DISA starts to build recompete for DOD’s Microsoft 365 support contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency is planning a follow-on to the task order General Dynamics has held since 2021, while extending the incumbent’s work through May 2027. The Defense Information Systems Agency has started laying the groundwork for the next iteration of the Defense Enterprise Office Solution contract held by General Dynamics IT. DISA awarded the contract […]
Lockheed boosts its venture investment fund to $1B
Lockheed Martin Ventures’ core focus areas include quantum computing, autonomy, directed energy and computer chips. Lockheed Martin will grow the capacity of its venture capital fund for investing in startups from $400 million to roughly $1 billion as part of a push to accelerate efforts at getting technologies from lab to field. The Lockheed Martin Ventures […]
Air Force Research Lab cancels $10B vehicle
Air Force leaders will reassess the strategy for acquiring research-and-development support from industry. Six weeks after bids were due, the Air Force Research Laboratory has pulled the plug on a potential $10 billion contract vehicle that covered a wide range of science and technology initiatives. “This action is being taken to allow the government to re-assess […]
Navy readies recompete for combat systems engineering support
The work spans AEGIS, ballistic missile defense and nuclear survivability. But only holders of the Seaport contract vehicle are eligible. The Naval Surface Warfare Center is laying the groundwork for a recompete of $90 million contract for combat weapon systems engineering support work. The center’s Integrated Combat Systems Department is managing the procurement. It covers a […]
AeroVironment’s new CFO, COO and more leadership moves across the market
Key hires and promotions for human resources, technology and corporate development also feature in our new listing. A “WT Top 25” company’s board adds two new members as well. AeroVironment The defense technology company has made one promotion and one hire to its C-level executive team following the integration of BlueHalo and acquisition of ESAero. Sean […]
IBM settles DEI discrimination allegations for $17.1M in first Civil Rights Fraud Initiative settlement
DOJ says the False Claims Act case signals broader scrutiny of federal contractors’ diversity practices. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative has apparently reached its first settlement with a government contractor, with IBM agreeing to pay $17.1 million to settle allegations that it failed to comply with anti-discrimination requirements involving federal contracts. DOJ launched the […]
Public offerings put GovCon in a new spotlight as SpaceX’s listing looms
Think the recent run of initial public offerings over the past 16 months were big? Get ready for SpaceX to break all-time records, and its IPO is one all of GovCon should care about, even if your company does not launch anything at all. Initial public offerings that take the traditional path from the registration document […]
US push to counter hackers draws industry deeper into offensive cyber debate
The White House is expanding the market for offensive cyber capabilities — and drawing more of the private sector into that ecosystem — even as policy boundaries around their use remain unclear. The U.S. government has an offensive cyber wish list, and the private sector is already bidding. Many federal contractors back the effort, though they […]
WT 360: Arcfield and the modern era’s space races
Kevin Kelly, chief executive of Arcfield, joins to go over how the systems engineering outfit is looking at a landscape that involves large-scale initiatives like Golden Dome and making data centers work in space. While the 20th century’s Space Race was strictly head-to-head, the 21st century variant is much more complex and multipolar as private businesses […]
Tech bills of the week: Boosting export controls; AI-focused workforce development; and more
During Congress’s final week in recess, new legislation and amendments that were proposed run the tech policy gamut. Matching export controls A group of bipartisan senators introduced a companion bill to an earlier House measure that updates semiconductor export control laws to ensure that adversaries cannot purchase key pieces of technology and equipment for semiconductor manufacturing […]