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Navy starts the bidding for $500M C4ISR engineering contract
The Navy is seeking an industry partner to help manage and execute programs and sponsored projects.
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Valiant hires former J&J exec Mattingly as CEO
Valiant has been owned by investment firm The GC Companies since 2017.
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WT 360: Tria Federal and its pair of priority areas
Tim Borchert and Atchut Kanthamani, respectively chief executive and president of Tria Federal, join to go over the company’s push to be a more formidable midsized competitor in the health and public safety markets.
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Defense industry must embrace speed and innovation, Austin says
The former defense secretary cites lessons from the war in Ukraine and warns about the risk of slow procurement and production gaps.
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The Netherlands joins US Air Force’s robot wingman program
The U.S. ally also agreed to develop small drones for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance with General Atomics.
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Sev1Tech secures $49M Marine Corps task order for cyber and network operations support
The company will provide lifecycle support to the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic and expand its presence in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Army to test next-gen C2 prototype for the second time since July contract award
How the service is revamping not just its command and control software, but how it develops systems in general.
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Lentech appoints Einfalt as interim CEO, Dillahay steps down
Paul Dillahay is a senior executive at DigitalNet.ai, the new artificial intelligence company founded by serial entrepreneur Ken Bajaj that Lentech is also partnering with.
Contracts
Proposed FAR changes remove contractor diversity requirements, keep disability rules
The new language follows one of President Trump’s first executive orders to eliminate diversity requirements in federal contracts.
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Axiom Space hires NASA, BWXT vet as CEO
Axiom Space is one of three recipients of Space Act Agreements to vie for the International Space Station replacement.
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Rampart brings in Javaid as chief executive
Rampart holds 55 registered patents and designs its waveform technologies to secure content and metadata in networks.
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Judiciary Democrats launch watchdog website amid withheld funding from inspector general group
The lawmakers are maintaining hotline information for over 20 OIGs, as watchdogs scramble to set up temporary websites after the White House withheld funding from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.
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FCC initiates process to ban Hong Kong Telecom in US
The agency has previously barred China-linked communications providers from operating on American soil.
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Judge blocks shutdown layoffs after finding Trump's actions are likely illegal
The Trump administration is leveraging the shutdown to declare "the laws don't apply to them anymore," judge says, adding, "they can't do that."
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CISA orders government to patch F5 products after ‘nation-state’ cyber intrusion
“This cyber threat actor presents an imminent threat to federal networks using F5 devices and software,” CISA’s directive says. China-linked hackers previously exploited F5 vulnerabilities.
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Amida promotes Srinivasan to chief executive
Co-founder Peter Levin moves into an executive director role focused on the company's artificial intelligence portfolio.
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JPMorgan Chase unveils $10B national security investment plan
Direct equity and venture capital investments will feature in the global banking giant's new Security and Resiliency Initiative.
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Ancient warriors, modern warfare: General Dynamics teams with ‘neo prime’ to build drone killer
GD is working with Epirus on the TRX Leonidas system, which uses microwaves to blast swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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DOD cancels expansion of P-LEO satellite contract
The Pentagon is not explaining why it terminated an on-ramp process.
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