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Anthropic held cyberthreat briefings with agency CIOs last month
Discussions included how to defend digital assets following the debut of advanced AI models, like Anthropic’s Mythos.
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CISA sketches out timeline for incident response, threat hunting contract
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency is seeking an industry partner to help deploy, develop and maintain technologies used by its threat hunting office.
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Don't let political rhetoric obscure what the 8(a) program actually does
From faster procurement cycles to 15,000 jobs in Alaska, the facts about this program are being ignored in Washington, writes Nicole Borromeo, president of the ANCSA Regional Association.
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VA embarks on its search for enterprise cloud broker
This contract would designate a company as the Veterans Affairs Department's primary assistant in acquiring cloud computing capabilities from the hyperscalers and software tool makers.
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State Department seeks small businesses for LEO satellite terminals
The future contract would support off-grid operations for U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide through the Remote Expeditionary Area Communications Hub program.
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Omni acquires synaptic intelligence tool developer
The software integrator is looking to add neuroscience-like functions into its offerings.
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Mach Industries hauls in $300M to move on second-generation systems
The unmanned systems maker has five vehicles under development and wants to do more for military organizations like the Army and Air Force.
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KBR wins $8B Antarctica research recompete
KBR's government services unit beats out three other bids as it prepares to go it alone as an independent public company.
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VA seeks contractor to tackle 10 years of ad-hoc automation
The Veterans Affairs Department is looking to acquire a commercial platform and professional services to standardize and govern infrastructure automation across its hybrid IT environment.
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GSA publishes ‘Elimination, Optimization and Automation’ playbook for government agencies
The playbook’s framework has already helped the agency save hundreds of thousands of hours, and other agencies can now make use of it to launch their own automation initiatives.
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Army seeks contractor support for war planning, medical logistics
The Army Material Command is in the market research phase of a contract that could run for five years.
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OPM moves one step closer to HR system overhaul for 2 million federal workers
With protests cleared, the Office of Personnel Management can now award a 10-year contract for a new government-wide human capital platform.
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CMS chooses finalists for Medicare claims processing competition
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will eventually choose one integrator after seeing how their prototypes function in a set of challenges.
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Valiant Solutions adds AI functions, threat emulation work via acquisition
Valiant is also using this move to expand its portfolio in operational technology security, among other areas.
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Trump signs AI executive order after postponement last month
The order encourages developers of advanced AI to grant the U.S. and certain critical infrastructure operators 30 days of pre-release model access. Earlier drafts had set 90 days of early access.
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SpaceX awarded $4.1B tracking satellite contract
SpaceX has a 2028 deadline for delivering the constellation as an early operational capability.
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Navy chooses 16 for $350M 'Seabed to Space' systems contract
Awardees will perform technical work across the entire lifecycles of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.
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Picogrid collects $45M Series A round to integrate defense systems
The company designs its tech tools to help military operators connect, control and integrate different types of autonomous systems and sensors.
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GSA is preparing an AI-specific acquisition reform rule
The updated rule is expected in the next couple weeks and will set a preference for fixed-price models, making the GSA a “more predictable business partner” to original equipment manufacturers.
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