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Virginia governor pressed to support federal workers and contractors

Fairfax County's board of supervisors chairman says the Trump administration's proposed workforce reductions threaten Virginia's economy and wants Gov. Youngkin to take action.

Companies

Saronic wraps up $600M Series C round

The autonomous vessel startup envisions itself as a main actor in the push to reinvigorate U.S. shipbuilding and sees its future Port Alpha shipyard as part of that.

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Dynamic Integrated Services seeks modernization growth via acquisition

Vital Edge Solutions' cofounder is joining the DIS team as the buyer looks to expand its IT practice.

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Ridgeline, System High to join forces

The new, larger company will bring together data privacy, managed attribution and protection offerings under one roof.

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EnCharge AI collects $100M in Series B capital

This chipmaking startup's network of backers includes In-Q-Tel and RTX Ventures, a fact worth highlighting given their connections to potential government end users.

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K2 Space closes $110M Series B round

The three-year-old startup will work to scale up its manufacturing capacity and team ahead of a planned Space Force mission for 2026.

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With IVAS takeover, Anduril looks to build out human-machine ‘ecosystem’

Microsoft hands over its prime role on the $22 billion Army headset program to a defense tech company that is proclaiming a “new path in human augmentation.”

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GDIT forms partnership with commercial quantum computing firm

General Dynamics IT's pact with IonQ will focus on areas such as geospatial and sensor data processing, fraud detection, and health research.

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Four promotes Stewart to chief executive

David Stewart will lead the technology distributor's new phase of its strategy as a portfolio company of Sverica Capital Management.

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Leidos eyes missile defense, border security tech as growth avenues

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Tom Bell said the company has "prepared some big ideas" in both areas for the new Trump administration and other senior stakeholders to consider.

Opinion

COMMENTARY: The times they are a changin’

And you need to act now or risk being left behind. Mark Amtower and Lou Keretesy share tips on how to weather the storm.

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SMX acquires budget management tech provider

CBEYONData started in 2010 to help agencies implement new processes and tech tools for their business functions.

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Pyramid hires former HUD CIO Chow as chief executive

David Chow joins the company in a year that marks its 30th in business.

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Onebrief captures $50M in Series C capital

Founded in 2019, Onebrief is pushing to further develop its software for military staff in their planning and other operational activities.

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Tech, BD and energy leadership moves across the market

This edition of our weekly executive movement list begins with one company's realignment and ends with a pair of appointments involving boards of directors.

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What Google’s return to defense AI means

More competition in a hot market — and the plain fact that only the Pentagon will set boundaries.

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DMI sells part of its commercial portfolio

The OceanSound Partners-backed contractor makes this divestiture following a trio of acquisitions that concentrated on government work.

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Cisco acquires Booz Allen cyber spinout

Booz Allen Hamilton retained a minority stake in SnapAttack, which was started to bring together threat intelligence and mitigation processes.

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Peerless Technologies acquires spectrum tech specialist

Peerless is using this transaction to also further expand the research-and-development posture of its innovation center.

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Trump’s anti-DEI efforts damage national security, former officials say

The rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives weakens intelligence operations, erodes workforce morale and limits the U.S. government’s ability to navigate global threats, former national security officials argue.