Companies
Shield AI closes $1.5B Series G round and moves on acquisition
Shield AI aims to integrate Aechelon Technology's simulation and training tools into its autonomous software ecosystem called Hivemind.
Companies
Defense tech startups raise $405 million in new funding rounds
Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm backs an AI radio platform developer and drone manufacturer in separate deals.
Contracts
Protests force the Army into a second redo of $237M soldier gear contract
Amentum has won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract twice, only to face fresh challenges each time.
Contracts
DISA launches search for tactical data link contractors
The small business contract will run through 2030 to maintain tools that help military systems exchange standardized messages and data.
Companies
The real danger of military AI isn’t killer robots; it’s worse human judgement
As Pentagon rushes to deploy LLM-based tools, research suggests they can undermine human thought and communication.
Contracts
Army wants better, faster defenses against chemical and biological threats
An updated broad agency announcement covers everything from Ebola vaccines to radiation countermeasures, as well as how to use artificial intelligence
Contracts
KBR loses $1.8 billion NASA contract challenge to Ascend JV
KBR challenged the award twice, but the Government Accountability Office upholds NASA's choice of the the Amentum-Aerodyne joint venture.
Contracts
DISA, Carahsoft enter $970M VMware cloud software pact
The Defense Information Systems Agency and Carahsoft established the blanket purchase agreement to be a single point of entry for other Pentagon agencies.
Contracts
T2S books $600M DOD cyber contract
The Cybertron contract focuses on threat hunting, Zero Trust architectures, key management infrastructure development and artificial intelligence.
Opinion
The hidden infrastructure challenge of the Genesis Mission
COMMENTARY | AI ambition without infrastructure alignment is just aspiration.
Contracts
Navy launches recompete for $45M electronic warfare contract
Technical services work for this small business set-aside includes countermeasures and mission data systems integration.
Companies
ROC goes public to support its expansion push
The vision artificial intelligence- and biometrics-focused firm collects $24 million to hire engineers and expand the infrastructure that fuels its algorithms.
Contracts
Coast Guard details its plan for a new 'Acquisition Superhighway'
Commercial software and artificial intelligence are core to the agency's approach for this procurement, which will have a multiplier effect for the contractor-customer relationship there.
Contracts
Survey of 11,000 feds underscores ‘layer cake of trauma’
A new survey from the Partnership for Public Service, aimed at replicating the cancelled 2025 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, reveals just 7% of federal workers believe their political leaders engender high motivation.
Companies
Google launches threat disruption unit, stops short of calling it ‘offensive’
The unit will use legal authorizations and technical capabilities to impede cyber threat groups, though company execs say it will not go so far as to hack into adversaries' systems.
Companies
Striveworks completes Series B capital raise to scale operational AI tool
Striveworks now has Washington Harbour Partners in place as a new investor to shape this phase of the strategy and as Striveworks' CEO tells us, knowing when the tech does not work is just as key to product development as when it works.
Contracts
Space Force opens $981M competition for test and training infrastructure
All qualifying bidders will win a spot on the NITE STAR vehicle in support of space operations systems and ranges.
Opinion
Army blacks out large portions of $50 billion strategy
The MAPS vehicle consolidates two major Army contracts for IT and professional services, but much of the strategy remains a mystery because of heavy redactions.
Contracts
Navy bets $900M on automated factories to boost submarine production
Four-year-old Hadrian wins contract as service seeks to offset worker shortages.
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