Companies

OpenAI announces availability across cloud providers

The artificial intelligence developer updated its terms and conditions with Microsoft, announcing that its suite of agentic capabilities would now be available via other cloud providers.

Contracts

Leidos secures $869M contract to help the Army see the battlefield faster

The MACRO II effort covers artificial intelligence and advanced networking across land, sea, air, space, cyber and electromagnetic domains.

Contracts

NOAA starts the bidding for ProTech 2.0's environmental monitoring domain

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking to hire a pool of companies that can help it use satellite data for its forecasting and modeling operations.

Companies

Scout AI fetches $100M in Series A capital

The two-year-old company labels its flagship product as an "AI brain" and outs Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm as a backer.

Contracts

CBP seeks AI solutions to keep pace with rising volumes of border scans

A new sources sought notice seeks artificial intelligence tools to help agents sift through tens of thousands of X-ray images at ports of entry.

Companies

York Space Systems to acquire terminal maker in $355M transaction

This is York Space Systems' second agreement to buy another company since its $629 million initial public offering in January.

Companies

Firestorm Labs wraps up $82M Series B round

Washington Harbour Partners, the venture arms of Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin, and the intelligence community's In-Q-Tel organization are staying involved in the maker of portable drone manufacturing systems.

Opinion

COMMENTARY: A year of OneGov: Over a billion in savings and still growing

COMMENTARY | The Trump administration's landmark initiative proved that consolidated, smart purchasing is not only good for government operations but also the bottom line.

Contracts

GSA hits one-year mark for OneGov

The General Services Administration's effort to centralize brand name technology purchases has brought in 20 companies as participants so far.

Contracts

SOCOM adding AI, autonomy ‘at every level,’ commander says

Fast adoption illustrates smaller organizations’ ability to harness disruptive tech.

Contracts

Japanese lease dooms SupplyCore’s protest of logistics contract

The General Services Administration could not evaluate the documentation of a warehouse lease written entirely in Japanese with no English translation.

Contracts

Army sets industry day for high-performance computing recompete

Defense Department communities involved in tech development and transition efforts all have access to the supercomputing systems, which are currently supported by BAE Systems Inc.

Companies

True Anomaly fetches $650M in Series D round

The four-year-old space startup closes a new capital raise on the heels of its selection for a key Golden Dome-related contract.

Companies

Pentagon adds Google’s latest model to GenAI.mil as usage soars

Users have built more than 100,000 AI agents using the generative-AI platform, officials said.

Contracts

VA seeks single contractor to modernize sprawling supply chain

The Veterans Affairs Department has 63 legacy systems across 174 sites that have created fragmented and inefficient operations.

Companies

Booz Allen fills CFO vacancy, adds president title to Anderson

Sierra Space's Troy Lahr moves into the chief financial officer position, while Chief Operating Officer Kristine Martin Anderson expands her role at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Contracts

First protest filed against the Army’s troubled MAPS contract

Some in industry are calling the $50 billion professional services vehicle "still a hot mess" as the Army works to answer thousands of questions.

Companies

HawkEye 360 launches IPO roadshow, sets goals for listing

The 11-year-old commercial satellite operator is now officially at work in marketing its stock to potential institutional investors.

Contracts

FAR Overhaul final rules stall as OMB weighs changes

President Trump's "Made in America" executive order could force significant rewrites to domestic content provisions.

Companies

Growth and operations leadership moves across the market

A pair of key hires at venture-backed defense tech outfits feature and one of them most recently spent nearly three decades at a blue chip hardware giant.