Census Bureau sets industry day as 2030 planning gets underway
The agency is planning a group of multiple-award pacts that would hire small businesses to help with application development and planning for the next census. The Census Bureau is planning an industry for letter this month to explain more of its strategy for the 2030 population tally. The agency released draft solicitation documents in April and […]
Navy teases next step in key drone boat program
A request for prototypes is expected in August. The Navy plans to launch the next phase of its marketplace for high-capacity, medium-sized drone boats on August 1, according to a contract notice. The medium unmanned surface vessel, or MUSV, program “uses modular design principles to create adaptable and resilient solutions that can effectively counter evolving threats,” […]
Bluestone hires Moorman to lead space, missile defense company
Bluestone brought together Qualis, InTrack Radar Technologies and Tektonux to form this 400-employee entity. Bluestone Investment Partners has hired Dr. Jay Moorman, a two-decade veteran of the market and former Parsons Corp. executive, as CEO of a portfolio company focused on space and missile defense programs. Qualis, InTrack Radar Technologies and Tektonux joined forces earlier this […]
Tech, growth and financial leadership moves across the market
Booz Allen, CACI, Everfox and more than a dozen other companies bring in fresh executive talent across cyber, electronic warfare, health IT and business development. Booz Allen Hamilton Christopher Porter has joined the company as global chief information security officer after 10 years at Fannie Mae as its CISO. He first joined Fannie Mae in 2015 […]
NGA wants ideas for automatically spotting changes in its geospatial data
A commercial solutions opening seeks vendors with ideas on how to flag relevant changes around the world instead of the current manual process. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is looking for commercial solutions to improve how it detects changes in its baseline layer of global geospatial data. While the commercial solutions opening offers an enticing opportunity, the […]
Air Force Research Lab picks joint venture for $499M integration support contract
The Space Systems and Hardware Integration for Novel Experiments contract is structured as a “cradle-to-grave” effort. A joint venture of Analytical Mechanics Associates and Vantage Systems has won a potential 10-year, $499 million contract for technical and other professional services to aid the Air Force Research Laboratory in systems integration efforts. AFRL set up the Space […]
CMS makes awards on $3.5B data, research support recompete
The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services is tasking winners to help the agency create analytical models and demonstrations for health care programs. The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded 17 companies positions on a five-year, $3.5 billion blanket purchase agreement that covers a broad range of data-related and research services. CMS awarded iteration […]
Greg Barbaccia to leave federal CIO role at end of August
“Greg has done an excellent job as Federal CIO and Chief AI Officer,” an OMB spokesperson told Nextgov/FCW. “He will certainly be missed when his time here comes to an end.” Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia is leaving government service, capping off an 18-month tenure as the government’s top IT lead where he sought to overhaul how […]
How Ukraine won the first great robot war
In a new video, Science & Tech editor Patrick Tucker looks at how the narrative has shifted. In the spring and summer of 2026, the story about Russia’s war in Ukraine changed. The defenders are combining air and ground drones, autonomy, and swarming to re-capture territory with robots while risking fewer humans—increasing casualties for Russia while decreasing […]
Federal AI policy just changed again. Is your security stack ready?
The White House’s Anthropic directive shows why contractors can’t build compliance around any single AI tool or ruling, writes Mark Mitchell of Netskope. The White House order for all government contracts to eliminate use of Anthropic products in federal government solutions illustrates a precarious and volatile new reality for federal systems integrators (FSIs) and federal contractors. […]