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CISA is developing a follow-on to its cybersecurity operations support contract — one of the most valuable recurring vehicles in the federal cyber market. Here…
The FY2026 NDAA raised the CAS contract threshold from $2.5M to $35M and the certified cost/pricing data (TINA) threshold from $2.5M to $10M for defense…
DOJ announced that Sierra Nevada Company agreed to pay $7.75 million to resolve FCA allegations stemming from an OCI — a DoD official on their…
DoD suspended CMMC Phase II on July 13 — but DFARS 252.204-7012, NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2, and SPRS scoring obligations remain fully in force…
September 30 is 34 days away. It is the simultaneous close of FY2026, the Q4 spending deadline, the GSA AI deal expiration, and the last…
SpaceX has announced a $100 billion investment in a new launch facility in Louisiana. The facility represents not just a commercial milestone but a massive…
Organizational conflicts of interest are the compliance trap most small business contractors never see coming — until a contract is terminated or a protest is…
Parsons secured a spot on the $14B COMET IDIQ supporting missile defense and the Space Intel Center. Here is what COMET is, who else holds…
IBM has closed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories — the advanced research lab co-owned by Boeing and GM with deep DoD and DARPA research relationships…
Peraton secured the $953M DISA communications infrastructure recompete — one of the most significant DISA awards of the year. Here is what it means for…
Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffey and comptroller Michael Powers issued an open letter asking industry to recommend common sense contract accounting changes to lower compliance…
President Trump signed EO 14415 on July 20, directing DoD to strengthen domestic sourcing requirements and increase supply chain visibility for defense contractors. Here is…
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