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DOGE was government contracting's biggest story of 2025 — and it's not close

Contract cancellations, exaggerated savings claims and consulting contract reviews dominated our most-read stories of the year.

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Array Labs collects $20M to ramp up imagery satellite production

The seven-year-old company leans on manufacturing techniques more often seen in consumer electronics and telecommunications.

Ideas

The revolutionary new weapon in the Pentagon’s pocket — and why it matters now more than ever

COMMENTARY | The launch of comprehensive acquisition transformation will lift the burdens keeping U.S. companies from being as agile and responsive as possible.

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Putting people at the center of federal modernization

How Travis Hoadley sees SAP redefining federal human capital management.

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The hardest part of FAR reform is culture, not the rules

Kevin Rhodes, head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, wants the federal acquisition workforce to take risks and engage more openly with industry.

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NASA and Microsoft finalize tool to track Earth’s water changes

The space agency will host the Microsoft and OpenAI-powered Earth Copilot to make analyzing hydraulic data easier.

Defense

HawkEye 360 closes acquisition with backing from $150M Series E round

The commercial satellite operator is adding a business whose tools are designed to handle large and complex sets of radio frequency data.

Defense

Building post-quantum gear is hard. A new partnership aims to make it easier

A European chipmaker and software firm are offering shortcuts to incorporating heavyweight encryption.

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Learn how federal agencies can secure cloud and AI-driven operations, reduce risk, and defend against evolving cyber threats with practical strategies.

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Space Force Special Operations Command? Congress has questions, too

The service defended its need for a SOCOM component. Defense experts said it’s redundant.

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Leidos wins $455M Air Force cloud architecture job

This piece of the service branch's Cloud One Next initiative concentrates on access to cloud computing services via automated, on-demand and self-service means.

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KBR wins $350M USGS satellite support recompete

The U.S. Geological Survey uses this contract to acquire resources for its centralized imagery sharing hub.

Defense

Northrop Grumman to fly new, improved CCA offering next year

The company spent 15 months redesigning and building a robot wingman after losing its initial bid for the U.S. Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft program.

Commercial

More AI tools coming in days or weeks, Pentagon R&D chief says

Wide deployment of artificial intelligence now sits atop Emil Michael’s critical priorities.

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Congress supports bare minimum on Navy’s F/A-XX, while fully backing Air Force’s F-47

Appropriators and other lawmakers have pushed for the Navy’s next-gen fighter, but the latest NDAA offers only enough to keep the nascent program warm.

Defense

MDA awards 1,014 companies slots on $151B Golden Dome contract vehicle

The Missile Defense Agency is making staggered awards for the SHIELD contract as it works through 2,463 proposals with more winners and likely protests to come.

Defense

Europe Eyes Integrated Air and Space Defense With Leonardo’s Michelangelo Dome Initiative

The envisioned system would fuse next-generation surveillance, cyber defenses, and artificial intelligence to counter missiles and drone swarms.