GovSignals will be at @AFCEA TechNet Cyber for the first time next week.
This is the room where the DoD cyber mission gets shaped: warfighters, program offices, primes, and the small businesses building what comes next.
Come find us → Booth 2414
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- The 8(a) window is open. Most defense contractors aren't treating it that way. 60% of recent 8(a) set-aside activity is in defense. Budgets are moving. And competitors spooked by program uncertainty have gone quiet at pre-solicitation stages. That's not their problem. That's
- The question living rent-free in every 8(a) BD team's head right now: how much longer does this last? It's not paranoia. The program is under more legal and political pressure than it's faced in a generation. Agencies are slower. Set-asides that used to move predictably are
- Landing on SHIELD felt like punching your Golden Dome ticket. It isn't. Two other active acquisition lanes. One of them doesn't show up on SAM.gov at all. Full breakdown: f.mtr.cool/giczyrhilr
- Congress just passed $839B in defense funding. Air Force procurement alone is up $3B over last year's request ✈️ The GovSignals team will be at the 2026 Air Force Outlook Summit in Reston next week (March 16-17) to talk about what that means for your pipeline. If you're going
- The GovSignals team is heading to NASPO Exchange 2026 next week in Lake Buena Vista, FL (March 9-12) -- and we could not be more excited to connect with the public procurement community in person! Nearly 1,200 procurement professionals and suppliers under one roof? That's our
- Your proposal team's cloud tools may already be an ITAR violation waiting to happen. The 2020 encryption carveout changed the rules, but only if you control the decryption keys, not your vendor. New from GovSignals: what defense contractors need to know before the next proposal
- For contracting officers and acquisition professionals, IL5 authorization isn't a nice-to-know. It's the compliance floor for the tools that government teams are allowed to use with sensitive mission data in the DoW acquisition environments. This article breaks down exactly what
- We're heading to Reston this Thursday! 🙌 The GovSignals team will be at the GovCon Executive Summit, talking about what's actually moving the needle in federal acquisition right now. If you're going to be there, come find us. Whether you want to geek out over AI-powered
- 🔐 It's official: GovSignals has achieved DoW Impact Level 5 (IL5) authorization through @SecondFront Systems (2F)'s Game Warden® platform. "IL5 authorization through Second Front's Game Warden is the latest proof point in a trajectory we've been building deliberately. We're🔗 Read the full announcement:
- Warfare is evolving fast. Doctrine, technology, space, cyber, AI, acquisition, it’s all converging. Next week, our team will be in Aurora for the AFA Warfare Symposium, and we’re looking forward to being in the room where those conversations are happening. If you’re attending,
- Everyone is talking about AI in defense. Fewer people are asking the uncomfortable question: Should this tool even be allowed in a DoD environment? Between IL4, IL5, CMMC, and FedRAMP High, the bar isn’t theoretical. The difference between “AI-powered” and “defense-ready” is
- GovSignals' priority is speed, security, and keeping GovCon work where it belongs. The upgraded GovSignals Assistant is a secure, built-in AI designed to help teams move faster inside their workflow. You can ask it to: → Search active opportunities → Pull from government








