American Systems Corp. A notice of intent posted Thursday shows that the Naval Air Warfare Center’s aircraft […]
Tech, finance and growth leadership moves across the market
A trio of board appointments also feature in this listing, along with one company’s designation of key executives for its Golden Dome pursuits. Agile Space Industries Jake Mills has joined this maker of rocket engines and other in-space propulsion systems as chief technology officer, a role he brings two decades of space industry experience to. Mills […]
ODRG bulks up national security portfolio with ASET Partners acquisition
ODRG adds enterprise IT, geospatial intelligence and cybersecurity capabilities with additional national security and homeland defense customers. ODRG, which stands for Organizational Development Resource Group, has completed its first acquisition since an infusion of resources from Advantage Capital a year ago. ODRG is buying ASET Partners to build out its enterprise IT, geospatial intelligence, cybersecurity and systems engineering capabilities. […]
Pentagon awards Oracle up to $7B in software consolidation deal
The agreement merges Oracle’s product and licensing services into one contract, which the Defense Department estimates will result in at least $441 million in savings. The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it awarded Oracle an almost $7 billion enterprise software agreement to consolidate all of the tech giant’s on-premises products and services into one contract vehicle. […]
VA awards Salesforce $1.6B contract for veteran care and services
The contract adds to existing Salesforce deployments for suicide prevention, health care communications and more. Salesforce will support veteran health care and service delivery by building upon existing technology under a new Department of Veterans Affairs Agentic Enterprise Licensing Agreement worth up to $1.6 billion, the company announced Friday. “The goal is simple: Reduce administrative burden, […]