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Data Systems Analysts promotes Foley to CEO
Fran Pierce has led DSA as chief executive since 1991 and is remaining involved as a member of its board of directors.
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Shift5 hires former L3Harris exec as interim CEO
Josh Lospinoso, a co-founder and Shif5's former chief executive, is transitioning out of day-to-day duties to focus more time and energy on longer-term planning.
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The missing middle: America’s overlooked weakness in defense innovation
Federal funding flows to research labs and prime contractors, but the companies best positioned to turn prototypes into production are starving for capital — and that's a strategic vulnerability the U.S. can't afford, writes Stephen Empedocles, CEO of Clark Street Associates.
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CTC's longtime leader Ed Sheehan to retire
CTC just completed its new 10-year strategic plan to shape the nonprofit's future as an applied scientific research-and-development firm.
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Northwood closes $100M Series B round, books $50M Space Force contract
This space startup co-founded by Bridgit Mendler, the former actress-turned entrepreneur, is pushing a smaller-form alternative array to traditional means as a way to scale out ground infrastructure.
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Lockheed Martin launches wildfire tech venture with Salesforce, PG&E and Wells Fargo
EmberPoint will combine artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and military-grade sensors to help first responders detect and suppress fires faster.
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York Space Systems eyes supplier acquisition after going public
The 14-year-old small satellite maker also gives investors details on how much stock will be available to buy and the price range for the shares.
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OMB reverses Biden-era software attestation order
A new executive branch memorandum instead allows agencies to lean on software bills of materials, or SBOMs, in lieu of a universal attestation framework.
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Salesforce signs $5.5B contract with the Army
The vehicle will be open to the entire Defense Department and broadens access to the company’s artificial intelligence, data and cloud technologies over the next 10 years.
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Leidos' plan for revenue synergies in Entrust acquisition
Artificial intelligence tools, new markets and cross-selling are driving Leidos' business case for the $2.4 billion acquisition.
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Booz Allen commits $400M to Andreessen Horowitz's late-stage fund
The government contractor and venture capital firm alike are looking to expand their networks through this capital infusion as well as a related tech partnership pact.
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Treasury cancels all Booz Allen contracts
The cancellations are tied to a former Booz Allen employee, who admitted two years ago to leaking President Trump's tax information and tax data on other wealthy individuals.
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Leidos makes $2.4B bet on utility infrastructure with Entrust acquisition
This will be Leidos' largest purchase since 2016 and doubles its energy business. As Leidos' homeland security unit president told us, artificial intelligence helping to drive a trillion-dollar grid modernization push as computing power needs grow.
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CACI's outlook on the government's commercial acquisition push
In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Mengucci offers his view on how starting with initial investments to make an "80% solution" is the ideal path forward for contractors and their government customers alike.
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SBA suspends 1,000 8(a) contractors for missing data submission deadline
These companies now have until Feb. 19 to submit financial records, but their reinstatement remains uncertain.
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Tetra Tech acquires IT modernization, analytics outfit
Tetra Tech is adding roughly 600 employees through its acquisition of Halvik Corp.
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BigBear purchases AI platform and tool suite from CargoSeer
CargoSeer designed its AI Shipment Inspection Platform to combine automated image analysis, computer vision and machine learning techniques with trade and cargo data.
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A handful of space and defense tech M&A moves to highlight
One of these transactions involves three defense technology and professional services providers, which are joining forces with private equity backing.
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Defense contractor gets 4-year prison sentence for bribing Navy official with sports tickets
Philip Flores of Intellipeak Solutions received 8(a) contracts through a kickback scheme.
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