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Companies

Shield AI closes $240M investment round

The 10-year-old defense tech unicorn's lineup of backers now includes L3Harris Technologies.

Contracts

Certification question puts woman-owned business contract at risk

Strategic Alliance is challenging its elimination from an award on the OASIS+ professional services vehicle, claiming an inconsistent application of certification requirements.

Companies

Democrats move to defend CHIPS following Trump’s calls for its removal

Following President Trump’s congressional address lambasting the landmark Biden administration bill, Democrats sounded off on Monday in its defense. 

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First 100-Day Action Plan for CIOs

The first 100 days on the job is the time to lay the groundwork for success, and a plan helps new CIOs make the most of this critical time.

Contracts

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to freeze USAID payments

In a 5-4 ruling, the justices require the administration to honor existing aid and contracts obligations while the legal battle continues.

Companies

Epirus collects $250M in Series D capital to scale up production

The seven-year-old startup is pushing to further develop and make more of its Leonidas system, which works to fire lasers and other pulses at adversaries' drones.

Companies

Riverside Research acquires secure hardware provider

Riverside is seeking to accelerate its development of new mobile devices and bring virtualization techniques further out to the edge.

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NTT Data contests $111M CDC contract on technicality

The incumbent is challenging the rival’s eligibility over a corporate name discrepancy in the government's official database of who its contractors are.

Companies

General Atomics acquires signal processing tech provider

North Point Defense started in 2012 to develop automation-centric technologies for defense and intelligence operators.

Contracts

Some cancelled VA contracts disappear from ‘Wall of Receipts’ as more cuts loom

Despite inconsistencies, veteran-owned businesses are bearing the brunt of the DOGE-driven eliminations at the Veterans Affairs Department.

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Armis Provides a Clear Path to CMMC Compliance

Armis Centrix™ helps Defense Industrial Base members achieve CMMC compliance with real-time asset visibility, risk analysis, and policy enforcement.

Companies

Sabel Systems hires Purvis as chief executive

The former QinetiQ US CEO will lead Sabel through this new phase of its strategy as a Sagewind Capital-backed company.

Companies

Health, operations and talent leadership moves across the market

Three former GovCon CEOs also take up seats at boards of directors, including a founder who sold her company to one of the market's blue bloods.

Companies

Trade group urges Commerce secretary to support the work of subagencies

The Business Software Alliance said international alliances, export control regimes and standards harmonization efforts can all support the Department of Commerce’s advancement of U.S. tech.

Contracts

VA targets 585 ‘non-mission critical’ contracts for elimination

The Veterans Affairs Department claims $900 million in savings and that the cuts will not impact health care, benefits or services.

Opinion

4 keys for effectively optimizing the GovCon workforce

Adopting a technology-first mindset is only step one in the overall direction, writes Raju Karki of Karki Consulting Group.

Opinion

COMMENTARY: The chainsaw approach to cutting government promises more damage than results

The new GovCon oversight strategy seems to go like this: Make big, broad accusations of wrongdoing and then watch your targets squirm.

Companies

ICF lays out the risks, opportunities from Trump's push for cuts

The company has quantified the risks from actions like stop-work orders and contract terminations, but is also looking at the tech business as where some opportunity exists.

Contracts

Hegseth orders suspension of cyber, information operations planning against Russia

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday that new U.S. foreign policy configurations “largely coincides with our vision.”

Podcasts

WT 360: Inside the government’s quantum computing push

Alexandra Kelley, who reports on emerging technology for NextGovFCW, jumps in to explain how and why federal agencies are ahead of the curve in quantum computing.

Opinion

Three strategies to improve AI performance within government agencies

Clear objectives, accessible data, and modern infrastructure are essential for agencies to maximize returns on AI investments, writes Rob Carey of Cloudera.