Author Archive
Nick Wakeman
Editor-in-chief

Nick Wakeman is the editor-in-chief of Washington Technology and joined the publication in 1996 as a staff writer. He's a graduate of Bridgewater College and earned a masters degree from American University. When he isn't writing about government contractors, he's thinking of cooking large pieces of meat over fire and dreaming of ways to embarrass his two sons.
Follow him on Twitter: @nick_wakeman.
Cloud
Marines task GDIT to bring DEOS collaboration tools to the battlefield
General Dynamics IT will work with the Marine Corps on how to use the cloud-like services when in a disconnected or limited bandwidth environment.
- By Nick Wakeman
Connected Warrior
DOD plans next phase of JADC2 satellite layer
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems will build 126 satellites under $1.8 billion in contracts to develop the network for tracking and responding to threats from missiles and hypersonic weapons.
- By Nick Wakeman
IT Infrastructure
DISA greenlights GDIT for identity management production
This new $162 million agreement means General Dynamics IT will bring its identity, credential and access management solution into production to secure access to Defense Department applications.
- By Nick Wakeman
Sign up for our newsletter.
SUBSCRIBE NOW
IT Infrastructure
Analysis: Why milCloud's end hurts DISA and General Dynamics IT
General Dynamics IT will lose a prestigious program when its contract to run the milCloud 2.0 service ends in the spring, but the Defense Information Systems Agency also faces potential risks as the new multiple-cloud contract to replace JEDI advances.
- By Nick Wakeman
Cyber
Progress made in protest for Army's cyber range
The Army is inching closer to resolving a couple protests of its $2.4 billion cyber range support contract, which is welcome news for ManTech.
- By Nick Wakeman
Connected Warrior
DARPA-funded fabric protects against chemical, biologic threats
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing new fabrics and protective equipment that can reduce the risk of chemical and biological threats to service members and responders.
- By Nick Wakeman
IT Infrastructure
AFWERX invests in 5G-enabled IoT security
The Air Force’s innovation arm has awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract to Phosphorus Cybersecurity to help build a scalable security infrastructure to support 5G-enabled IoT devices.
- By Nick Wakeman
IT Infrastructure
John Garing, former Air Force and DISA exec, dies at 78
The winner of partner site GCN's Hall of Fame award in 2010, Garing continued his government IT career with Suss Consulting and Vion Corp.
- By Nick Wakeman
IT Infrastructure
Court denies Perspecta's NGEN protest
Perspecta has held the Next General Enterprise Network contract for 20 years, dating back to when one of its legacy business in EDS won the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract in 2000.
- By Nick Wakeman
AI & Analytics
DARPA scouting for ‘revolutionary’ ideas
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for unconventional approaches that challenge conventional wisdom and have the potential to radically change established practices.
- By Nick Wakeman
IT Infrastructure
DISA plans single award for $11.7B IT contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency is working on the solicitation for an $11.7 IT support contract and as things currently stand, there will be one winner.
- By Nick Wakeman
IT Infrastructure
Perspecta's NGEN protest denied
The Government Accountability Office has denied Perspecta’s challenge of the $7.7 billion Navy NGEN award that went to Leidos.
- By Nick Wakeman
IT Infrastructure
DOD's $7.6B cloud email buy heads for redo
Less than a week before a final protest ruling was due, the Defense Information Systems Agency and the General Services Administration are taking another corrective action in their big business software buy for DOD.
- By Nick Wakeman
JEDI award gets reconsideration and 120-pause
The Defense Department wants some time to it “reconsider” parts of its decision to award its $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft and has asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a 120-day pause.
- By Nick Wakeman
Navy awards $57 million to upgrade training program
General Dynamics' IT division has won a $57 million Navy task order training curriculum under the Sailor 2025 Ready Relevant Learning program.
- By Nick Wakeman
After $8 billion award, DOD to re-evaluate DEOS cloud buy
After a protest, the General Services Administration and the Defense Information Systems Agency are planning to take another look at their $7.6 billion cloud award.
- By Nick Wakeman
Perspecta protests elimination from DOD's $6.5B telecom contract
The Defense Department cut Perspecta from list of competitors for a potential 10-year, $6.5 billion contract to support its information and telecommunications network, the Global Solutions Management Operations II.
- By Nick Wakeman
Cloud
Army pushes enterprise IT toward the cloud
The Enterprise IT as a Service pilot will assess whether private-sector IT infrastructure investments, operations and best practices will work for the Army and support the investments the service has made in its network.
- By Nick Wakeman
Cloud
Conflict-of-interest charge threatens to derail JEDI
The Defense Department is reconsidering whether conflict-of-interest charges had an impact on the integrity of the contract.
- By Nick Wakeman
Cloud
Pentagon sketches plans for cloud-based office apps
Under the $8.2 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract, the Defense Department will buy email, content management, file storage, productivity tools, web conferencing, instant messaging, native audio and video and mobility.
- By Nick Wakeman