By Paul Karch, Founder, GARDANT GLOBAL Published: December 2025 Executive Summary As we close out 2025, one thing is indisputable: the GovCon landscape has fundamentally changed. Between DOGE, the government shutdown, and a rapidly evolving procurement environment, traditional approaches to government contracting no longer suffice. Success in 2026 will belong...

Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, leaves in between Senate votes at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 10, 2025. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images By Natalie Alms,Senior Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW By Natalie Alms | December 10, 2025 06:00 AM ET Nextgov/FCW first reported the agency’s intention to reduce field...

Home DOD Pentagon FutureG Director Thomas Rondeau to Keynote 2026 Defense R&D Summit Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon events, networking and media organization, is ecstatic to announce that Thomas Rondeau, the Department of War’s principal director for FutureG, will give a keynote address at the 2026...

Photo: Travis Mackland/LinkedIn Home DOD Amentum to Provide Scalable Z-Series Processor Capacity Under $120M DISA Contract Author: Elodie Collins || Date Published: December 10, 2025 Amentum has secured a $120 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency for dynamically scalable computing power. How Will Amentum Support DISA? The company...

Logo / wikimedia.org Home Contract Awards USACE Awards 16 Companies Spots on $900M Army Contract for Engineering Services Author: Miles Jamison || Date Published: December 10, 2025 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has named 16 companies to compete for task orders under a $900 million contract covering...

Photo: Benny/Adobe Stock Author: Kristen Smith || Date Published: December 10, 2025 The Library of Congress is moving to strengthen the reliability and security of its enterprise IT environment under a potential $150 million multiple-award contract covering operations and maintenance across on-premises and cloud systems. Accelerating modernization and replacing aging...

Technology company Alpha Omega has appointed Gordon Boozer, a federal government veteran and cyber leader, as vice president of cybersecurity. Cyberthreats are escalating, and government data has become the new frontline of international conflict. Attend the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Cyber Summit on May 21, and engage with top decision-makers...

Photo: U.S. Navy Author: Jane Edwards || Date Published: December 10, 2025 The U.S. Navy has invested $448 million in the Shipbuilding Operating System, or Ship OS, to speed up the adoption of autonomy and artificial intelligence technologies across the maritime industrial base. Join us at the Potomac Officers Club’s...

Home Artificial Intelligence State Department Selects Darktrace Federal–Navitas Team for AI Network Defense Deployment Darktrace Federal and Navitas Business Consulting have secured a potential $4.8 million firm-fixed-price contract with the Department of State to deploy an artificial intelligence-powered network detection and response, or NDR, capability across the Bureau of Diplomatic...

Kathy Warden / Northrop Grumman In a video interview with CNBC posted Sunday, Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden highlighted the company’s commitment to acquisition reform and the rapid delivery of military capabilities, citing Project Talon, an autonomous system initiative, as an example. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from leading...