Tria Federal has added former Internal Revenue Service CIO Rajiv Uppal to its advisory board Uppal joins former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid COO Jennifer Main and former General Services Administrator CIO Sonny Hashmi on the board Uppal’s achievements include a Presidential Rank Award for helping to reform CMS’ IT infrastructure For...
Innovative Defense Technologies was awarded a $157.2 million Navy contract for automated testing and re-testing support The contract covers engineering, design, development and implementation services for Navy testing programs The award contains options that could raise the total value to nearly $748.6 million Innovative Defense Technologies, or IDT...
Shift5 has confirmed Toby Magsig as president and CEO The operational intelligence company formalized its executive leadership team The Potomac Officers Club will host the 2026 Air and Space Summit in July and the 2026 Navy Summit in August Shift5 has confirmed Toby Magsig, a U.S. Army veteran, as president and CEO, promoted three executives...
Boeing has secured a potential $2 billion Air Force contract for MUOS Phase II The award covers two satellites, launch support and on-orbit testing services The 2026 Air and Space Summit will feature discussions about commercial space relay, AI and more Boeing has won a potential $2 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to...
The USAF’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program is one of the service’s most ambitious and consequential acquisition programs in generations. Not only is it the USAF’s first real autonomous aircraft effort, but it leverages novel acquisition strategies and decouples the hardware and software procurement to ensure rapidly upgradabl...
The Army is considering broadening rapid acquisition authorities to acquire AI technologies faster, Lt. Gen. Robert Collins said at the 2026 Army Summit. The service has seen tremendous applications of AI for next-generation command and control, intelligence, autonomy and automated target recognition capabilities. Lt. Gen. Collins also discussed his...
Shield AI has finalized its purchase of Aechelon Technology three months after its initial announcement Aechelon is valued at $12.7 billion post-money after Series G fundraising and preferred equity financing The deal gives Shield AI rights to Aechelon’s synthetic reality and visual simulation technologies Shield AI announced Monda...
By Chris Crowder, executive vice president, GovCon, Unanet Ten years ago, government contracting felt more predictable than it does today. Cybersecurity requirements were still taking shape. Artificial intelligence has yet to enter everyday business conversations. Compliance was often treated as a cost of doing business, not a source of competitiv...
NASA has begun issuing awards under the latest SEWP VI governmentwide IT procurement program SEWP VI provides federal agencies with access to commercial technology products and services The contract vehicle covers a broad range of offerings, including cloud, cybersecurity, software, hardware and engineering support NASA is advancing SEWP VI, the six...
Booz Allen has agreed to acquire Ultra Mission Solutions for $720 million The transaction will add mission-critical software and encryption products to Booz Allen’s defense technology portfolio Learn more about the latest defense capabilities and modernization priorities at POC’s DOW summits this summer Booz Allen Hamilton has signed an ...
