David Broadbent, a former Intelsat and Raytheon executive, was officially appointed president and CEO of SES Space & Defense on July 17. Catch David Broadbent at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Air and Space Summit on July 31 as he and other government contracting leaders discuss the latest air and space initiatives. The R...
The General Services Administration has started soliciting proposals from potential vendors to handle the potential $1.8 billion Personnel & Readiness Infrastructure Support Management Services, or PRISM, contract. PRISM Contract Scope & Details According to the solicitation published on SAM.gov Tuesday, the GSA seeks to on-ramp new con...
The Center for Strategic and International Studies will announce today the appointment of Jerry McGinn, a GovCon thought leader and a three-time Wash100 awardee, as the inaugural director of the Center for the Industrial Base, formerly the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group. Leading the CSIS Center for the Industrial Base According to a press rele...
Matthew Tait, president and CEO of ManTech, has accepted the 2025 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. The prestigious annual award is bestowed upon 100 of the most influential figures in government and the government contracting sector. Tait’s latest win — his third in a row—recognizes his impactful work ...
President Trump’s March 20 executive order “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement” has major ramifications for GovCons. It will drastically change government acquisition by making the General Services Administration the lead for domestic federal procurement for common goods and services. The exe...
Artificial intelligence startup xAI has unveiled a suite of frontier AI products, dubbed Grok For Government, designed to support the critical missions of the U.S. government. Under the Grok For Government umbrella, the company said Monday it will bring frontier AI models like Grok 4 and commercial offerings such as Deep Search and Tool Use...
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, has awarded AvaWatz a spot on the potential $249 million AI Talent 2.0 basic ordering agreement. AI Talent 2.0 BOA Scope The AI platforms and real-time decision systems provider said Tuesday the multi-award contracting vehicle enables it to provide Department of Defense agencie...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Alutiiq Operations Services a $464.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the maintenance and repair of Tinker Air Force Base facilities and infrastructure in Oklahoma. Air and space defense is a critical component of national security and is becoming increasingly essential in the era of Great P...
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts to four U.S. frontier artificial intelligence companies to advance the Department of Defense’s adoption of AI capabilities. Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI were awarded contracts with a $200 million ceiling to develop agentic AI workflows for various mission are...
Sam Hussain has joined Capgemini Government Solutions as U.S. defense sector head. In his new role, he will oversee strategy and mission execution in support of customers from the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community and the wider defense industrial base, the company wrote in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. “Sam&#...
