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A pair of CEO transitions and more leadership moves to note

Key hires and promotions in functions such as business development, operations, talent and sales also feature.

Riverside Research has a new CEO and a new plan to get noticed after 60 years under the radar

Tom Lash wants to raise Riverside's profile and grow its bench of national security customers without straying from its physics-based roots.

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Serco hires Supplee to lead North American arm

Barbara Supplee will now lead Serco North America's strategy centered around areas like autonomy and modernization, among others.

How Steampunk's design intelligence focus stood out to MetroStar

This framework for building digital and technical offerings for federal agencies will greatly shape the combined company's future, MetroStar Systems CEO Ali Mouchehri tells us.

Xpect Solutions buys Amivero to bulk up AI, automation capabilities

The deal bulks up Xpect's national security portfolio, as the NewSpring-backed company builds out its mission tech stack.

House panel subpoenas Oracle heads over VA health record overhaul’s ballooning costs

The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee voted 19-0 to subpoena Oracle Chairman and Co-founder Larry Ellison and Oracle CEO Mike Sicilia after VA announced plans to boost its contract with the tech giant by $17 billion.

A subset of the tech talent supply crunch to watch out for

Forward-deployed engineers are the ones who consistently translate artificial intelligence deployments into documented results and not enough of them are senior enough, a new study says.

Judge rules Anthropic supply chain risk designation was ‘illegal and baseless’

A Northern California judge found that the AI company’s products did not represent a meaningful threat to national security, making the Pentagon’s designation “unlawful retaliation.”

Valiant divests O&M business to private equity firm

The newly independent Vulcan Government Services will focus on facility operations, maintenance, and logistics services.

How Salesforce built itself into a prime contractor

National security leader says that close ties to defense and intel customers require a direct role instead of working only through partners.

Contractor may have used AI to falsify payment dispute financial documents, appeals board finds

A legal expert told Nextgov/FCW the possibility underscores how the federal government is “fully unprepared for how bad” AI-driven procurement fraud is going to get.

How Rocketdyne is re-entering the space sector as a standalone entity

The six-decade-old space propulsion systems maker brought its old name back and is ramping up to fulfill demand for its products, as a partner for Rocketdyne's majority owner tells us.

Tech bills of the week: Overseeing algorithm-set rental prices; and halting federal overreach in data center construction

Legislation introduced this week seeks to police the use of algorithmic price-setting for home rentals and rein in how the federal government influences new data center construction.

CACI places new bet on growing its manufacturing chops

A new facility covering 61,000 square feet is the latest step in a years-long shift from services to technology.

Supply chain, operations and health leadership moves across the market

Plus an engineering and design firm promotes a new business line executive for its federal portfolio.

ASRC Federal wins $495M background check support recompete

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency sticks with the incumbent for this iteration of the program, which emphasizes DCSA's transition to a continuous vetting approach.

Castelion, Muon Space complete Series C funding rounds

Both startups are using their newfound capital to accelerate production of their hypersonic weapons and satellites.