HTL moves ahead on next-generation radio efforts
Executives at the software-defined radio maker outline its approach to tech development and highlight one example of blending in commercial creations. For Herrick Technology Laboratories, every aspect of its strategy and vision is connected in some way to product development efforts and especially its line of software-defined radios for defense operators. HTL entered this current phase […]
General Dynamics IT challenges DISA’s Enclave expansion
GDIT says the Defense Information Systems Agency should have competed the requirement to migrate the combatant commands to the IT environment instead of giving the work to Leidos. General Dynamics IT is protesting a move by the Defense Information Systems Agency to expand the scope of Leidos’ $11 billion Enclave contract. DISA has added the migration […]
Tech Bills of the Week: Leveraging AI for cancer research; Securing chatbots for underage users; and more
Congress’ latest bills look to apply AI for both public benefit and enhanced federal operations, namely safeguarding AI chatbots, helping the government strengthen pediatric cancer research and securing the U.S.-Mexico border. This week’s roundup includes several measures that were introduced in the week leading up to the July 4 holiday. AI to help fight pediatric cancer […]
Marines eye cloudless networks to keep AI tools running when the cloud goes down
The software company Ditto says it can solve a key problem by networking “whatever transports the customer brings.” The cloud connectivity that makes big AI models work is also the reason they won’t work in war. As the Marine Corps explores ways to bring AI tools to the battlefield, it is looking at one software company’s […]
DOD suspends CMMC Phase 2, launches 60-day ‘reform’ review
Citing prohibitive costs for small and mid-size contractors, the Defense Department will keep Phase 1 self-assessments in place while a new task force studies the cyber and supply chain security program’s future. The Defense Department has essentially ended the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by suspending its second phase requirements. DOD is keeping in place Phase 1, which […]
Every capability needs a mission story
To build trust with your customers, your marketing efforts should focus on how what you do supports the mission, writes Katie Helwig of Mild Red LLC. A worldwide communications upgrade was postponed during its final stages because of a communications cable. Not the software. Not the installation. Not the people. A communications cable. The cable had […]
Leidos layoff notices hit 305 people in non-customer roles
The reductions, less than 1% of the workforce, targeted indirect positions as the company pushes to reshuffle for efficiency. Leidos notified 305 employees last month that their roles were being eliminated “due to ongoing changes and opportunities in our business environment.” The layoff notices are part of organizational changes the company is making and aim to “help us to […]
HHS seeks small business support for future vendor management office
The Health and Human Services Department has started its work to find a contractor that can help oversee various software licensing agreements. The Health and Human Services Department has launched a search for qualified small businesses that could help stand up a office responsible for managing HHS’ relationships with enterprise software vendors. HHS’ future Vendor Management […]
TOP 100: LMI’s commercial tech approach hinges on the business model
As Company No. 73 sees the world, bespoke problems that are unique to government do not get in the way of efforts to “capture all of the goodness” of de-risking the tech quickly. For all the conversations about federal agencies purchasing and adopting more commercial technology, they inevitably turn to how problems that exist in the […]
WT 360: Odyssey Systems and the landscape’s shifts in speed, decision authorities
Matt Kasberg, chief executive of Company No. 73 on our 2026 Top 100, explains how Odyssey Systems works with the defense acquisition community amid a period of so much change in that function. If 2025 and 2026 have told us anything, it is that the government no longer sees the decades-long status quo of acquisition […]