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Stoke Space closes $510M Series D financing round

The five-year-old company is pushing to both further iterate its Nova rocket and complete a new launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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SPA makes another acquisition to build simulation and wargaming capabilities

The Arlington Capital Partners-owned company acquires a long-time partner and solutions provider to the Navy and Air Force.

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Cherokee Federal acquires HigherEchelon's Salesforce practice

The tribally-owned contractor is looking to bolster its digital modernization capabilities through this purchase.

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Serial entrepreneur Ken Bajaj comes out of retirement to chase AI opportunity set

DigitalNet.ai forms out of a combination of three other companies to deliver a persona-based digital workforce to government agencies.

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AeroVironment's tech and business blueprints with BlueHalo now in the fold

At an investor open house event, AeroVironment executives lay out the this new phase of its strategy that includes a focus on production quantities and unifying different systems in the field.

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How Trump’s OPM director wants to attract tech talent after months of workforce cuts

OPM Director Scott Kupor wants to bring on new feds with cutting edge skills, but the government’s recent flood of layoffs and resignations could complicate that effort. With a government shutdown ongoing, too, the administration is threatening more layoffs.

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Tracking shutdown costs now will determine what you can recover later

Contractors have 30 days after work resumes to file for equitable adjustments, but the accounting and documentation must start now.

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Buchanan & Edwards hires Bellios as CEO

The company cited Chris Bellios' background as including work to capture long-term contracts and stand up training programs.

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OpenAI, AMD announce 6 gigawatt partnership

The new agreement between OpenAI and Advanced Microelectronic Devices underscores the huge demand for computing power in the AI era.

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Hanwha Defense USA brings in Rear Adm. Tom Anderson to lead shipbuilding operations

A former program executive officer for ships, Tom Anderson will lead the company's push to expand its U.S. maritime presence after acquiring the Philly Shipyard.

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SAIC eyes AI and digital portfolio boost through $205M acquisition

In its first acquisition since 2021, Science Applications International Corp. is buying SilverEdge to add a software platform and agentic artificial intelligence products for the national security sector.

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Former CISA lead Matt Hartman joins Merlin Group as chief strategy officer

Hartman most recently served as acting head of cyber at the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency. He now joins Merlin to grow its partnerships with technology companies and government agencies.

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Sabre Systems hires Quigley as CEO

The CM Equity Partners-owned company enters a new phase of its strategy to grow software engineering, cyber and other technology services for federal agencies.

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Firefly seeks software, defense growth with $855M SciTec acquisition

The Golden Dome missile defense initiative is top of mind for Firefly with this purchase, as are broader space domain awareness missions that require a combination of software and hardware.

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Parsons acquires water project specialist

Parsons has increasingly used acquisitions as a way to evolve its critical infrastructure business in the same way it has done for the federal business.

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Shutdown’s ripple effect: Contractors, small businesses face devastating economic hit

At least 1 million contractor employees face lost paychecks as the funding lapse disrupts their companies' services to agencies and freezes federal operations.

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LMI promotes Wilson to chief executive

Doug Wagoner will transition to chairman of the board of directors after having led LMI for five years, including the transition from its longstanding nonprofit status to being a for-profit company.

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Maxar's name is no more after rebrand

Vantor houses the earth imagery work, while Lanteris Space Systems is where hardware and infrastructure manufacturing takes place.

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Crunch time for CMMC as November deadline looms

Full implementation of the standard takes effect in a month. In the meantime, a new study shows a compliance gap that could lock unprepared contractors out of defense contracts while cyber vulnerabilities persist.

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CBP awards $900M IT, enterprise business support pact

Customs and Border Protection sought industry support for various aspects of its operations related to emerging tech and management of key programs.