With TBR’s Federal IT Services market and competitive intelligence research, understand and build strategies around industry trends to maximize addressable opportunity and minimize disruption as a core industry undergoes unprecedented change.
Gain insight into how defense contractors are going to market, forming alliances, planning for the future and more as they provide solutions and services tailored to customer objectives ranging from night vision goggles and underwater sensors to F-35s and Low-Earth Orbit satellite constellations.
Learn how federal contractors are approaching Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), hypersonic technology, the new age space race, digital engineering and the evolving international defense scene.
A free trial of TBR’s Insights Center platform gives you access to our entire Federal IT Services research portfolio and the ability to customize and curate reports detailing our analysis based on your company’s specific needs. Start your free trial today!
Trends we’re watching in 2026:
- The new normal, post-government shutdown and the future of federal It modernization
- Impact of disruption in the federal civilian market and uncertain recovery timeline
- Increased partnership activity
Explore TBR Federal IT Services Coverage
Market & Competitor Benchmarks
Market and competitor benchmarks provide a comparison of vendor performance in a market, including analysis on vendor strategies, financial performance, go-to-market and resource management. The research graphically portrays comparisons of vendors by myriad metrics, calling out leaders, laggards and business models. Defensible, data-informed views of market opportunity and operational best practices are highlighted in each publication. TBR also provides benchmark data in Excel pivot tables.
Current Market & Competitor Benchmarks:
- Federal IT Services Benchmark
Ecosystem Reports
Market Forecasts
TBR’s vendor reports, snapshots and profiles provide deep-dive analysis of a single vendor across corporate strategies, tactics, SWOT analysis, financials, go-to-market strategies and resource strategies. Vendor performance is put in the context of market opportunity and competitive environment and our assessment shows where a vendor will success and its future market position.
Ready to Level Up Your Insights?
TBR’s digital-first competitive intelligence platform, TBR Insight Center™, allows for configured & customized views into IT markets, vendors, alliances and ecosystems.
Benefits delivered through TBR Insight Center™ include:
- Dynamic, configurable platform for TBR’s objective, independent and validated data and analysis
- Customizable views of millions of data points to match your specific needs
- Simple download functionality for customized views of analysis and feeds of data, saving staff dozens of hours per month
- Updates for market disruptions and emerging trends
Already a TBR Classic client but don’t have access to TBR Insight Center yet? Request access today.
Skills Shortage Will Challenge the Scaling of Sovereign AI in 2026
/by Allan Krans, Practice Manager and Principal AnalystAI-related skills will remain scarce across both buyers and ecosystem partners as the rapid pace of innovation and the technical complexity required to enable sovereign AI continue to hinder adoption. These challenges, combined with a lack of clearly defined and compliant use cases among sovereign customers, gaps in sovereign cloud infrastructure availability and steep AI learning curve faced by ecosystem partners, will constrain meaningful investment and implementation of sovereign AI throughout 2026.
PaaS Revenue Will Outpace SaaS Revenue for Cloud Software Vendors
/by Alex Demeule, Senior AnalystEnterprise customers are prioritizing the modernization of their existing SaaS estates rather than adding new applications, driven by market saturation, accumulated technical debt, and a growing imperative to become AI-ready. As IT buyers shift their focus toward modern platforms, traditional SaaS leaders should expect their PaaS segments to continue significantly outperforming their core SaaS businesses in revenue growth.