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York Space Systems raises $629M in public offering
The 14-year-old satellite manufacturer got the valuation it wanted from Wall Street in an active year for space listings.
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Reveal Technology acquires Anomaly Six to grow intelligence offerings
The defense technology company is adding global location tracking and behavioral analysis tools to its geospatial intelligence platform.
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GSA quietly rolls out CMMC-like cybersecurity framework for contractors
The General Services Administration's new requirements for protecting controlled unclassified information apply immediately to new contracts, at the contracting officer's discretion.
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Copper River eyes larger modernization footing via acquisition
In buying The Prospective Group, Copper River is also looking to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity and analytics offerings for federal agencies.
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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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State Department takes third look at Alpha Omega’s $10B Evolve protest
The department takes another corrective action after the contractor challenges its exclusion from the enterprise IT contract.
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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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Trump’s national defense strategy is unlike anything that’s come before it
It touts an end to interventionism and regime change, despite adventurism in Venezuela and Greenland.
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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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8(a) program faces unprecedented pressure from Trump administration attacks
Defenders of the small business contracting initiative say it enables rapid procurement, can meet administration priorities and the administration is overstating fraud concerns.
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Air Force Research Lab opens proposal window for $10B vehicle
This will be the lab's central mechanism for acquiring research-and-development support on behalf of the entire Air Force.
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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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